External Hard Drive

matius · 12-25-2005, 03:57 PM

I re-installed Windows and encountered a host of problems, but the most serious by far is that my external hard drive, a Maxtor 80G cannot be seen. But this is also the case on another computer.

I've installed the One Touch software & USB drivers, it just doesn't show up...not in Disk Manager or wherever.

If the data was erased somehow, I would still expect to see the drive icon when I go into My Computer.

Any help/suggestions is greatly appreciated.

* The drive isn't too old, it was working just fine before I decided to screw up my computer and install Windows again...

suprasteve · 12-25-2005, 07:56 PM

since it doesn't work on another computer, that's a bad sign. You can take out the hard drive from the external case and try plugging it in internally and see if that helps, it's a bit of work though.

12-25-2005, 03:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
matius New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 19	External Hard Drive - USB2.0, gone? I re-installed Windows and encountered a host of problems, but the most serious by far is that my external hard drive, a Maxtor 80G cannot be seen. But this is also the case on another computer. I've installed the One Touch software & USB drivers, it just doesn't show up...not in Disk Manager or wherever. If the data was erased somehow, I would still expect to see the drive icon when I go into My Computer. Any help/suggestions is greatly appreciated. * The drive isn't too old, it was working just fine before I decided to screw up my computer and install Windows again...

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12-25-2005, 07:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	since it doesn't work on another computer, that's a bad sign. You can take out the hard drive from the external case and try plugging it in internally and see if that helps, it's a bit of work though.