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posted by lololepolak on Jan 19, 2008

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hi
i have a HP laptop using windows vista
i am trying to connect a external hard disk (manufacturer : Advance or Adiance ?)
when i connect the USB cable, nothing appears in the hard drives list nor pops up
i cannot either find the hard disk when i do "install new device"

can anybody help me ?

Comment by lololepolak, posted on Jan 19, 2008

tks but i've checked in device manager and USB ports work

impossible to check hard drive as i cannot open it.,let me know if i cannot do it in another way

when i try "add a non plug and play", ,windows don't find the hard disk ...

any idea

cheers for your answer
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Comment by Guest, posted on May 18, 2008

same problem

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Try another USB cable, or another USB port.
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plz check your usb port if other device read ...........then your external hard disk so error. or if ex hard ok...you install windows vista .

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