-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD Problem
- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:25:42 -0500
Before you give up on the HD, try uninstalling and reinstalling the
driver/software required to support it. It is possible that it got damaged
when the power interruption occurred.
Before you give up, try the drive on a second computer.
Don
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mihir" <mihirgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:09 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD Problem
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an 6 months old External HDD. It was working fine and I could
> read and write to it easily from Win XP. Today we had a power failure
> when I was booting up the Desktop with the External HDD connected to the
> USB port.
>
> After the power came back, I have been unable to access the External
> HDD. When I connect it to the USB port, it says check the external HDD
> and then I get a message: Windows cannot recognize the USB device,
> please replace it. Also, the Red light on the External HDD is
> continuously on. Generally when it was working Fine the Green LED used
> to glow whereas Red LED used to Glow only when the External HDD was
> being accessed.
>
> Any ideas on how to solve the problem. Or is my External HDD gone BAD?
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