Hi, I have a CAVALRY 1TB External USB drive. my 1tb external drive kinda crashed but i was fortunate to recover the files with stellar phoneix recovery software. Now its only showing me 8GB when i go to disk management. There are 2 500 WDC Platinum Drive. I formatted them as FAT32, NTFS, unallocated from my computer but when i put 'em together in the enclouser, it still shows me a 8GB and i can't even initialize. Please help me so i can use this deive again. Is there a certain format i have to use ? Any help would be greatly Appreciated.

SOURCE: computer does not recognize new 1TB ext HD

First I had to reseat one of the drives which had worked loose and become unseated during shipping. Then I had to format the hard drive and finally I had a 1TB external hard drive I could use. The light is still red.

Posted on Aug 01, 2008

SOURCE: i formatted my 1TB usb drive into ntfs want it back to fat32

If this is your bootable drive that windows in installed on you will need to completely reinstall windows to convert it back to FAT 32. If this is a spare drive then you can right click the drive in My computer and go to format and then reformat it as Fat 32.

Posted on Dec 20, 2008

SOURCE: With Windows 7 when I plug my CAUH 1TB USB 2.0

Might need drivers. Try installed the drivers from http://www.cavalrystorage.com/download.aspx. If not, try a different USB port. You can always format the drive if it is new and see if that works.

Posted on Mar 05, 2011

SOURCE: My Cavalry 1TB hard drive

The HDD is probably in working condition, however the enclosure may be damaged. You can remove the hdd inside the cavalry storage enclosure, and if you have a desktop install it in the desktop to get your data off of it. You may instead wish to purchase a new hdd enclosure which can be bought online from many websites such as http://ncix.com or newegg.com

Posted on May 11, 2011