problem with external hard drive

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I have a Logitec LHD-ED 3.5 inch external hard drive that I bought in Japan.
I was assured it is plug-and-play, and all the device managers and
troubleshooters say it's working fine, but when I go into My Computer, I
can't see it and therefore can't use it.
I'm asking here because the support disk is in Japanese, and I can't read
it! I followed the diagram instructions, which really just say "plug it in
and you'll see it in My Computer." How can I see it? It is definitely
supposed to work with XP as well. Is it because my laptop isn't Japanese?
Any help would be great, I really want to use this hard drive!!
 
With the external drive connected: Right click My Computer\Manage\Disc
Manager... you should see the HD and can assign a letter with a right
click\Change letter...\change\type a new letter and accept. You can also
assign a name to the HD in; right click\properties\General tab.

If have connected other external devices in the same port, this may be
causing confusion on the system, so you need to assign a letter and name to
the drive.

Start\Run\type: "regedit" (no quotes) and
Enter\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\E
xplorer\ if you find a DWORD value named; "NoDrives" enabled with a 1,
change the data to a 0 or delete the value.

Also look in the LOCAL_MACHINE hive following the same path to the Explorer
key.


If no success so far, this should assign a letter and make the drive appear
on the screen/explorer.
Or go to Start\Run\type: "diskpart" and Enter in the command window type
"list volume", and enter, next type: "select volume #" (which is the order
number of the drive), and type: "assign letter X", X representing the letter
you wish to assign to the drive.

This to simplify the order of commands:
Start> Run> Type: diskpart > list volume > select volume # > assign letter
X
 
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