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Resolved external hdd

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by gabieke, 2009/12/04.

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    gabieke

    gabieke Inactive Thread Starter

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    well I dont know if this is the right place
    i have a internal hdd in a dock-in station and it is not decoverd in the device manager ..... how can i find the connection to the pc ( its a usb ) ??how can i install the device ?? any help will be welcome .. so thx ( sorry my english)
     
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    If this is your second HDD you may want to check the jumpers on the back of the drive. You should set the jumpers to cable select on both drives or set the first as master and the second as slave.
     
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    JCinvan

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    In device manager, right-click any entry and choose "scan for hardware change ", see if that helps.
     
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    PeteC

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    Do you mean a docking station into which bare hard drives can be slotted in or removed - generally integral with the computer or an external hard drive in a case with a separate power supply connected to the computer via a USB port?
     
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    JCinvan

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    I use a Dynex enclosure and it doesn't matter if there is a jumper or not or where it is.

    Other thing is I have 2 older small drives (Seagate 4Gb and Maxtor 8 Gb) and they don't power up in the enclosure the adapter isn't strong enough. So Gabieke, you may want to check if the drive is spinning.
     
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    gabieke

    gabieke Inactive Thread Starter

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    well Pete that is what i have , but the device is not reconiced as a usb device , i dont find any details where i cant find something looking too a usb device , device manager , disk manager , everything ' looks ' fine and note this is not the only device who isn't found , i thing that the hardware detection is corruct ??
    thanks for your help
     
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    PeteC

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    Are other USB devices recognised such as a mouse or USB flash drive>

    If no USB devices are recognised you should go to Device Manager and uninstall all the USB Controllers and Root Hubs and reboot to let Windows detect them again and reload the drivers. Then test the ports by plugging a USB device in.

    Have you tried plugging the USB hard drive into another computer - is it recognised if you do that?
     
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    gabieke

    gabieke Inactive Thread Starter

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    well Pete I hope that i dit not distaint your week-end whit my stupide , question ( i'm sorry ) .... but i found the answer on the problem
    you know as well as i , the promt command : devcon , and you find all of yours drivers ,hidden or not ( devcon driverfiles */* )
    that where i found the solution
    so thanks for all idees and the help from menbers
    so thanks again for all support and have nice hollidays
     
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    PeteC

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    No problem - glad to hear you worked it out :)

    I've marked this thread as 'Resolved', please see .....
     
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