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Offline Sammy

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windows 7 external hard drive question
« on: July 11, 2010, 10:17:00 PM »
okay i have windows 7 and i just got this western digital external hard drive. i plugged it in and it said it was installed sucessfully and it reads it under devices and printers but when i go to my computer its not on there and i cant access it or put anything on it plz help thanks.
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Re: windows 7 external hard drive question
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2010, 02:10:43 PM »
Same happened to me on vista but when I changed to windows 7 its all good... maybe try this cause this is what i did with windows vista. download and install this http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17882 if that doesn't work try plugging it in a diff comp IF that doesn't work lol check it out in disk management see if it recognizes it and format it..
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Re: windows 7 external hard drive question
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2010, 07:28:43 PM »
i tryed to download but it says i dont hve system requirements to get it
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Re: windows 7 external hard drive question
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2010, 02:26:28 AM »
Does disk management recognize the drive?
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Re: windows 7 external hard drive question
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2010, 07:23:58 PM »
WHAHAHA fixed it just formatted with my mac that read it
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Re: windows 7 external hard drive question
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2010, 06:31:32 PM »
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Every single brand new drive needs to be formatted before you can use it in a computer...

Disk Management in Windows sees unformatted drives. Mac and Linux see unformatted drives natively. Windows does but has it hidden in Disk Management.
« Last Edit: September 26, 2010, 06:32:20 PM by PspKicks316 »
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Re: windows 7 external hard drive question
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2010, 03:30:26 PM »
it wasent brand new it was a older i was usin with xp andstopped when i swiched to win 7 and it wouldntlet me format it
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