Reboot the computer As the computer is booting repeatadly press the F8 key as the computer is booting If done properly the user should get to a screen similar to the below screen. Select the option for Safe mode command prompt only Windows Advanced Options Menu Safe Mode Enable Boot Logging Start Windows Normally Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice select safe mode with command prompt Click start run type cmd press Enter black screen should open DOS mode this will vary depending on your operating system type in net user username For eg. If you want to change administrator password , type net user Administrator it will prompt you to enter the new password enter the new password and the password is changed
Please select an option:
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Enable VGA mode
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)
Debugging Mode
Reboot
Return to OS Choices Menu
hope this helps
SOURCE: Windows XP stopped recongizing eGo
2 things... the USB port is bad, or the USB cable is too long and the HDD isn't getting a good signal.
1. Try another port and see if that works
2. Nip over to WalMart, Circuit City, Micro Center, PC World or Best Buy and get a shorter, Thicker USB cable of the same type - a cable which can provide the signal strength your ext HDD requires.
Also a possibility... The HDD may be 'lost' as Win cannot accept one of that size or the label/signature fell off and it is an orphan. It MUST have a driveletter, and it MUST have a special WIN signature byte on the HDD for it to work.
Bootup as normal, let everything get quiet, then plug in the ext HDD
Rt Click My Computer,
Manage, Device Manager and in the Rt side, highlight the TOP icon. Then
under Help, click the Computer with magnifying glass icon and wait.
This forces your OS to 'Look' for any new devices.
When it finishes looking, look again under My Computer
to see if your new HDD is now there. It will have to be formatted and have a driveletter for
this part to work. Jump down to Disk Manager and see if it is there. You may have to Rt. Click and
import it as a foreign drive or Rt click and give it a Driveletter ;-) If it is not, use a shorter, thicker (more wires) USB cable and try again.
Windows
doesn't like Any HDD without win signatures on them - aka:'foreign
disks' so ANY time this happens, if OS doesn't see it, use disk manager
and Import it, then Rt click it and give it a Diskletter.
SOURCE: SEAGATE DRIVER ISSUE
It is a internal hard drive, which connects through IDE cable (the wide one), so you shouldn't be asked for drivers. If in any case you can't see this drive in your "My Computer" ("Computer" on Vista) it's probably because you have connected it wrong. Notice that the end of the IDE cable must be connected tou your main hard drive (where OS is instaled). If Seagate ST340015A is your main hard drive, than the end of the cable should be connected to it. If not, than on the same cable, about in the middle is another connection, you should use that one.
SOURCE: Not recognised by computer
You gotta partition it first. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/d9a4d35e-efdf-406c-a049-0860180129a71033.mspx
Except don't format the ones that already have a Letter (or u screwed urself there)
SOURCE: HARD DRIVE DOESN'T READ ON WINDOWS 98
Windows 98se can not see NTFS directories or files without help from another computer type server.
SOURCE: Acomdata HD120U2FE-72 120 GB external Hard Drive
OK, 2 things to check. First and foremost, when you plug it into the PC does it make that nifty noise to let you know it sees a new piece of hardware?
Second, if it does, you probably need to initialize the disk. Hit the windows button, right click on computer, and select manage. Under the storage category highlight Disk management. If you see the drive there, you can right click and select initialize, or format. From there the system should see the drive.
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