I tested with 2 IDE hard drives and with one new desktop win 8.1 and a laptop win 7. I setup everything as in the manual. Problem the PC doesn't see i
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Try different USB ports - you must use one that is direct to the computer and does not pass through something like a card reader add-on.
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Ensure that the black rocker switch is on. Mine was initially in the off position.
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Are you using the proper power supply. I was cleaning rearranging my desktop, and inadvertently plugged the power supply from my modem into the laCie drive. It had enough power to turn the light on, but not enough to actually run the drive. I HAVE had a couple issues with my drive. The USB port now routinely disconnects for not apparent reason. Makes it difficult to copy large files.
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It wasn't viewable in any OS I tried all three,But the last solution here worked as I had to make new partition and quick format it and in this way it also gave it a drive letter.I did this on an XP machine and Now it worked.
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It could be your XP system is not recognizing the NTFS fie system that Win 7 formatted the DT101 with, or your XP system's USB port is not recognizing the DT100. See if a friend wil let you pug it into their system to see it his system recognizes the DT101
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The drive could be damaged or there may not be enough power. There is an extra power cable, almost looks like an audio aux cable, it plugs into the IDE/SATA connector. Also try the driver CD that came with it. Your PC may not be installing the drivers automatically. Hope this helps
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I do not have an answer to your problem, but with both seagate and WD drives I just attached the drive enclosure and the hard drives were recognized.
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Probably is not initialized of formatted yet. Check under Windows' "Disk Management".
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If it doesn't recognize it I would return it for a different one. It is probably the programing. Or try dumping ur system cache. But save all ur data to a memory stick first.
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I bought this a few months back and used it with both IDE and SATA and it worked for me. I would say you may have gotten a bad one and just send it back. I'm running Win7 and only tried it only desktop. If I had more money to spend I would get one with out a power cord.
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Flash the newest BIOS and see if it fixes it. If not, your sata controller may have failed. Also, your board has multiple controllers so switch to the other sata controller. Your motherboard manual will tell you which one is which. If it detects your disc drive but not your hard drive, your hard drive may have failed
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You might have to do a clean install with the disks that were provided when you purchased your desktop/laptop. Also try doing a system restore.
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Yes it does. Just add hard drive. Also make sure your hard drive is with IDE connection. :)
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You need to connect 2 usb. I have Windows 7 and just plug in to start working. If you want to switch colors, made macros, etc... you need to download and install the software.
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It should recognize is, there should be an updated drive to view it. Check the Seagate website for that.
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it should automatically install the drivers... my win7 desktop automatically installed everything and works great
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I left my sad attached to the SATA II port, installed the IO Crest card, and then started up windows 7...it detected the card and I installed the drivers. Shut down the system and moved my SSD to the SATAIII port. When rebooting go into the bios and double check that your boot drive is still correctly set. Mine changed, probably because I have multiple drives. After making sure the correct drive is set as the boot drive, win7 came up fine.
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I do not have an answer to your problem, but with both seagate and WD drives I just attached the drive enclosure and the hard drives were recognized. I am using Win7 64