External Harddisk not detected

Gaurav · 27-11-2005, 11:33 PM

Purchased IBM 40 GB external hard disk drive(USB) . But when i plugged it into the USB port, it was instlled and detected by windows xp but the drive is not shown in the my computer. what's the problem, is the drive faulty. or am i doing something wrong. i even restarted my pc but the drive is not shown in the my computer.

HELLLLP

vijay_7287 · 28-11-2005, 09:01 AM

go to disk management and check for the drive

if u find it there u can easily make it show up in my computer

disk manager is in

admin tools

comp management

storage

disk management

and also check in the device manager !!!!

mangemayur · 28-11-2005, 09:52 AM

The drive might be not formated, do as the Vijay told u to go to diskmanagement and format it, then ut will appear in yr explorer

mangemayur · 28-11-2005, 10:02 AM

The drive might be not formated, do as the Vijay told u to go to diskmanagement and format it, then ut will appear in yr explorer

Gaurav · 28-11-2005, 12:21 PM

let us see if it works. thank you all for helping me out.

27-11-2005, 11:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gaurav In The Zone Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Delhi/NCR Posts: 439	External Harddisk not detected Purchased IBM 40 GB external hard disk drive(USB) . But when i plugged it into the USB port, it was instlled and detected by windows xp but the drive is not shown in the my computer. what's the problem, is the drive faulty. or am i doing something wrong. i even restarted my pc but the drive is not shown in the my computer. HELLLLP

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28-11-2005, 09:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
mangemayur Broken In Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 113	The drive might be not formated, do as the Vijay told u to go to diskmanagement and format it, then ut will appear in yr explorer

28-11-2005, 10:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
mangemayur Broken In Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 113	The drive might be not formated, do as the Vijay told u to go to diskmanagement and format it, then ut will appear in yr explorer

28-11-2005, 12:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gaurav In The Zone Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Delhi/NCR Posts: 439	let us see if it works. thank you all for helping me out.