Recent content by pioneergentleman

"So that leave the USB socket itself (whether the actual socket or the software running it [drivers]) as well as the Motherboard BIOS as that reads the USB socket. Or there is something not allowing the USB socket to function (security software) ^I've had a look online for HP security software...

Nothing is coming up for the external drive with LIST VOLUME though my internal laptop drive is listed. Backing up my ext. HDD to another computer isn't possible because the drive is very large, 640GB. Since the drive comes up on my desktop, the problem is obviously not hardware related. I also...

"Try going to Start, right click on Computer, click on Manage, click on Disk Management under Storage on the left and your Drive should show up with a blue line. Right click on the blue line and select Change Drive Letter and Paths. This will allow you to choose a drive letter and the external...

"Good that gets rid of file system compatibility issues. It could very well be your security software, try disabling it. Does your laptop have the proper USB 2.0, 3.0 features that match the hard drives 2.0 3.0 etc? Any software come with the drives that needs to be installed? Check if your...

Are you running windows on both computers? What file systems are the Hard drives? Yes, Windows 7 on my laptop. Both external drives are NTFS.

I have a 2 year old HP laptop with Windows 7 that will not recognize my external hard drives, one an IDE and the other a SATA drive. Both drives work fine on my desktop computer. Checked disc management and neither of my drives show up. Both drives have their own power supply. One person tells...