Not recognizing a hard drive?... any suggestions?

LeatherMosquitoMan
LeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
edited February 2010 in Technical Stuff and Help
So i'm trying to transfer music over to an external HD, but my PC is not recognizing the new HD...

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions on how to overcome this?
-Chris
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  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    So i'm trying to transfer music over to an external HD, but my PC is not recognizing the new HD...

    Anyone have any ideas/suggestions on how to overcome this?

    is it a new drive? what size is it? what OS do you have?
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    dig up the info on the hard drive and then find the owners manual / drivers from the manufactures web site.

    assuming you are windows 2k or better, windows should be able to find it.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    first...is the drive formatted?

    also, open up computer management and click on 'disk management' and see if it's there
  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    81 wrote:
    dig up the info on the hard drive and then find the owners manual / drivers from the manufactures web site.

    assuming you are windows 2k or better, windows should be able to find it.

    if he bought a big HD like 1 TB or bigger..some OS have trouble recognizing them and like you said, he needs to get a driver from the manufacturers web site.
  • LeatherMosquitoMan
    LeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    It's a 500GB Western Digital, same as mine, but a newer model.
    -Chris
    Male, 34

    I'm on Facebook - facebook.com/christopher.leesye1

    1998 Brisbane 2
    2003 Brisbane 1
    2006 LA 1 & 2
    2008 LA 2, San Diego 1 (EV)
    2009 LA 1, 2, 3 & 4, San Diego
    2011 St. Louis (EV)
    2012 Tulsa 1 & 2 (EV)
    2013 Chicago, Dallas & OKC
  • LeatherMosquitoMan
    LeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    So i'm trying to transfer music over to an external HD, but my PC is not recognizing the new HD...

    Anyone have any ideas/suggestions on how to overcome this?

    is it a new drive? what size is it? what OS do you have?

    I have Windows XP Office. I transferred music to another Western Digital last night, with no problems whatsoever.
    -Chris
    Male, 34

    I'm on Facebook - facebook.com/christopher.leesye1

    1998 Brisbane 2
    2003 Brisbane 1
    2006 LA 1 & 2
    2008 LA 2, San Diego 1 (EV)
    2009 LA 1, 2, 3 & 4, San Diego
    2011 St. Louis (EV)
    2012 Tulsa 1 & 2 (EV)
    2013 Chicago, Dallas & OKC
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Check WD's website. They should have some documentation on how you can solve the problem.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    if you are running more than 2 drives (1 master & 1 slave) try undoing the slave and hooking up this drive(to see if maybe it's your drive cable)

    if it's an external drive try using another usb port.

    or use "add/remove hardware" and try to locate & install it "manually"(if it's the same model as your other drive just use the same driver you have for the first one)

    but if you have XP it should recognize it automatically.....weird!
  • LeatherMosquitoMan
    LeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    I think, with the help of some suggestions here, it's working, i'm currently formatting it now.

    Thank you!
    -Chris
    Male, 34

    I'm on Facebook - facebook.com/christopher.leesye1

    1998 Brisbane 2
    2003 Brisbane 1
    2006 LA 1 & 2
    2008 LA 2, San Diego 1 (EV)
    2009 LA 1, 2, 3 & 4, San Diego
    2011 St. Louis (EV)
    2012 Tulsa 1 & 2 (EV)
    2013 Chicago, Dallas & OKC
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Try this: Right Cick on My Computer-->Manage-->Device Manger-->Highlight Universal Serial Bus-->At the top click on Action-->Scan for Hardware Changes.

    Do that with the HD plug in. See what happens.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    cpu might not find it if it's plugged into a usb hub. plug it directly to your cpu.
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