Device Manager shows USB HDD, Window Explorer or DOS prompt DOES NOT !!?
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unplug the other external drive, go to device manager and uninstall the usb device with the yellow mark nect to it. then reinstall the software for the napster device, and tehn reboot. when it is finished coming back up, plug in the napster device, let windows find it and install it, then plug up the other external drive, should work
339212
right click on the HD icon in "My Computer", click on "format...," then read what's in the pop-up window. Kinda a hard within XP if it's the system disk.
389917
jumpers configured wrong, bad drive, or a bad cable. Recent install?  look in device manager for any conflicts
521686
Try going to Device Manager and uninstalling the USB Controller and re-booting, then try it.  How come you haven't updated to SP2?  It could help support what I'm guessing is a USB 2.0 flash drive.
667607
You may want to run a virus scan on it.  It doesn't sound good.  Try to backup your data file as soon as possible.  The last resort is to format your drive and start over with installing windows.  Good luck.
89880
it should be a driver problem at your USB\nopen device manager and check the usb drivers.\nto open device manager right click on "my computer" chose "Manage" and you should see all the drivers that are running.
58550
Check the Device Manager and make sure you have the proper drivers installed. If your PC recognizes it, (or it doesn't) and it doesn't read a known good disk, the drive is bad. Replace! You can also go to 'My Computer' and make sure Windows recognizes it there.
930696
Insert your Windows Operating System disk and reboot.  Check the BIOS settings if it won't reboot.   Once you reboot, begin the installation.  When it gets to the point of WHERE, select that partition for Deletion, then allow the installation program to format the hard drive.  \n\nIf you do not have the Windows installation disk, GET ONE. \n\nGood luck
973942
If you're using an older OS like Win98, it can't see ntfs partitions.  It sounds like the 120GB drive is formatted in ntfs and the recovery partition is formatted in FAT32 (which all Windows OS recognizes).\n\nI suggest reformatting the drive in FAT32 or upgrade to WinXP.
435003
Check disk or any other kind of program uses the os for reading data from the disk and "please insert disk " message is coming just because of either window can't identify u r disk because it is corrupted or because proper drivers for usb disk is not loaded(there is no need for a driver software for usb drives if u are using win XP+service pack 2 since it automatically identifies the disk as another removable storage).I think u r problem will be related to corruption of disk due to static charge or something since u were loosing data for aperiod of time and then it became inaccessible.
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Doubt you installed your OS on the external drive.You may be using it for partitioning purposes.My bet is on a bios option that may have changed when you first plugged the drive in and restarted or are not familiar with configuring bios.The options are the boot device,boot priority and the (boot to or boottable USB device).I'm sure it is that last option I mentioned
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Here is the solution:\n\n1.Open My Computer.\n2.Right-click on the HDD and select properties.
131098
the hard drive did not come with a disk? i would look at the box that it came in. if it dose say windows me. then you should be able to find the website adderss on the box or owners guide
494176
First, check that the device doesn't show up if you put the flash drive in another USB port. If it doesn't, check your 'eject hardware' icon to see if the flash drive is showing there. If it isn't, it sounds as though the drivers and software for your USB are out of date or have been corrupted in some way. This can sometimes happen when you install Windows updates or software that conflicts (upon installation) with your hardware drivers. Check to see if there are up to date drivers for your flash drive on the manufacturer's website. If not, you will need to uninstall the software and reinstall the flash drive again using the original installation disc. \n\nBefore doing this, check Device Manager to see if it is flagging up any conflicts. If everything is okay, remove the flash drive from your USB port. Check your 'add/remove programs' list in Control Panel to see if the software for your flash drive is showing up. If it is, uninstall it. Reboot your computer. Then re-attach your flash drive to your USB port. With a bit of luck, the hardware installation wizard should recognise it as new hardware and open. If it does this, re-install the drivers for your flash drive and you should be away.\n\nIf it doesn't, you may need to do a manual install, although this reduces the chances of the flash drive working.
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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.
750941
Okay, this has happened a few times with mine.\n\nGoto the conrtol panel > Administrative Tools > \nThen in Console1 then goto storage > Disk Management\n\nHere it will show you your drives, if any are shaded out then you will have to right click on them and click mark the partition as active.\n\nHope this helps...
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try this but don't mess around in the bios.\nturn off the pc.\nturn it on again, as it is setting up, press the DEL key several times, the pc should go into the bios, usually a blue screen with settings for lots of the pc's setup items.\ngo to the drives, use the arrow keys to navigate.\ncheck to see if it shows a rom drive. if not click on my pc there and if should locate it and show it, if it doesn't then reset the pc.\nonly way I'm afraid.