[real-eyes] Re: An external drive problem.
- From: "Nancy VanSandt" <maxvanwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:52:09 -0600
Hi Jim, thanks for the suggestion. When looking in the sys tray, I didn't
see anything on the list with the name of the drive or anything like that.
Nancy Van Sandt,
Buddy and Curly's House
Joshua24:15
"But as for me and my household,
We will serve the Lord."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:52 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: An external drive problem.
> Nancy,
>
> Certainly try Reggie's suggestion but here is something else to check
> into.
>
> Many external USB hardware devices must be properly removed using the
> "safely remove hardware" utility in the system tray of XP. Look in there
> to
> see if XP thinks the drive is still connected and stop the device using
> that
> utility to see if will then re-recognize it once again. Unless the
> external
> device is hot swappable you should probably use this method of stopping
> the
> device all the time. Try it with the drive turned on first and then with
> it
> off to see what happens. It might not work but it is worth the shot and
> it
> is a safe thing to do.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Ellsworth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Nancy VanSandt
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:24 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] An external drive problem.
>
> Hi! I got an external drive for Christmas which I have plugged in to my
> USB
> port. Everything was going fine until a couple of weeks ago when I had
> left
> it on and during the start up process on my PC, I accidentally turned it
> off. I didn't think that would matter, but now when I turn it on, it will
> make the usual noise telling me that it is on, but the drive letter itself
> does not come up in the list in My Computer. So, I can't access it. My
> Zen
> Stone player is working fine, and it shows up in My Computer when I plug
> it
> into my USB, but my other external drive is not recognized at all. It
> sure
> would be a bummer if I lost everything on there. Is there anything I can
> do
> about this?
> Nancy Van Sandt,
> Buddy and Curly's House
> Joshua24:15
> "But as for me and my household,
> We will serve the Lord."
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