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Title: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 07, 2015, 08:50:11 pm

I got an external hard drive about a little over a year ago and I'm sure it worked when I got it. I plugged it back in today and the computer cant find it  any ideas, it lights up.  4thinking6  It plugs into USB port..........

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: rich67vw on April 07, 2015, 08:53:32 pm

It might be broken  clown

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Evil-Tunes (Glen) on April 07, 2015, 08:57:50 pm

Add Devices and/or check usb for a yellow !   Drivers?
 old-\

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: rich67vw on April 07, 2015, 08:58:45 pm

Was it ever formatted?

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: rich67vw on April 07, 2015, 09:02:28 pm

Can u hear the drive spin?

Can u turn it by hand at the pulley? No, wait, wrong drive

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Richard on April 07, 2015, 09:06:38 pm

Try to find the installed software for the drive and uninstall it.
Then do a re-install.
Try to skip formatting the drive if possible.

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Celly on April 07, 2015, 09:16:39 pm

Have you tried turning your pc off and on?  haha

 

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: rich67vw on April 07, 2015, 09:26:59 pm

Simple fix. Go to Amazon.com and buy a new 1tb drive for fifty bucks. Then take the first drive for a drive out your driveway, turn left, drive a half mile open your passenger window and throw the thing in lake Kessel

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on April 07, 2015, 11:33:36 pm

Don't do anything crazy. Matt can open it, and put the contents onto another drive. Do not reformat, reformatting with delete the content.

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on April 07, 2015, 11:34:00 pm

(Open the case of the external)

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 08, 2015, 08:54:39 am

I've done everything that has been  suggested but no luck. It is a 1TB drive from amazon (o: used for storing photos only so no big loss. I don't think it came with any software, think it was just PnP  I willl try it on my wife's computer later today.
OR it may be broken.................

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Beetleboi -Greg- on April 08, 2015, 09:29:16 am

No big loss? It's the pictorial (is that the right word) history of our club!

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 08, 2015, 11:29:59 am

Quote from: Beetleboi -Greg- on April 08, 2015, 09:29:16 am

No big loss? It's the pictorial (is that the right word) history of our club!

Thats what it is, but I'm not sure what is even on it after not using it for over a year  now.

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 08, 2015, 01:24:25 pm

OK, I plugged it into my laptop and the laptop found the drive. I stated to transfer photos to the drive and it says 17 hours remaining, WT*  devil)- reminds me of running a 286Mh-16 back in the day. I'm letting it run just to see how long it takes. chit I'll be an old man by time its done. Opps, I'm already an old man old-\

I need someone to set up my to computers so I can see/transfer the files of each computer  help$# Windows-7 on both computers.

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Richard on April 08, 2015, 04:28:05 pm

Transfer rates can be maddeningly slow on USB hard drives. Mine is a two tb usb3 and it still takes forever!
Just make sure you remembered to plug your laptop into AC!!

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 08, 2015, 07:08:36 pm

Richard I keep it on AC.\
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Greg I wwant to Network my two computers so I can access files from one to the other.

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: rich67vw on April 08, 2015, 07:41:58 pm

Set up a home group  easy you tube video to follow

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 09, 2015, 10:07:04 am

I have a home group but from their it says I'm not connected, I'm lost. whistll=-

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 09, 2015, 11:05:41 am

Opps, my bad. My main computer dont have WyFi but I have it hard wired to the router. and my laptop can be hard wired.

I know I set it up before but remember nothing of what I did, or where to find the network 4thinking6

I'll keep trying. Wine*

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: Richard on April 09, 2015, 12:02:23 pm

Jack, find the Properties tabs for the hard drives in question and be sure that "sharing" is enabled. You may have to do it for each drive on each computer. That worked for me once when I was having trouble "seeing" a drive on another computer.

Title: Re: external hard drive
Post by: lovebus (jack) on April 09, 2015, 04:36:21 pm

I think I got, thanks for trying to help