Hard Drive Disappeared

I recently got an external drive on a USB 2.0 connection, and on Friday it
just disappeared from the computer. I have tried turning it on, off,
removing the cables, putting them back, Device Manager, Computer Management,
etc. and nothing works. sometimes I get Error Code 10 on the USB connection
which says "Mass Storage Device" and other times the tools say that it is
working properly, but it will not show up as a Drive anywhere on the Windows
Explorer, etc. I cannot use it, and I cannot even get any of the Repair
programs to find it. The Drive is on, and it sounds like the plates are
spinning.

Please HELP!

I have tried turning it on, off,
removing the cables, putting them back,

Just a thought. Can you get your hands on new cables or plug it in to
another computer? Can you read it w/ manufacters dos installation disk? You
did not state which OS and have you tried removing the usb from dev. man.
and let it redetect it? (all?)
Try posting on your operating systems group site (alt.(?)
I know I was not much help, but, maybe it'll get the ball rolling!
Goodluck,
C.

"Alex" <alex@pizzahut.com> wrote in message
news:NmZce.145632$vL3.33077@bignews4.bellsouth.net ...
> I recently got an external drive on a USB 2.0 connection, and on Friday it
> just disappeared from the computer. I have tried turning it on, off,
> removing the cables, putting them back, Device Manager, Computer
Management,
> etc. and nothing works. sometimes I get Error Code 10 on the USB
connection
> which says "Mass Storage Device" and other times the tools say that it is
> working properly, but it will not show up as a Drive anywhere on the
Windows
> Explorer, etc. I cannot use it, and I cannot even get any of the Repair
> programs to find it. The Drive is on, and it sounds like the plates are
> spinning.
>
> Please HELP!
>
>
>
>

Windows XP Home edition. Do you think that replacing the cables can help? It
was working fine until Friday.

Thanks,

Frank

Frank,
Please repost on alt.windows-xp . You will find people with much more
knowledge with your problem than I have.
Is this an add-on usb card? Or onboard? Also windows will not support drives
greater than 137 GB without a registry change. This you do with the manus.
install. disk.
What brand drive? Repost and I'll see if i can find E.C. 10. E-me
cpmuzix@netscape.net

C.
"Frank" <frank@frankt.com> wrote in message
news:R6bde.120630$f%4.99617@bignews1.bellsouth.net ...
> Windows XP Home edition. Do you think that replacing the cables can help?
It
> was working fine until Friday.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank
>
>

I just found this in a news group.
Maybe?
C.

"trailboss" <trailboss@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:TrAce.21036$RP1.19245@fe10.lga...
> Hey all, My machine has a P4B533, and I have a buddies USB external
> harddrive, the thing is formatted already, but when put on any 2K/XP
> machine, we cant access it as windoze says it needs to be
> formatted...obviously that would wipe out the contents (which ARE, in
> fact,
> his backup!)
>
> Any ideas on how to access that drive without formatting? doesnt matter
> where I try it (he has asus board too, plus I tried on 3 other
> boards)...wierd...

I had a similar problem with an external USB drive. My problem was tracked
down to one computer's USB port did provide the power needed to run the
drive and the other computer's USB port did not. I hooked up my optional
external power supply and disabled the hard drive USB port power option and
it worked on either computer.

Another possibly is that the drive you are using needs a proprietary driver
that you have to load from a supplied disk and not a "standard" Microsoft
driver?


"Alex" <alex@pizzahut.com> wrote in message
news:NmZce.145632$vL3.33077@bignews4.bellsouth.net ...
> I recently got an external drive on a USB 2.0 connection, and on Friday it
> just disappeared from the computer. I have tried turning it on, off,
> removing the cables, putting them back, Device Manager, Computer
Management,
> etc. and nothing works. sometimes I get Error Code 10 on the USB
connection
> which says "Mass Storage Device" and other times the tools say that it is
> working properly, but it will not show up as a Drive anywhere on the
Windows
> Explorer, etc. I cannot use it, and I cannot even get any of the Repair
> programs to find it. The Drive is on, and it sounds like the plates are
> spinning.
>
> Please HELP!
>
>
>
>

Alex wrote:
> I recently got an external drive on a USB 2.0 connection, and on
Friday it
> just disappeared from the computer. I have tried turning it on, off,
> removing the cables, putting them back, Device Manager, Computer
Management,
> etc. and nothing works. sometimes I get Error Code 10 on the USB
connection
> which says "Mass Storage Device" and other times the tools say that
it is
> working properly, but it will not show up as a Drive anywhere on the
Windows
> Explorer, etc. I cannot use it, and I cannot even get any of the
Repair
> programs to find it. The Drive is on, and it sounds like the plates
are
> spinning.
>
> Please HELP!

Hi--

I'm having the same problem as you, I think. I recently bought an 80
gig Western Digital hard drive which I put in an external enclosure.
The disk worked fine throughtout this past week. I took it home,
plugged it into my dad's computer, and it worked fine. I brought it
back home, plugged it in, and now it shows up in Device Manager, but
not in windows explorer.
I'm hoping my hard drive isn't damaged and in need or reformatting.
Have you had any success yet?

If possible, could you please respond to my personal email account?

Shootfirst6501@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Brian