External harddrive not showing in my computer

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Mark7713

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Hi, when i plug in my external harddrive via usb it doesn't show up in my computer. The harddrive is a Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB.
I am running windows 7 64bit and it doesnt have a problem with any other usb/memory hdd.

The first thing i tried was:
When i go into computer management; then disk management it shows up as disk 1 unallocated. I have tried right clicking on it to allocate a letter to itbut it doesn't give this as an option.

The second thing i tried was:
I went into control panel;Devices and printers.
This is were the harddrive shows up as USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge but will not let me browse it.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Yes its plugged in via usb and power is coming from powercord going to the wall.

The harddrive shouldnt have anything on it and i dont know if its been formatted before.
Thanks
 
Since it shows as unallocated in disk management, you will need to format it before the system will assign it a drive letter. When you right-click on the unallocated space, one of the options there should be format.
 
When i right click on the unallocated space it gives me the option to "New simple volume.." , "properties" and "Help".:confused:
 
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