SimpleTech External HD?

[yne721 10+ year member]

i bought a simpletech 250gb external hd because it was on sale at bestbuy while i was there, and figured i might as well buy one now because i'd been thinking of getting an ehd for a while.

supposed to be plug and play but for some reason i can't find it under "my computer" when i hook it up.

can anyone help me? i don't really want to have to call their support number tomorrow...

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[Mugen 10+ year member]

Not being an *** here, but did you plug it in? It should have came with a power cord.

If it is powered up and plugged in, you need to check if the PC realizes its plugged in at all. To do this, do:

Start -> [Right Click] My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager

In this, look under "Disk Drives". If it isn't there, look for any yellow question marks in the list, it may just not be installing for some reason.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

if your using your front usb ports dont try using the back ones. For some reason the front usb ports dont have as much power as the back

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

if your using your front usb ports dont try using the back ones. For some reason the front usb ports dont have as much power as the back

That's because front USB ports are connected via a cable on the motherboard, the rear USB ports are directly attached. However, I have never seen an external HDD that didn't have a power adapter, so it shouldn't actually draw power from USB anyway.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Not being an *** here, but did you plug it in? It should have came with a power cord.
If it is powered up and plugged in, you need to check if the PC realizes its plugged in at all. To do this, do:

Start -> [Right Click] My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager

In this, look under "Disk Drives". If it isn't there, look for any yellow question marks in the list, it may just not be installing for some reason.

it is under disk drives. it just doesn't show up in the my computer folder...

 

[JustStoppingBy 10+ year member]

Had that happens with a lotta USB devices on our Dells at work.. no clue why..

Same USb dongle or drive will work fine on my laptop, then i gotta search for it on the Dell..

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Had that happens with a lotta USB devices on our Dells at work.. no clue why..


Same USb dongle or drive will work fine on my laptop, then i gotta search for it on the Dell..

so where do i search

 

[JustStoppingBy 10+ year member]

usually the second it connect, a window should come upo asking what u wanna do..

click 'view folder".. if it doesnt do that.. youre f'd

 

[Mugen 10+ year member]

Did you ever get it working?

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

right click my computer, manage, disk management, find the drive and format it

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

usually the second it connect, a window should come upo asking what u wanna do..

click 'view folder".. if it doesnt do that.. youre f'd

then i guess i'm fucked //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Did you ever get it working?

no

right click my computer, manage, disk management, find the drive and format it

it doesn't show up under disc management

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

it doesn't show up under disc management

if the power cable and usb cable are connected properly and it isnt even showing up there then yes you are ****ed

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

if the power cable and usb cable are connected properly and it isnt even showing up there then yes you are ****ed

so take it back and exchange it? or should i look at a different hd?

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

ya take it back, but i am just guessing you are using windows xp, if your not thats probably the problem

anything older than xp wont recognize over a 137gb partition