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SATA hard drive in USB enclosure not recognized by Windows XP
I recently bought a Seagate 320gb SATA hard drive and a Sabrent 3.5" USB 2.0 SATA aluminum enclosure so I can plug the drive into my computer with USB.
I turned on the drive and sounds like it's working - spinning sound, no clicking. But I can't get windows to find it. I went to the device manager and looked under drives, and only my primary hard drive and cd rom showed up there.
I've restarted the computer and the drive several times, made sure the cables were plugged in snugly, tried different USB cables to plug into the enclosure, but I can't get anything to work.
Anyone have any ideas?
Matt
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October 20th, 2006 21:00
Your system model would be what? (Very important detail)
rsteglitz
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October 21st, 2006 09:00
rsteglitz
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October 28th, 2006 11:00
I figured it out. The USB connection to the enclosure from the computer is not super tight, and it had to be wiggled around to actually connect. Everything works fine now.
Matt
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October 28th, 2006 12:00
So I guess that means I can't count this under "problems solved by my brilliant troubleshooting abilities"?
No, seriously, glad the fix was that easy.
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November 30th, 2006 03:00
rickmktg
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November 30th, 2006 10:00
tompete
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November 30th, 2006 13:00
There's no way to run Disk Management as USB, right?
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November 30th, 2006 15:00
tompete
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November 30th, 2006 17:00
Nonetheless, thanks much for your help and quick response. I appreciate it.
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November 30th, 2006 18:00