I pulled my WD 80 GB hard drive out of my old desktop and successfully used
it as an external drive on my Toshiba laptop. I then installed SP2 and
didn't try the drive for awhile; now, the drive appears in my Device Manager,
which claims it is working correctly. The "Safely Remove Hardware" icon also
appears in my system tray. I cannot, however, see the drive in either Disk
Management or My Computer. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the
drivers for both the drive and my USB ports several times as well as simply
disconnecting the drive and then reconnecting it. Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance!

I had the same issue and Partition Magic fixed the problem.


"smallasdust" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:16D6DA86-D5FD-4956-8495-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I pulled my WD 80 GB hard drive out of my old desktop and successfully used
> it as an external drive on my Toshiba laptop. I then installed SP2 and
> didn't try the drive for awhile; now, the drive appears in my Device
> Manager,
> which claims it is working correctly. The "Safely Remove Hardware" icon
> also
> appears in my system tray. I cannot, however, see the drive in either
> Disk
> Management or My Computer. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the
> drivers for both the drive and my USB ports several times as well as
> simply
> disconnecting the drive and then reconnecting it. Any ideas?
>
> Many thanks in advance!

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm a law student and can't afford extra
software. Is there any good free version that you're aware of?

"Bob Rowlands" wrote:

> I had the same issue and Partition Magic fixed the problem.
>
>
> "smallasdust" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:16D6DA86-D5FD-4956-8495-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I pulled my WD 80 GB hard drive out of my old desktop and successfully used
> > it as an external drive on my Toshiba laptop. I then installed SP2 and
> > didn't try the drive for awhile; now, the drive appears in my Device
> > Manager,
> > which claims it is working correctly. The "Safely Remove Hardware" icon
> > also
> > appears in my system tray. I cannot, however, see the drive in either
> > Disk
> > Management or My Computer. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the
> > drivers for both the drive and my USB ports several times as well as
> > simply
> > disconnecting the drive and then reconnecting it. Any ideas?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance!
>
>
>

Hi,

Have you tried to either update or reinstall the chipset drivers for your
laptop? It seems the chipset drivers also installs the USB drivers, so a
reinstall or an update might fix the problem. Just a suggestion though, not
sure if it will work.

Jeff

"smallasdust" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:899DE8BE-824E-4BDD-B923-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm a law student and can't afford extra
> software. Is there any good free version that you're aware of?
>
> "Bob Rowlands" wrote:
>
>> I had the same issue and Partition Magic fixed the problem.
>>
>>
>> "smallasdust" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:16D6DA86-D5FD-4956-8495-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I pulled my WD 80 GB hard drive out of my old desktop and successfully
>> >used
>> > it as an external drive on my Toshiba laptop. I then installed SP2 and
>> > didn't try the drive for awhile; now, the drive appears in my Device
>> > Manager,
>> > which claims it is working correctly. The "Safely Remove Hardware"
>> > icon
>> > also
>> > appears in my system tray. I cannot, however, see the drive in either
>> > Disk
>> > Management or My Computer. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled
>> > the
>> > drivers for both the drive and my USB ports several times as well as
>> > simply
>> > disconnecting the drive and then reconnecting it. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Many thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>