Dear sir/madam,
I have successfully hooked up this device to my comoputer,i.e,I plugged it into one of my usb ports, and into the power outlet. But, I can't get it to run with XP. Can you please help me.
Sincerely,
Richard Recas
I recently bought the product from tescos but just wont back anything up.
I plug in data & power lead then power lead then maxtor leadI recently bought the product from tescos but just wont back anything up.
I plug in data & power lead then power lead then maxtor lead
AnonymousNov 23, 2008
My Maxtor 3100 will not complete the format operation.
Using Windows XP
Any suggestions would be appreciated.My Maxtor 3100 will not complete the format operation.
Using Windows XP
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Sory to report - from Western Digital support site
Uses SES Drivers 7, Vista, XP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not Supported Server 2008, Server 2003, 2000 Server, 2000, ME, 98SE, 98, 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Win 98 is not a supported OS, for that drive.
yah you must buy a Y-USB cable for your external hardisk. this is connection both ends are one is for hardisk and the other two cable is for USB slot of computer. why it two wires connection to usb because one wire is for Data and the other is for Power. If doesn't work..it might be a problem in your Operating system. i recommend to you to reinstall your Windows OS.. theres a 4 reasons why it happen appear the error... deffective USB cable..corrupted driver of USB device for seagate, virus infected of your systems..and maybe your hardive is deffective. Please rate if this is HELPFUL..thanks
first of all , you are looking at the wrong voltages. The important voltage is the DC OUTPUT, which is the voltage the external harddrives use AND the polarity of the plug attached to the harddrive end of the cable.
if both the harddrives have say 12v dc output and both have the insignia of the center conductor being + (posative) then you can interchange them. and you CAN run a 9volt unit with 12volt DC power, but not the other way around.
Look at your power adaptors again for the OUTPUT and polarity.
should be a half-circle with lines depicting the polarity(+,-) of the center and sheild connections to the hard drives printed on both the harddrives and the power adaptors . This can also be tested with a dc volt meter while the adaptors are plugged into the wall.
DO NOT try to test the AC end while plugged in!!
Regards
Dear Sir,madam
You have to do some steps about fixing this problem :
1: Go to Device manager by right click on my computer then manage and then device manager.
2: Go to universal serial bus controller and export it.
3: in each USB root hub right click and then properties.
4: In properties screen select power management tab and unmark on " allow the computer to turn off this device to save power ".
5: After finishing this steps in each USB root hun restart your computer and then done
Sir, your PC might have been checking for external devices which plugged in to boot from. Thats wrong. So get into the bios of your computer while startup and change the 1st boot device to your computer's hard disk. And its a bad idea, starting your computer with a usb device plugged in.
If plugged in the first time, the external drive needs to be initialized from your computer. Here are the steps.
1. Plug in your external drive to your computer's usb port. 2. Right click your My Computer and choose Manage. 3. Click on the Disk Management from the left. The list of available drives will show on the right. 4. Right click on your External drive and select create partition (primary partition). 5. After that you now you need to format the hard drive. Choose quick format. 6. Right click again on the partition you've just created, now select "Format" and select NTFS. 7. Click Ok and follow the wizard as it will guide you until it is finished.
I recently bought the product from tescos but just wont back anything up.
I plug in data & power lead then power lead then maxtor lead
My Maxtor 3100 will not complete the format operation.
Using Windows XP
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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