External Hard Drive Recognized as a CD-Rom

[cynthiaag]

Hello, My laptop will not recognize my Toshiba External Hard Drive. I've tried reassigning the letter drive, which didn't help. Please Help!

 

[ksiemb]

Hello, My laptop will not recognize my Toshiba External Hard Drive. I've tried reassigning the letter drive, which didn't help. Please Help!

Worth a read:
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/System-Recovery-and-Recovery/problem-with-External-hdd-detected-as-a-cd-rom-or-a-dvd/td-p/118919