No volumes on an external hard drive

[robin]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Hi. I think I've done a silly thing, and managed to wipe everything,
completely everything, from an external hard drive I've got. That was
actually the plan, but now when I plug it in it doesn't appear in 'My
computer'. The computer is recognising it because the 'Safely remove
hardware' icon appears, and if I go onto the Device Manager it is listed
under Hard Drives. Double-clicking to see the details tells me that it's
working properly, but I notice the Volumes tab has no information in any of
the headings. I've tried populating, which introduces information into all
the headings but doesn't actually produce a new volume. When I click 'OK'
then come back in, it's all gone again.
I don't know a lot about volumes and so on, but I guess I've wiped anything
the computer might need to actually show the physical presence of the drive.
How do I get it back? Help!

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

If you don't have a formatted partition on the external drive the partition
will not have a letter designation. Create a partition and format the same.
Then you will be able to see it in Windows Explorer and you will also be
able to use it.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard 🙂

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Robin" <Robin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news😀FE30580-84A6-4005-9F36-A36EF5C65D5B@microsoft.com...
> Hi. I think I've done a silly thing, and managed to wipe everything,
> completely everything, from an external hard drive I've got. That was
> actually the plan, but now when I plug it in it doesn't appear in 'My
> computer'. The computer is recognising it because the 'Safely remove
> hardware' icon appears, and if I go onto the Device Manager it is listed
> under Hard Drives. Double-clicking to see the details tells me that it's
> working properly, but I notice the Volumes tab has no information in any
> of
> the headings. I've tried populating, which introduces information into all
> the headings but doesn't actually produce a new volume. When I click 'OK'
> then come back in, it's all gone again.
> I don't know a lot about volumes and so on, but I guess I've wiped
> anything
> the computer might need to actually show the physical presence of the
> drive.
> How do I get it back? Help!

 

[robin]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Thanks Richard, I've learnt a little more about computers. That all worked a
treat.

Robin.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> If you don't have a formatted partition on the external drive the partition
> will not have a letter designation. Create a partition and format the same.
> Then you will be able to see it in Windows Explorer and you will also be
> able to use it.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard 🙂
>
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Robin" <Robin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news😀FE30580-84A6-4005-9F36-A36EF5C65D5B@microsoft.com...
> > Hi. I think I've done a silly thing, and managed to wipe everything,
> > completely everything, from an external hard drive I've got. That was
> > actually the plan, but now when I plug it in it doesn't appear in 'My
> > computer'. The computer is recognising it because the 'Safely remove
> > hardware' icon appears, and if I go onto the Device Manager it is listed
> > under Hard Drives. Double-clicking to see the details tells me that it's
> > working properly, but I notice the Volumes tab has no information in any
> > of
> > the headings. I've tried populating, which introduces information into all
> > the headings but doesn't actually produce a new volume. When I click 'OK'
> > then come back in, it's all gone again.
> > I don't know a lot about volumes and so on, but I guess I've wiped
> > anything
> > the computer might need to actually show the physical presence of the
> > drive.
> > How do I get it back? Help!
>
>
>