[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Tracy Carcione]

> have you tried a different usb cable/port?
Yes.


> do you have partition magic?
Yes, but I gaily tossed the envelope it came in before I realized it was
where my access code was.  How stupid was that! I bought it quite a while
ago, so I reckon it's too late to try and contact the maker and get a new
code. I got it to try and make this silly drive work.

Other answers:
I can't see the format anywhere, so I don't know what it is.

I had thought the drive worked, once, on the laptop, but it doesn't work
there now.
I bought the thing a couple years ago, and have been trying, off and on,
to get it to work since then, before giving up and letting it be a
paperweight again.


>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] External disk drive
>
>
>> 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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