Device at Location 0

[GeordieLad]

The info by DeManic was interesting and useful but doesn't help me; the USB device (an old HDD connected by a USB to IDE adaptor) is NOT listed and therefore I'm none the wiser. Clearly, it seems to be working since it's name, type and serial number are identified when I click on Remove USB Device. The PC (an XP SP3) bleeps when the device is connected but nothing shows in the device and folder tree in Explorer.

Info by others referring to partition management and reformat are not helpful - I don't need to reformat, simply to view the drive contents.

Is there any other way of forcibly identifying the drive's contents?

Regards

GeordieLad

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there GeordieLad,

It seems that you had some other thread. It may be useful to provide what the users had already suggested over there.
Is the drive a 3.5 inches? In case it is, you will need external power source.
Is the drive recognized by Disk Management and how? In case it is, you can try accessing it with some kind of data recovery tool.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[GeordieLad]

Apologies for using an old or incorrect thread. However, in answer to the points raised by D_Know_WD, the drives are all 3.5 inch, are connected via a USB adaptor and an external power source and are recognised by Windows with the usual "ding-dong". They also respond to requests to Eject and the associated dialog box always shows the correct description for the drive (maker's name, model number and serial number). However, that box shows device at Location 0 and they do not bring up a drive letter in Explorer.

Attempts to assign a drive letter via command line command diskmgmt.msc achieve nothing - for the simple reason that the drive does NOT appear in the list of drives shown by that command, only the usual C: drive and two CD/DVD-ROM drives.

I know that the drives are (or were) good and am at a loss as to what further steps I can take to access the data thereon.

Any further advice will be welcomed.

GeordieLad

 

[D_Know_WD]

If the drive is not recognized by Disk Management, then you will most probably not be able to access it with software tools.
You can try updating your USB drivers.

If this does not work, then there may be something wrong with the cables. You can try using different ones. Trying the drive on another machine will not hurt as well.
Don't you have some IDE ports on your MOBO? In case you do, you can try connecting it internally.

D_Know_WD