[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Tracy Carcione]

You're right.  It's very quiet, but I feel it humming away when I turn it on.

I tried it with the laptop, and got the same results--it makes the USB
noise, but the drive doesn't show up on My Computer.
I re-connected it to my PC, went to Device Manager, and told it to update
the driver, but it says there is no better driver found than the one I
have installed, even though I had the manufacturer's disc in the CD drive.
I don't know what to try next.
Tracy

> You should certainly hear the drive spin up if it is a hard disk.
>
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> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:41 AM
> To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] External disk drive
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> Steve,
> No, it doesn't make any kind of noise, except the USB noise.  I'll try
> hooking it up to the laptop, and see what happens.
> Thanks.
> Tracy
>
>
>> Tracy,
>>
>> I would start to get suspicious that something is defective.  Have you
>
>> tried this drive on another computer, and have you tried other cables?
>
>> As far as I know, most drives come formatted and usually contain some
>> documentation and sometimes some demo programs.  Do you hear or feel
>> the drive spinning up when you connect it?  If you know the name of
>> the drive, you might try Google to see if anything turns up, but it
>> almost sounds as though there is a hardware problem of some kind.
>>
>> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:34:40 -0400 (EDT), Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>
>>>Nope, no joy there.
>>>If the external disc was not formatted, would that cause it not to be
>>>displayed?
>>>When I try to look at Properties, it tells me the device is working
>>>properly, but it doesn't show me any info like bytes used and bytes
>>>free, or the disc format.
>>>The only place I can see the drive is under Device Manager, and Format
>
>>>is not one of the options.
>>>Tracy
>>
>>>> Have you tried first changing the USB port? Sometimes that will
> work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>>>> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:51 AM
>>>> Subject: [nfbcs] External disk drive
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys.  I am having a problem, and I'm not sure what to do.  I
>>>>> have an external disc drive with a USB connection.  When I turn it
>>>>> on, the computer makes the USB on sound, but I don't see the drive
>>>>> under My Computer.  When I go to System/Device Manager/Disc Drives,
>
>>>>> I see it, but the Properties button is unavailable.  I tried the
>>>>> Populate button under Volumes, but it didn't seem to do much.
>>>>> I think perhaps I need to start over from scratch and re-add the
>>>>> drive, but I don't know how to take it off first.  A friend says I
>>>>> can re-scan for hardware, but I don't see where to do that.
>>>>> Any ideas for how I can get this drive to show up under My
> Computer?
>>>>> I
>>>>> am
>>>>> running Windows XP Pro.
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> Tracy
>>>>>
>>>>>
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