i bought an external memory, why is it in MY COMPUTER i can't view it, i mean its supposed to perform/work as a removable disk..but if your going to look at the system.. my PC is detecting it do i need to format it, how to format an external hardisk please help thanx in advance
200711
If you are using an older computer o/s like win98 you will need to load the driver. You can also check to see if the device shows up in device manager. You can often delete the device in device manager, then when you plug it back into the usb port in will be picked up.
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If it's what I'm thinking, you can't see the drive in Disk Management.  Read this post on my technology blog and follow the DiskPart instructions.\n\nhttp://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2005/11/adding-external-hard-drive-hard-way.html
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http://www.1394ta.org/About/products/computer_products.html#Storage%20Devices\n\ntry u'r luck\n\ntake it to a friend, who has a pc running win xp & having firewire port, connect u'r Ikebana Fireblaster external hard drive\n\nsee if it works ... u can then decide best
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OK Does the computer work with the old RAM stick in? On the RAM slot, have you made sure the chip is pressed in firmly and that the 2 clips on the end have locked on? If yes, have you put it in the right way round? (usually impossible to do but hey, been there myself before lol). If you have more than one slot, try putting in both RAM sticks together and on the power up does computer count up the memory test and has it increased?
361002
It sounds like the memory stick has gone bad. unfortunately past performance is no indicator of present or future performance and just because it was ok yesterday doesn't mean that it will be ok today.\n\nThere is plenty of software out there which attempts to recover data from courrupt memory sticks and most will allow you to download them free so that you can check if the recovery successfully find all your files. if it does you will have to pay to actually gain the recovery ability.
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Boss, it is hard disk in case of PC. and memory sticks, also called cache memory that holds data even when power is off. this type of memory devices are called as non-volitile memory. now-a-days you are gitting cell phons with hard-disk that support upto 5GB of data storage
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First make sure that the drive is pinned correctly on the back - if you have two drives hooked up to the ribbon cable it's set to either master or slave, master for the the end of the cable, slave for the middle. You may also want to try the Cable Select (although generally for legacy compatibility) option. Since you said it shows up correctly in the bios those settings may not be the issue, but are something to consider.\n\nAlso, you'll want to check that it shows up in the device manager. Like Dusty said, check to see if it just needs a driver installed (although I've yet to see a cd rom drive that needs actual hardware drivers for even basic functionality).\n\nMy hunch is that the drive is bad. I've had it happen before where I've had a bad drive show up in the bios and not function properly in windows. The easiest way to check this is to plug it into another computer and see if the drive works in that computer.
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No.  If there is data on it it is still formatted.  Your best bet is to try it in some other computers.  You might also try some disk recovery utilities to see if they can get what you need.\n\nBottom line though, stop using floppy disks -- they are horribly unreliable and flash drives are really cheap now.
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Yes, your computer will read it just like another hard drive but it will be a bit slower if external. Also in an enclosure it will be more suceptible to damage. Safer to keep it in the computer case itself as a second drive if possible.
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Usually, with or without windows on it, and even if the current hardware was different as u mentioned, the drive should have read alright..shouldn't have any problems.\nDo you a drive letter for that old drive when you go My Computers?\n\nThings to check:\n.. does your BIOS detects that an additional drive is there?\n(if not, your jumper settings are wrong)\n.. is the old drive set as slave and your current drive set as master? \n..do you get a drive letter for the old drive when you go to My Computers?\n(if not, right-click on My Computers--Management--Storage-->Disk Management).\n\nunless your hard disk is damaged or otherwise, you should be able to access it if you stick closely to those checklist.\n\nAnother solution I can give is to just format it, and then use a recovery software to search for and recover files deleted during reformatting.\nOne such example is RecoverMyFiles\n\nCheers!
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Check the jumper settings on the motherboard. They may not be set to read the added memory cards. You should have a diagram of the motherboard printed with the paperwork you got with the computer.
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ow man i had the same problem with my external hard drive  and i also asked the question on yahoo as you did, and i also viewed the others questions about external hard drive...... and the all the answers i read were lame and doll telling me to pay to get information from the hard drive and so on.\nWell, after making a good research on the internet i found the good program that helped me to recover info from my hard drive 100% After i recoverd info from hard dirve to another hard drive i formatted non-working hard dirve and now it works really really good. \nOk the name of the program is EaseUs DataRecoveryWizard Pro 2.0 or 3.0\nIf you want i can give you that software 4 free, just email me.
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Most external hard drives are just an internal ide drive with its own power supply. You should be able to remove the drive, set it as slave and install it in your PC. This is pretty simple. If the drive is still ok, you can then recover the data.
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Right click on my computer --> manage\n\nGo to disk management and post back and let me know if it sees the hard drive.\n\nDo you have any thing on the hard drive ( I know you said it as new ) but if you have any data on there and you wipe it, you will obviously lose it.\n\nAnyway if not then just format it in disk management and it should then appear in windows.\n\nIf thats not the case then please post back with more specific info , ie motherboard make and model.\n\nIf you need help with getting that info post back as well.
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Do you mean a memory card that plugs into your USB port? If so that is flash memory, and yes it has a shelf life. It can only be rewritten so many times, then it gonzo. Look up MRAM in google. it is the newest thing comming out. It will be better then what we have now.
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While in Disk Management, make sure it was assigned a free drive letter. If not, assign it an available one.\n\nThis happens to me sometime with USB flash drives. I just go in, give it another drive letter, and it shows up in My Computer.
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Do what i did just get one external memorie & save all your programs in this memorie...& restart your pc.....the good think about this is, when you don't have any program no necesarie on your pc it will run two times faster & much better.... i get this divise on the best buy & i just expense $100 dollar getting a 200gt external memorie\nthat is my advise....it really works