i have a iomega ego 250gb usb portable hd. runs off only the usb cable, has 2 connections at end but have only ever used 1, apparantly one is for extra power. have been using this succesfully for 3 years, various machines and xp and now win 7.
it gets plugged in and used about 2-3 times a week. a few days a go I plugged it it and the error message was "usb connection unsuccesful, devise not recognised". I unplugged it and plugged it back on and it recognised the drive as normal.
however last night plugged it in and the same error message came back on, but no matter how many time I retried, in a couple of usb ports and another computer, still not recognised. the HD has power, the blue light is on and you can feel the normal vibrations from the HD, win 7 makes the obligatoty beeps when you plug/unplug the HD.
devise manager - bus controllers says "unknown devise" with the nice yellow exclamation mark, and tells me that the correct drivers are installed and up to date.
the HD has not been dropped. any ideas?
it gets plugged in and used about 2-3 times a week. a few days a go I plugged it it and the error message was "usb connection unsuccesful, devise not recognised". I unplugged it and plugged it back on and it recognised the drive as normal.
however last night plugged it in and the same error message came back on, but no matter how many time I retried, in a couple of usb ports and another computer, still not recognised. the HD has power, the blue light is on and you can feel the normal vibrations from the HD, win 7 makes the obligatoty beeps when you plug/unplug the HD.
devise manager - bus controllers says "unknown devise" with the nice yellow exclamation mark, and tells me that the correct drivers are installed and up to date.
the HD has not been dropped. any ideas?