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11-04-2008
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| | Vista won't recognise external HDD sometimes I use a USB external HDD for backing up data from my Vista Desktop PC. Sometimes I'll connect it and it will either won't recognise the drive, or won't recognise the file system and wants to format the drive. If I hook it up to a XP machine it reads it fine. If I reconnect it to Vista sometimes it will be ok other times I will have to reformat the external HDD on the Vista PC. The drive is only ever used on the Vista PC except when I've tested it on XP. Anyone got any suggestions as to what may be going on, this is really starting to bug me? |
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11-06-2008
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| | Re: Vista won't recognise external HDD sometimes "Charles" <Charles@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B7361991-8AF9-4EAA-8607-F38E4C8F9865@xxxxxx Quote: >I use a USB external HDD for backing up data from my Vista Desktop PC. > Sometimes I'll connect it and it will either won't recognise the drive, or > won't recognise the file system and wants to format the drive. If I hook > it > up to a XP machine it reads it fine. If I reconnect it to Vista sometimes > it > will be ok other times I will have to reformat the external HDD on the > Vista > PC. The drive is only ever used on the Vista PC except when I've tested it > on > XP. Anyone got any suggestions as to what may be going on, this is really > starting to bug me? machine. Any problems with any other USB devices? you might try uninstalling the USB drivers from device manager and letting them reinstall on reboot (but check each one first to make sure you aren't killing your mouse and keyboard.) |
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11-06-2008
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| | Re: Vista won't recognise external HDD sometimes "its_my_dime" wrote: Quote: > > "Charles" <Charles@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:B7361991-8AF9-4EAA-8607-F38E4C8F9865@xxxxxx Quote: > >I use a USB external HDD for backing up data from my Vista Desktop PC. > > Sometimes I'll connect it and it will either won't recognise the drive, or > > won't recognise the file system and wants to format the drive. If I hook > > it > > up to a XP machine it reads it fine. If I reconnect it to Vista sometimes > > it > > will be ok other times I will have to reformat the external HDD on the > > Vista > > PC. The drive is only ever used on the Vista PC except when I've tested it > > on > > XP. Anyone got any suggestions as to what may be going on, this is really > > starting to bug me? > Possibility is that you need a power USB hub to run this on your Vista > machine. Any problems with any other USB devices? > > you might try uninstalling the USB drivers from device manager and letting > them reinstall on reboot (but check each one first to make sure you aren't > killing your mouse and keyboard.) > > the problem with the external HDD is intermittent also so it makes it difficult to fault find. I'll try reinstalling drivers and see how that goes. |
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