I have a custom built machine that I built in 2009. It's a Gigabyte EX58-UD4P motherboard. Having issues with external drive connections.
Some background: My previous HD was a WD Caviar Blue, 500 GB. I used 3 external drives on it: An old WD Mybook, 300 GB, for music. A newer, Mybook 3.0 1TB, for movies. And a 1TB WD passport used to move files between my computer and my WD LiveTV. As you can see, I like WD.
I started having startup issues with the Caviar. Windows took forever to load, sometimes not loading after an hour, just sitting on the splash screen. I assumed the HD was going bad after 5 years. Before it 'died', it stopped recognizing my 300 GB WD mybook. It was still recognizing the 1TB Mybook, and when I plugged in the passport, it would not recognize it. The 300 GB appeared as a drive, but everytime I went to open it, Windows Explorer stopped responding.
So I bought a brand new, 500GB WD Velociprator. I installed in yesterday and did a new, fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything worked great, no issues, fast boot. Plugged in the passport. Works. Plugged in the 1TB. Recognizes it but doesn't appear as a drive. Light on the front of the external is solid, not blinking as you would expect during normal operation. Hmm. Plugged in the 300GB, a drive appears but gives no info, when I try to load it a green status bar starts and never finishes, just sits there. Also, booting on the new drive with the externals plugged in causes hangup at the splash screen. So I'm thinking my caviar is perfectly fine (there goes $200 bucks for a new drive and new copy of windows).
So.. help? I plugged the 1TB into my girlfriend's laptop and it started right up, no issues. But will not appear on my computer.
How can I uninstall anything that might have been installed when plugging in the 300 GB? I think this drive is the issue. Before I switched internal drives, the 1TB was still working and I was able to transfer files there.
Edit* I think I've narrowed the problem to the 300 GB External. I managed to get the 1TB Mybook to install by uninstalling the device and plugging it back in. Came right up. The 300 continues to do nothing when I plug it in except attempt to make a drive path that doesn't work. Guess I bought the velociraptor for nothing.
Some background: My previous HD was a WD Caviar Blue, 500 GB. I used 3 external drives on it: An old WD Mybook, 300 GB, for music. A newer, Mybook 3.0 1TB, for movies. And a 1TB WD passport used to move files between my computer and my WD LiveTV. As you can see, I like WD.
I started having startup issues with the Caviar. Windows took forever to load, sometimes not loading after an hour, just sitting on the splash screen. I assumed the HD was going bad after 5 years. Before it 'died', it stopped recognizing my 300 GB WD mybook. It was still recognizing the 1TB Mybook, and when I plugged in the passport, it would not recognize it. The 300 GB appeared as a drive, but everytime I went to open it, Windows Explorer stopped responding.
So I bought a brand new, 500GB WD Velociprator. I installed in yesterday and did a new, fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything worked great, no issues, fast boot. Plugged in the passport. Works. Plugged in the 1TB. Recognizes it but doesn't appear as a drive. Light on the front of the external is solid, not blinking as you would expect during normal operation. Hmm. Plugged in the 300GB, a drive appears but gives no info, when I try to load it a green status bar starts and never finishes, just sits there. Also, booting on the new drive with the externals plugged in causes hangup at the splash screen. So I'm thinking my caviar is perfectly fine (there goes $200 bucks for a new drive and new copy of windows).
So.. help? I plugged the 1TB into my girlfriend's laptop and it started right up, no issues. But will not appear on my computer.
How can I uninstall anything that might have been installed when plugging in the 300 GB? I think this drive is the issue. Before I switched internal drives, the 1TB was still working and I was able to transfer files there.
Edit* I think I've narrowed the problem to the 300 GB External. I managed to get the 1TB Mybook to install by uninstalling the device and plugging it back in. Came right up. The 300 continues to do nothing when I plug it in except attempt to make a drive path that doesn't work. Guess I bought the velociraptor for nothing.
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