Jim624 Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I ordered a hard drive (Western Digital, 40GB) so I could put it in an external case to use to store my MP3's and what not. I got it in the case, all contected up but when I plug in the USB one little icon pops up on my tool bar down by the time....but then it disapeers.... and it is not showing the hard drive in devices and removable storage. What did I do wrong and what do I need to do to make this work correctly ??Computer runnin' XP pro.
LLXX Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 (edited) Is the hard drive even spinning up? In many cases if it's only being powered by the USB cable, it's not getting sufficient power. Be careful with this as you can easily burn out the USB controller on your mobo if you draw too much power from the ports. Edited January 14, 2006 by LLXX
ssmokee Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Have you partitioned and formatted the drive yet?Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Management, then select Disk Management
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