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How do I force Windows to assign a drive letter to an external hard drive when attached?

Here is the question I received via email. "I often recieve external hard drives containing large amounts (10-500+gb)of data from vendors.  Each time I connect the drive, Windows assigns it to my G: drive which is currently mapped by GP to a network location.  Is there a...

Tags: External Hard Drive, Hard Drive, Letter, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Steven Warren

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Xp SP2 Not Recognizing Iomega Desktop Hard Drive. Please Help

Hi All. I have a Iomega Desktop Hard Drive Hi-Speed USB 2.0 360 GB. I got this HD recently and still couldn't get it to work no matter how much guides i followed!._______________________________________________My PC Spec is:Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz768 RAM128 ATI Radeon 9200 Series Graphic CardXP Service Pack...

Tags: Processors, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, n17_murat@..., External Hard Drive, Iomega Corp., hardware, Please Help, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Discussion threads 2007-11-08

Frustration Dept.

When backing up your computer on an external hard drive, does the whole program and data get backed up or just the data? My reason for asking is because I would like to replace my current desktop computer that has about 50GB listed on the hard drive. If I were...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, jrhyer@..., computer, hard drive, external Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

File system

Say I have an external hard drive and it is formatted as NFTS. The external hard drive is attached to a WinME computer. I know that the computer won't able to access the drive cause the machine is FAT32. Short of attaching the external hard drive to a NFTS machine,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows ME, dtman, file system, NTFS, FAT32, hard drive, NFTS, external Hard Drive, FAT32 machine

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

External hard drive

hi. does anyone have any recommendations for a good, reliable External hard drive. I'm looking to spend up to $100 probably, could push to $150 for a really good one but I'd like to keep it less. I heard they only last about 6-12 months....that seems crappy...is that true?Hard drive...

Tags: jmckowen@..., enclosure, External Hard Drive

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

exterbal hard disk

i have a problem with my external hard disk..i do not know wether the main problem is my hard disk or my pc cannot detect it..i'm quite blur right now..can some tell me the solution??send it to my email.ladiesnite_efi@yahoo.comMore info needed...Make and model of pc?Operating system?Make and model of ...

Tags: ladiesnite_efi@..., hard drive, external Hard Drive

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

Set up External Drive to share on network

I've noticed few posts on this subject matter. I am not just not technical enough to understand the answers very well. So I would appreciate if you can answer my question in a format a non-technical person can understand easily.My setup is:Linksys router(4 ethernet outlets), modem, three laptops, a printer,...

Tags: Modems, Notebooks, Network technology, NETWORKING, my2222@..., laptop computer, modem, Ethernet, external Hard Drive, hard drive, network

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

External hard drive (new) enclosure and Vista problem

Hi,First of all Im not big on technical hardware issues but today I bought a Samsung 160gb external hard drive in an enclosure for my Toshiba M200 laptop which is running Windows Vista basic. Although Vista detects and installs drivers for the hard drive..the drive does not appear in 'Computer'....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), donnaandneil@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, Disk Management

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

Shut down lock

Hello, After fitting an external USB hard drive i find that when i have accessed it everything works OK until i shut down the PC then windows hangs just before normal shutdown. I have no problem if i do not access the drive. i have also used safely remove hardware...

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Discussion threads 2007-02-19

Full Backup

Hey Guys' I.m trying to find any info. on new technology regarding backup to hardive ie, Raid. Something safe. This is a small business of five pc's. We have tape backup,only it has laid down to rest, and I'm looking to upgrade. Can anyone help Please. Thanks so...

Tags: external Hard Drive, backup, hard drive, slewis4645@...

Discussion threads 2007-02-19

External USB Hard Drive Not Recognized in XP?

Help anybody,My laptop HD burned up and I got a new one but the old one was under warranty so I bought a drive enclosure for $20 and use it as a backup drive of 80Gig. The enclosure came with a USB connection, etc. It used to work...

Tags: external hard drive, hard drives, usb, hardware, networking, software, windows, External USB Hard drive, longhorndkr@..., Microsoft Windows XP, Recognized

Discussion threads 2006-12-21

External HDD Problem

HiI recently purchased a Seagate 160GB Hard Drive not sata with a Gemini External HDD Enclosure. Drive installed fine, i formatted it and began to use it. Then i removed the hard drive. But the next time i tried to switch on the computer, the MoB

Tags: kedia990@..., external Hard Drive, hard drive, POST

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Norton Ghost 10.0 doesn't see my external hard drive

When I run the Symantec Recovery Disc, it does not see my external hard drive where my data is backed up. My hard drive is connect via 1394 firewire. Symantec says push F6 during startup to load the necessary drivers. But this only prompts you to insert...

Tags: external Hard Drive, hard drive, norton ghost 10.0, drivers, tjp2222@..., networking, Norton Co.

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

External Hard Drive will not defragment

was trying to defragment my Seagate external usb hardrdive, when i hit the defrag button , it would start analysing as normal, then an error message would show up on screen, i think it said something about a missing file or corupted dll, i dont remember id have to check...

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Q&A 2006-01-16

External hard drive not recognized

Hi,I have a no-name extern hard drive x (USB - 250 GB)All worked fine, until I connected another hard drive (+) (same USB - 250 GB).After working with it (+), my computer does no longer recognize my x hard drive.What can I do, I hax Windows XP SP2Thanks a lot,LaurenrWell...

Tags: hard drive, USB

Discussion threads 2005-08-06

I dropped my external hard drive

Hello, any suggestions of an honest data recovery company or person that will not steal my data if they are able to recover it? I would prefer bonded, etc. But if great word of mouth is important to that individual or company, I'd go with that. My drive...

Tags: drive-I, external Hard Drive, hard drive, hinterseher, IDE, off-topic, USB

Discussion threads 2005-03-06

Additional Resources

External Hard Drive Defrag???

I am about to purchase a external hard drive and a encloser I run disk keepers on my server should I run disk keepers or some hard drive monitor tool on this external drive or what would be the best soultion for external driveThanksdiskeeper is fine for defragmenting.so long as...

Tags: hard drive, deerek11@..., hardware, diskeeper

Q&A 2006-08-03

external hard drive enclosure q (Toshiba HD not apprearing on pc)

I have a problem with my external hard drive enclosure. Recently my Toshiba Satellite 1135-S155 stopped working and I removed the hard drive. I then put it in my Dynex external hard drive enclosure, plugged it to my hp pavilion desktop, but it does not recognize my the external hard...

Tags: muigi84@..., PC, external hard drive enclosure, hard drive enclosure, hard drive, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-10

How do I... Build and configure an external hard drive enclosure?

Do you have an old hard drive, which still works, lying around and gathering dust that you'd like to put to good use? If you answered yes, then chances are good that you've thought about using your old drive as an external hard drive. Fortunately, building an external hard drive...

Tags: Hard Drive

Download resources 2008-01-18

External Hard drive

Hello, I would like to wipe off my hard drive and do a clean install of XP Pro. If I purchase an external drive, can I copy my internal hard drivewith the OS and everything else to the external drive. I am thinking that if there are problems installing the...

Tags: richardt@..., hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-11-15