[Kristensen]

no it was not, but i understand...
the thing is, i can click from today until next yeah, but the only thing i can get to is "what is this" no name changeing, no nothing...

[Kristensen]

It possible for me to change the name of the C and the D drive.... but not the external drive

[Silverhazesurfer]

Click disk management on the left side first. You are looking at device manager, most likely.

*posted after your last post. I will look up some things.

[Silverhazesurfer]

How about this one?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...b-863f92f5595f

[Kristensen]

well... i still don't have access but, now my computer gives me a message that there is a new drive with the ding-ding sound...

[Silverhazesurfer]

message that there is a new drive? Like the auto run "How would you like to open this file"?

Does it not show in My Computer with the rest of your drives?

[Kristensen]

no... it says that there is a new drive, but i doesn't show up in my computer!!

[Silverhazesurfer]

ok. Well, now that you have a ding ding and notification, try the drive letter assignment.

Start>right click computer>Manage>Disk Management>DiskXX (where XX is not C or D)>Right click>Assign drive letter.

Now that we know the computer is seeing a drive, assign the drive a letter and see if it shows in My Computer.

[OverThere]

Originally Posted by Silverhazesurfer

How about this one?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...b-863f92f5595f

YES!!!

After an hour of nonworking fixes and dead ends, you saved the day on both my externals.

Big Thanks!

1. Plug in and turn on the external USB hard drive
2. Right mouse click on My Computer
3. Left click on Manage
4. Left click on Device Manager
5. Expand the USB list
6. Find the USB device for your USB Hard Drive (in my case it was the one that had no description)
7. Right mouse click - Uninstall
8. Turn off the external USB hard drive
9. Turn on the external USB hard drive and let it find and install the driver
10. It should work

[Silverhazesurfer]

high five!