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12. March 2008 @ 13:08 |
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i have a seagate esata drive, it was working fine, but now it doesn't show up in my computer, but when i put the usb cable on it, it shows up fine, someone told me i might have to rename the drive, how do i do that?
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. March 2008 @ 21:01 |
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Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Disc Management
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14. March 2008 @ 21:42 |
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do i just give the esata drive a different drive letter?
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. March 2008 @ 22:23 |
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Yea, try that. Give it a drive letter such as Z for trying it out. Be sure its plugged into esata when you do it.
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15. March 2008 @ 10:59 |
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when i have the esata plugged it, the drive never shows up, it's like it's not plugged in, but it shows up as soon as i put the usb in
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15. March 2008 @ 12:10 |
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It looks like a problem with the esata connector on the drive or motherboard. Can you try a different esata cable or the drive in a different computer with esata? Or a different esata drive in your computer?
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15. March 2008 @ 12:14 |
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i will unplug it from the motherboard and reattach it and see if that helps, it's just odd that it was working then it quit working
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15. March 2008 @ 12:40 |
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Is the esata built into the mobo or an external/internal PCI card? If it is an external/internal PCI Card, I'd suggest reinstalling drivers to it. Check Device Manager for conflicts.
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15. March 2008 @ 12:55 |
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15. March 2008 @ 17:12 |
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the problem is fixed, i have to restart my computer for it to work, i read another forum that says vista is not hot swappable for e-sata to work, once i hook it up, i have to restart it for it to work, it works fine now, i guess they need an update for this soon
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15. March 2008 @ 17:38 |
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Originally posted by cw16496:
the problem is fixed, i have to restart my computer for it to work, i read another forum that says vista is not hot swappable for e-sata to work, once i hook it up, i have to restart it for it to work, it works fine now, i guess they need an update for this soon
I would guess that is more on the lines of, what is wrong with rebooting? I never could figure out why people are against that.
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15. March 2008 @ 18:18 |
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people that have xp have had no problems with e-sata, they don't have to restart, they are hot swappaable for xp they should be hot swappable for vista, i have no problem with rebooting, since i only have one e-sata drive, but if i had multiples.......... that would suck
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