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re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:20 am Posted by Ari (1287 messages posted) First step is to figure out whether it's the hard drive, or the computer. Can you plug it into a different computer, and see if it works there? On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:12 am, Mike wrote: >I have an external hard drive which connects to my PC through a USB cable. I have >used it extensively to store pictures and information but suddenly it is no longer >recognised when I plug it in. The green light comes on momentarily then turns to >red. >Any suggestions will be welcomed. Thanks. Mike [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:58 am Posted by Ricer46 (20448 messages posted) These devices appear to be notoriously unreliable. Usually the enclosure is bad, not the drive. On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:12 am, Mike wrote: >I have an external hard drive which connects to my PC through a USB cable. I have >used it extensively to store pictures and information but suddenly it is no longer >recognised when I plug it in. The green light comes on momentarily then turns to >red. >Any suggestions will be welcomed. Thanks. Mike [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:13 am Posted by Ari (1287 messages posted) Right, if he determined that, as between the computer and the drive, it was the "drive," the next question would be, OK, what happens if you put the drive in a different enclosure?" I agree completely that the enclosures fail a lot more often (at least in my experience) than the drives themselves. And sometimes it's even the cable. On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:58 am, Ricer46 wrote: >These devices appear to be notoriously unreliable. Usually the enclosure is bad, >not the drive. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:39 am Posted by Mike (19 messages posted) Configuration >I won't work on the other computer either How do I get all my programmes to show in two columns when I click on start/programmes? On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:13 am, Ari wrote: >Right, if he determined that, as between the computer and the drive, it was the "drive," >the next question would be, OK, what happens if you put the drive in a different >enclosure?" I agree completely that the enclosures fail a lot more often (at least >in my experience) than the drives themselves. And sometimes it's even the cable. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:50 am Posted by Johnb33 (1622 messages posted) Click on taskbar and start menu in control panel. click on start menu tab, click on customize for whatever way you are using and then and uncheck "use personalized menu" in the advanced options. On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:39 am, Mike wrote: >br> >>I won't work on the other computer either > > > > How do I get all my programmes to show in two columns when I click on start/programmes? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:52 am Posted by Ricer46 (20448 messages posted) As Ari suggested, try an alternate cable, if that doesn't work, you'll need to remove the drive from the enclosure and install it directly to the computer, so much for the convenience factor. On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:39 am, Mike wrote: >br> >>I won't work on the other computer either > > > > How do I get all my programmes to show in two columns when I click on start/programmes? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:54 am Posted by Ari (1287 messages posted) Hopefully, it's the enclosure rather than the drive. You could try a different enclosure, or try connecting the drive as a second drive to your existing drive controller card in the PC (or in another PC). On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:50 am, Johnb33 wrote: >Click on taskbar and start menu in control panel. click on start menu tab, click >on customize for whatever way you are using and then and uncheck "use personalized >menu" in the advanced options. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 3:13 pm Posted by TekNurd (661 messages posted) few weeks ago i had a HDD in an external case. It took forever to start at times for Windows to reconize it. Then would just keep spinning, and respinning...ect... it ended up the Case it was in. it worked fiine in another case. On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 10:12 am, Mike wrote: >I have an external hard drive which connects to my PC through a USB cable. I have >used it extensively to store pictures and information but suddenly it is no longer >recognised when I plug it in. The green light comes on momentarily then turns to >red. >Any suggestions will be welcomed. Thanks. Mike [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: External hard drive Monday, February 18, 2008 at 12:38 am Posted by Mike (19 messages posted) Configuration Thanks..I tried that but cannot find "use personalised menu"...Maybe I'm blind but it does not appear as described. Sorry. Mike How do I get all my programmes to show in two columns when I click on start/programmes? On Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 11:50 am, Johnb33 wrote: >Click on taskbar and start menu in control panel. click on start menu tab, click >on customize for whatever way you are using and then and uncheck "use personalized >menu" in the advanced options. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum