New HD Enclosure, but drive not showing up

sup2jzgte · 04-10-2007, 12:26 AM

I just bought a hard drive enclosure, but for some reason the drive wont show up on "My Computer". I would love to refer to the directions, but it didnt come with any, so does anyone have any ideas?

thealmightyone · 04-11-2007, 01:48 PM

I have the same problem. I think the solution is to find drivers for the enclosure.

**The_Other_One** · 04-11-2007, 01:54 PM

Right-click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management. See if the drive is listed there. Some times you simply need to right-click it and assign a drive letter.

thealmightyone · 04-11-2007, 02:01 PM

Do you get any error pop-ups soon after plugging it in? The reason for my hard drive not working is USB related I think (doesnt show in Disk Management).

PohTayToez · 04-11-2007, 02:26 PM

Don't you have to format and partition it like any other brand new drive?

thealmightyone · 04-11-2007, 03:13 PM

Yup. That's probably what he has to do. I've decided to buy a 2.5" IDE to 3.5" IDE adapter in a few days.

jjsevdt · 04-11-2007, 03:53 PM

That's what I had to do when I got mine, so Sup2: Right-click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management. Your drive should show up there and you can right click on the drive and format or create a patition if that needs to happen.

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thealmightyone Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: York, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,000	I have the same problem. I think the solution is to find drivers for the enclosure. __________________ E8200 @ 3.576GHz with GA-P35-DS3L 2900 Pro, flashed to XT, oc-ed to 850/1860. Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 2GB Enermax Modular 620W Creative Audigy 4 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Jeantech Nitro case, XP Pro and 19" LCD

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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,432	Right-click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management. See if the drive is listed there. Some times you simply need to right-click it and assign a drive letter. __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

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thealmightyone Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: York, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,000	Do you get any error pop-ups soon after plugging it in? The reason for my hard drive not working is USB related I think (doesnt show in Disk Management). __________________ E8200 @ 3.576GHz with GA-P35-DS3L 2900 Pro, flashed to XT, oc-ed to 850/1860. Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 2GB Enermax Modular 620W Creative Audigy 4 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Jeantech Nitro case, XP Pro and 19" LCD

04-11-2007, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
thealmightyone Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: York, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,000	Yup. That's probably what he has to do. I've decided to buy a 2.5" IDE to 3.5" IDE adapter in a few days. __________________ E8200 @ 3.576GHz with GA-P35-DS3L 2900 Pro, flashed to XT, oc-ed to 850/1860. Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 2GB Enermax Modular 620W Creative Audigy 4 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Jeantech Nitro case, XP Pro and 19" LCD

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PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 3,353	Don't you have to format and partition it like any other brand new drive?

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jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 26 Posts: 1,135	That's what I had to do when I got mine, so Sup2: Right-click My Computer, Manage, Disk Management. Your drive should show up there and you can right click on the drive and format or create a patition if that needs to happen. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock Penryn1600SLI-110dB 4GB DDR2 800 1 - 750GB \| 1 - 1TB HDD PNY nVidia 9600GT Vista Ultimate 64bit All Powered by: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 530W PSU PSN: JjSeVdT Steam: JjSeVdT

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