"Seidell23231" <Seidell23231@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello ALL,
>
> OK, I have an External Hard Drive problem. That problem being it is NOT
> appearing in the "My Computer" or "Admin Tools, Computer Management".
> This
> External Drive was appearing in my Sony and first HP, which was returned
> because of a bad video card. But prior to the video card failure, I had
> partitioned out the External 750GB hard drive into Dynamic Drives (Had 5
> partitions, which automatically created the Dynamic Drives). I have had
> this
> drive for about 8 months without a hitch. I bring home my 2nd HP, working
> Great, but the External hard drive is not showing up in the areas above.
> It
> is showing up in device manager and device manager states it is working
> OK.
> I ran PC-Doctor, which shows the External Drive, but shows it twice. I
> ran
> the Short Hard Drive Test's; Random Seek, Funnel Seek, Surface Scan, 2nd
> Surface Scan. I ran this and the drive PASSED all. Than I ran it on the
> 2nd
> one showing, again PASSED all. I can here the drive spinning, I can hear
> it
> start up and shut down. I downloaded and ran the Western Digital Short
> Test,
> which showed the drive. I ran the Short test it PASSED.
>
> So it would appear there is nothing wrong, but still a no show in My
> Computer or Computer Management. I cannot run Chkdsk, becuase it is not
> showing up.
>
> So, can someone point me in the right direction.... Thanks Joey
Save all the data on the disk (I guess in your old machine) Format the
drive as Basic, one partition. Use your WD tools if you need to. Then you
should see it on your new machine. After you mount it, you can break it up
into more partitions if you'd like but it should stay "basic"
--
BobF.