External HD..No Drive letter

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Vista Home Premium
Asus P5B-VM
Intel Core 2 Duo

System works fine. Just got a Simple Touch ADS external HD Kit (USB 2.0).
Installed a WD 250 Gig HD into the external kit. Set the pin to "Single or
Master" as per Simple Touch instructions. Turned all equipment on.
Everything works fine. Got all sorts of messages saying everything is OK.
Device Manager shows "This device is working properly". Device Manager
shows Driver is Microsoft 6.0.6000.16386. I made sure I have the latest
driver.

PROBLEM...Nowhere is there a drive letter designation. I simply cant access
the device.

HELP.

FRED

 

[Cal Bear '66]

You need to use Disk Management to partition and format the hard drive.

Use Help and Support for guided instructions.


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GO BEARS!

 

[Spirit]

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/03/12/no-drive-letter-for-usb-or-firewire-drive/

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-024
Disk Management Console

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
USB Drive Letter Management for Windows

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/ada5519d-850d-465d-a6a7-598fa2f110521033.mspx
Change, Add, or Remove a Drive Letter