[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

is partition magic installed on one of your other computers?

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <"net NFBCS Mailing List"@panix.com>; <" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>"@panix.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] External disk drive


>> 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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