Vista - eSATA External HDD

**Brunswick2** · 01-01-2009

Just bought a WD 500gb hdd and an antec MX-1 enclosure. It has eSATA. Put it all together and plugged it in / hooked it up to computer and turned it on. I went into control panel and disk management bla bla bla, can't find the hard drive?? The computer should recognize that it is there right? How else can I formatt it if I can't even find it? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

01-01-2009

"Brunswick2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Just bought a WD 500gb hdd and an antec MX-1 enclosure. It has eSATA.
> Put it all together and plugged it in / hooked it up to computer and
> turned it on. I went into control panel and disk management bla bla
> bla, can't find the hard drive?? The computer should recognize that it
> is there right? How else can I formatt it if I can't even find it? Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> --
> Brunswick2

Try unplugging it and reinsert. If it has another interface, you might try
that. How do you have the drive jumpered--if WD, you might need to have it
set to single and not master.

Clark

01-01-2009

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>"Brunswick2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> Just bought a WD 500gb hdd and an antec MX-1 enclosure. It has eSATA.
>> Put it all together and plugged it in / hooked it up to computer and
>> turned it on. I went into control panel and disk management bla bla
>> bla, can't find the hard drive?? The computer should recognize that it
>> is there right? How else can I formatt it if I can't even find it? Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brunswick2

>
>Try unplugging it and reinsert. If it has another interface, you might try
>that. How do you have the drive jumpered--if WD, you might need to have it
>set to single and not master.

One other thought, reboot. Not all SATA chipsets are hotswappable in
all modes, the generic/default drivers that Windows installs often don't
support hotswapping but once you find the correct SATA controller
drivers then hotswapping works.

01-01-2009	#1 (permalink)
Brunswick2 Vista Ultimate x64 16 posts	eSATA External HDD Just bought a WD 500gb hdd and an antec MX-1 enclosure. It has eSATA. Put it all together and plugged it in / hooked it up to computer and turned it on. I went into control panel and disk management bla bla bla, can't find the hard drive?? The computer should recognize that it is there right? How else can I formatt it if I can't even find it? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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01-01-2009	#2 (permalink)
Clark n/a posts	Re: eSATA External HDD "Brunswick2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:b874b73108f3039ec53d93f8fae96725@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Just bought a WD 500gb hdd and an antec MX-1 enclosure. It has eSATA. > Put it all together and plugged it in / hooked it up to computer and > turned it on. I went into control panel and disk management bla bla > bla, can't find the hard drive?? The computer should recognize that it > is there right? How else can I formatt it if I can't even find it? Any > suggestions? > > Thanks in advance > > > -- > Brunswick2 Try unplugging it and reinsert. If it has another interface, you might try that. How do you have the drive jumpered--if WD, you might need to have it set to single and not master. Clark
My System Specs

01-01-2009	#3 (permalink)
DevilsPGD n/a posts	Re: eSATA External HDD In message <uxfA8wEbJHA.4072@xxxxxx> "Clark" <no-spam@xxxxxx> was claimed to have wrote: Quote: > >"Brunswick2" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message >news:b874b73108f3039ec53d93f8fae96725@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: >> >> Just bought a WD 500gb hdd and an antec MX-1 enclosure. It has eSATA. >> Put it all together and plugged it in / hooked it up to computer and >> turned it on. I went into control panel and disk management bla bla >> bla, can't find the hard drive?? The computer should recognize that it >> is there right? How else can I formatt it if I can't even find it? Any >> suggestions? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> -- >> Brunswick2 > >Try unplugging it and reinsert. If it has another interface, you might try >that. How do you have the drive jumpered--if WD, you might need to have it >set to single and not master. One other thought, reboot. Not all SATA chipsets are hotswappable in all modes, the generic/default drivers that Windows installs often don't support hotswapping but once you find the correct SATA controller drivers then hotswapping works.
My System Specs

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