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demarris
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_ 		28. June 2007 @ 13:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I recently bought an external 60 gig hd but my laptop won't pick it up. My laptop always shows that new hardware has been connected in the bottom right hand corner but the hd does not show up when I open the "My Computer" folder. What is wrong?
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ddp
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_ 		28. June 2007 @ 15:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is it partitioned & formated? probably not so go to disk management to do that
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demarris
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_ 		28. June 2007 @ 16:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How do I do that?
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ddp
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_ 		28. June 2007 @ 18:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what windows are you using?
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demarris
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_ 		28. June 2007 @ 19:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
XP
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ddp
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_ 		28. June 2007 @ 21:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
under your Administration Tools, go Computer Management -> System Tools -> Storage -> Disk Management
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demarris
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 04:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It still does not show up in computer management.
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ddp
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 12:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
was there software with the external drive?
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demarris
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 12:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I ordered it off ebay and it was suuposed to come with a drivers cd but it was not included. Is there somewhere that I can download some drivers for this hard drive?

Here's the Hard Drive:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...0131188969&rd=1
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ddp
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 12:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
contact the ebay seller to get that cd. your link dosen't show your drive.
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demarris
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 12:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I did contact him. He has not replied in days. Is there anywhere that I can download some drivers?
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ddp
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what is the make & model# of the drive?
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demarris
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 13:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's the problem. I don't know. I was hoping that the link would take you to the page. Here it is again.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...0131188969&rd=1
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ddp
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 13:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no name on the case at all?
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demarris
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 13:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nope not at all. The box it came in has USB 2.0 on it.
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ddp
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 14:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
keep emailing the seller then for that disk or were you can download from.
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demarris
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 14:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK. Are there not any Universal drivers that I can download somewhere?
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ddp
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 14:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i don't know as all my externals came with software but no drives.
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valentine
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 14:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I had the same problem, how I got round it was to temporarily extract the disk from its case and fit it to my pc as a new 'C' drive and boot of a win98 start-up disk and partition and format it from there,and then put it back in it's case and all was well. Two words of caution this will invalidate any guarantee and remember to format it fat32, as this will allow it to be seen by any system.
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valentine
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_ 		29. June 2007 @ 14:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What I forgot to add was that I have an adapter cable which was part of an IDE to USB Kit to be able to hang it on my system.
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