My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:39:16 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:39:16 +0800

You didn't format correctly. Or rather, you didn't partition correctly.

1. Delete partition

2. Create partition

3. Format partition

Doing just Steps 2 and 3 will result in loss of hard disk space which you are experiencing.

Open Disk Management and assign a drive letter to the old partition to see your data.

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by caleb_chiang @ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:16:35 +0800

caleb_chiang — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:16:35 +0800

hmmm… never heard of such things before. you sure you formatted or partition’ed?

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by jasmine17 @ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:08:47 +0800

jasmine17 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:08:47 +0800

anyone can help? my current ext harddisk shows 18 GB instead of 40 GB. I remember i got around 22 GB of data.

How come like this? is the data locked some where in the hard disk?

any way to retrieve?

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by jasmine17 @ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:42:54 +0800

jasmine17 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:42:54 +0800

it used to be 40 GB now it is only 18 GB

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by jasmine17 @ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:39:18 +0800

jasmine17 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:39:18 +0800

Originally posted by CyanSupra:

I'm not sure abt vista.
But for xp , did u format the drive?

Can u see ur drive in disk mangement?

yes and i just formatted it

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by kenn3th @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:20:20 +0800

kenn3th — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:20:20 +0800

make sure that the usb cables are properly and firmly connected.
then pluck into a new usb port.

if there's a pop up saying it could not install hdd then it would mean that the drivers are not properly installed thus it could not be read.

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by twiggies @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:13:11 +0800

twiggies — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:13:11 +0800

switch on the power for your ext hdd

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by ismail @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:09:09 +0800

ismail — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:09:09 +0800

Check whether your USB cable is inserted properly into the hard drive slot.

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by ndmmxiaomayi @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:47:42 +0800

ndmmxiaomayi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:47:42 +0800

Despite all the warnings not to do low level format without guidance, people still do it.

Low level format can damage a hard disk if not done properly. If that's the case, pray hard that it's still workable.

As for accessing Disk Management, do this

XP

Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management

Vista

Classic Start Menu

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management

Vista Start Menu

Start > Search for Control Panel

Double click on Administrative Tools > Computer Management

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by jasmine17 @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:44:37 +0800

jasmine17 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:44:37 +0800

what is disk management? my lappie and desktop both cannot read the drive.
I used low level format to format the HDD

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by thoreldan @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:09:24 +0800

thoreldan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:09:24 +0800

Originally posted by CyanSupra:

I'm not sure abt vista.
But for xp , did u format the drive?

Can u see ur drive in disk mangement?

yeah...pls check in disk management

i got a feeling that the USB is not drawing enough power from the motherboard to power up the HDD

have you tried the HDD in other PCs or other USB ports in the same PC?

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by manyu882 @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:54:35 +0800

manyu882 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:54:35 +0800

Originally posted by jasmine17:

when i plug in the ext harddisk via usb, the drive does not appear in my computer.

but when i go control panel, system, device manager, it appears under harddrive.

How to solve this problem

OS: Win XP pro/ Vista home premium

the one u see in your device manager is the USB to IDE bridge for hard drive. even if you dont have hdd, but u plugin an empty case, it will still show there.

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by CyanSupra @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:36:23 +0800

CyanSupra — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:36:23 +0800

I'm not sure abt vista.
But for xp , did u format the drive?

Can u see ur drive in disk mangement?

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by allentyb_v2.01 @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:23:52 +0800

allentyb_v2.01 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:23:52 +0800

Maybe something wrong with your USB cable, i have this problem also but somehow after a while, it will be able to read the portable hard disk already

My computer cannot read my ext harddisk replied by jasmine17 @ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:12:27 +0800

jasmine17 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:12:27 +0800

when i plug in the ext harddisk via usb, the drive does not appear in my computer.

but when i go control panel, system, device manager, it appears under harddrive.

How to solve this problem

OS: Win XP pro/ Vista home premium

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