Hi Bob & John,
I am DL software from Western Digital and will see what that presents.
Hating to loose a FULL days worth of work, can either guess as to what the
problem is? Why working and than bam, nothing. Just trying to make sure I
don't repeat the problem. Anyway to save the data or is it bye, bye????
Joey
"John Barnes" wrote:
Quote:
> If you didn't get a tool from the drive manufacturer, you can download one
> from their website. They usually have versions that run from a bootable
> floppy or cd/DVD
>
>
> "Seidell23231" <Seidell23231@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:AAF038B7-13BF-4CD7-998C-8769D652CB81@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > How do I gain access? It is a NO show in My Computer and a NO show in
> > Computer Management (Admin Tools). It is showing in Device Manager, WD
> > Tools
> > and PC-Doctor. All of which allow me to run tests to verify it is OK,
> > nothing else.
> >
> > Waiting on your response.... Joey
> >
> >
> > "Bob F." wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> "Seidell23231" <Seidell23231@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:83067DBE-7195-4939-9DC4-A0BC1FDA294D@xxxxxx
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >>
>
>