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Posted by gram on March 23, 2007, 6:31 pm
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thanks everyone for previous awnsers ...as you can tell im a
newbie,,,,anyway heres another one,,,i bought a new usb hardrive,,,i
formatted it on my old laptop filled it full of movies and it worked
great...then i got another dell laptop and when i plugged it in it
showed i connected a mass storage device but i couldnt find it
anywhere on laptop...also it made a whirr whirr whirr sound like a
stuck record....well i have 4 laptops here now and when i try it with
them they show i plug mass storage device in but i still cant find it
but its not makeing any noise...but if i plug it back to the dell it
does the stuck record sound again,,,,,,whats going on...thanks
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Posted by Jerohm on March 23, 2007, 7:36 pm
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> thanks everyone for previous awnsers ...as you can tell im a
> newbie,,,,anyway heres another one,,,i bought a new usb hardrive,,,i
> formatted it on my old laptop filled it full of movies and it worked
> great...then i got another dell laptop and when i plugged it in it
> showed i connected a mass storage device but i couldnt find it
> anywhere on laptop...also it made a whirr whirr whirr sound like a
> stuck record....well i have 4 laptops here now and when i try it with
> them they show i plug mass storage device in but i still cant find it
> but its not makeing any noise...but if i plug it back to the dell it
> does the stuck record sound again,,,,,,whats going on...thanks
>
On your desktop, click, "My Computer->View System
Information->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk drives"
... Should list all the physical devices (hard drives) on the Computer that
it SEES
You can right click "Properties->Volumes->Populate" for each drive
... to determine the logical Volume associations.
Start HERE ... and report your results .... I still have no idea about the
noises you are hearing.
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Posted by gram on March 23, 2007, 7:54 pm
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> > thanks everyone for previous awnsers ...as you can tell im a
> > newbie,,,,anyway heres another one,,,i bought a new usb hardrive,,,i
> > formatted it on my old laptop filled it full of movies and it worked
> > great...then i got another dell laptop and when i plugged it in it
> > showed i connected a mass storage device but i couldnt find it
> > anywhere on laptop...also it made a whirr whirr whirr sound like a
> > stuck record....well i have 4 laptops here now and when i try it with
> > them they show i plug mass storage device in but i still cant find it
> > but its not makeing any noise...but if i plug it back to the dell it
> > does the stuck record sound again,,,,,,whats going on...thanks
>
> On your desktop, click, "My Computer->View System
> Information->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk drives"
>
> ... Should list all the physical devices (hard drives) on the Computer that
> it SEES
>
> You can right click "Properties->Volumes->Populate" for each drive
>
> ... to determine the logical Volume associations.
>
> Start HERE ... and report your results .... I still have no idea about the
> noises you are hearing.
thanks for help...i did what you said and it shows usb generic storage
device but i cant populate it
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Posted by gram on March 23, 2007, 8:09 pm
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> > > thanks everyone for previous awnsers ...as you can tell im a
> > > newbie,,,,anyway heres another one,,,i bought a new usb hardrive,,,i
> > > formatted it on my old laptop filled it full of movies and it worked
> > > great...then i got another dell laptop and when i plugged it in it
> > > showed i connected a mass storage device but i couldnt find it
> > > anywhere on laptop...also it made a whirr whirr whirr sound like a
> > > stuck record....well i have 4 laptops here now and when i try it with
> > > them they show i plug mass storage device in but i still cant find it
> > > but its not makeing any noise...but if i plug it back to the dell it
> > > does the stuck record sound again,,,,,,whats going on...thanks
>
> > On your desktop, click, "My Computer->View System
> > Information->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk drives"
>
> > ... Should list all the physical devices (hard drives) on the Computer that
> > it SEES
>
> > You can right click "Properties->Volumes->Populate" for each drive
>
> > ... to determine the logical Volume associations.
>
> > Start HERE ... and report your results .... I still have no idea about the
> > noises you are hearing.
>
> thanks for help...i did what you said and it shows usb generic storage
> device but i cant populate it- Hide quoted text -
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if i put my ear against case i can hear it ticking
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Posted by GlowingBlueMist on March 23, 2007, 9:00 pm
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>> > > thanks everyone for previous awnsers ...as you can tell im a
>> > > newbie,,,,anyway heres another one,,,i bought a new usb hardrive,,,i
>> > > formatted it on my old laptop filled it full of movies and it worked
>> > > great...then i got another dell laptop and when i plugged it in it
>> > > showed i connected a mass storage device but i couldnt find it
>> > > anywhere on laptop...also it made a whirr whirr whirr sound like a
>> > > stuck record....well i have 4 laptops here now and when i try it with
>> > > them they show i plug mass storage device in but i still cant find it
>> > > but its not makeing any noise...but if i plug it back to the dell it
>> > > does the stuck record sound again,,,,,,whats going on...thanks
>>
>> > On your desktop, click, "My Computer->View System
>> > Information->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk drives"
>>
>> > ... Should list all the physical devices (hard drives) on the Computer
>> > that
>> > it SEES
>>
>> > You can right click "Properties->Volumes->Populate" for each drive
>>
>> > ... to determine the logical Volume associations.
>>
>> > Start HERE ... and report your results .... I still have no idea about
>> > the
>> > noises you are hearing.
>>
>> thanks for help...i did what you said and it shows usb generic storage
>> device but i cant populate it- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
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> if i put my ear against case i can hear it ticking
>
I have seen drives that click as you describe if they are not getting enough
power to properly spin up the drive. They can still show up as a new device
but with the drive not actually spinning at full speed the interface can not
figure out what to do with it.
Does your USB drive get it's power from the USB port or from an external
transformer?
A partially defective USB cable can also cause the same problem as a weak
USB port or transformer not providing enough power
Considering the number of laptops that the unit has failed to work on so far
I would suspect
the cable or USB case as being defective, or the drive itself as a last
resort.
You may have luck recovering the data if you transfer your drive to a
different external USB case, but doing this might void any warranty you
might have on the existing drive/case.
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