SimpleTech External HDD on WIN ME

skateforjondoe · 10-26-2006, 04:39 AM

My dad has an external 160 gb simpletech hard drive that is connected to a windows milenium edition computer
this windows meliniom edition computer has all the updates possible for it's os version and when i plug it in it doesn't show up in my computer(but does when i try it on any of my xp computers)i have tried reconnecting it and all that, and don't know what else to do

btw there is no drivers needed

Burgerbob · 10-26-2006, 05:06 AM

It is probably the file system, it is prob NTFS, and ME will only read up to FAT32. You are out of luck there.

SirKenin · 10-26-2006, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Burgerbob

It is probably the file system, it is prob NTFS, and ME will only read up to FAT32. You are out of luck there.

This is the more than likely cause.

PC eye · 10-26-2006, 05:28 AM

Since ME was the followup of the 9X family the most likely reason is that the usb drivers needed were knocked out. Unlike the improvements with the hardware detection seen in XP ME was an upgrade from 98SE. That saw a lot of fun at times with usb devices even external drives. At least you are able to retrieve data and files from it while connected to your system. That shows that the drive's partition is intact.

skateforjondoe · 10-26-2006, 09:03 AM

can i change it to fat 32?

PC eye · 10-27-2006, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by skateforjondoe

can i change it to fat 32?

The first thing to know is what was used in formatting the drive. Is that currently a Fat32 partition on the drive formatted by fdisk or was it originally formatted with the Disk Management in XP? XP will readily read off of Fat32 as well as NTFS partitions.

The problem for not being able to see the drive on the ME system is more likely a loss of usb support if originally bought for use there. Fat32 would already been inplace while the drive's partition was probably lost. Make sure usb 2.0 support is on the ME system. The main page for that model drive is seen at http://www.simpletech.com/commercial...eexternal.html

SirKenin · 10-26-2006, 10:44 AM

Well, sort of. There are no Microsoft tools to do it, but Partition Magic will do it. Unfortunately backwards conversions can be real unreliable and can completely trash your data. The only other way is to wipe the partition and start fresh, creating a FAT32 partition from the get go.

10-26-2006, 04:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
skateforjondoe banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 72	SimpleTech External HDD on WIN ME My dad has an external 160 gb simpletech hard drive that is connected to a windows milenium edition computer this windows meliniom edition computer has all the updates possible for it's os version and when i plug it in it doesn't show up in my computer(but does when i try it on any of my xp computers)i have tried reconnecting it and all that, and don't know what else to do btw there is no drivers needed

10-26-2006, 05:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 19 Posts: 2,532	It is probably the file system, it is prob NTFS, and ME will only read up to FAT32. You are out of luck there. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate, 500GB WD, eVGA 8800GT Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G Dell Inspiron 6000 Windows 7!

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10-26-2006, 05:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,091	Since ME was the followup of the 9X family the most likely reason is that the usb drivers needed were knocked out. Unlike the improvements with the hardware detection seen in XP ME was an upgrade from 98SE. That saw a lot of fun at times with usb devices even external drives. At least you are able to retrieve data and files from it while connected to your system. That shows that the drive's partition is intact.

10-26-2006, 09:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
skateforjondoe banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 72	can i change it to fat 32?

10-26-2006, 10:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Well, sort of. There are no Microsoft tools to do it, but Partition Magic will do it. Unfortunately backwards conversions can be real unreliable and can completely trash your data. The only other way is to wipe the partition and start fresh, creating a FAT32 partition from the get go.