help on external harddrive please rep given

[-Richard-]

hello i purchased a "80 Gb Fujitsu MHW2080BH Notebook, 2.5", SATA 150, 5400 rpm, 8MB Cache hard drive in a Royal 2.5" enclosure" off a guy on ebay, when i plug into my pc for the first time it found hardware then it said succsessfully installed then i go into my computor but there is no removable disk icon there like the same as when you plug an mp3 player in etc

can anyone help me please i have tried on my pc and my laptop i didnt get any disks or instructions for it,


rep given for help

[Modified]

ok im not at home so ill try my best
what os are you using?
im going to guess XP

ok
go into control panel
administrative tools
and disk mangement
and in there should be the drive with no drive space set up
right click on the new drive space in that box and click format, should then set the drive to the full amount format and bobs ya uncle and should now appear as a full empty drive

[Noddy]

As said above, do that and then the drive will appear.

[Brooksy]

also if it came with any driver CD or installation cd that coems with drives try that first. or after if no change. Pc may not be able to pick it up because it doesn't recognise the devise and doesn't knwo how to display it.

if not goto the hard drive's website look for download and support try their driver if they supply any on there. shud work that way!

[Scattle]

Also this can happen if the external drive is using the same letter as a current disk/drive, I think go to my computer, right click manage then change the new harddirive letter to one that is not being used and it should appear.

[-Richard-]

thanks all will try tonight

[betty02]

as manu said but in mreo details shouldnt normally ahve to format the drive got to

Start>>Right Click My Computer>>Manage>>Disk Management>>Find The Driver Right Click>>Change Driver letter>>Change>>Choose Letter 'R' for removable!

all of top of head!!

[Scattle]

Originally Posted by betty02

as manu said but in mreo details shouldnt normally ahve to format the drive got to

Start>>Right Click My Computer>>Manage>>Disk Management>>Find The Driver Right Click>>Change Driver letter>>Change>>Choose Letter 'R' for removable!

all of top of head!!

easy as pie lol

[-Richard-]

nope, dont seem to work, anymore ideas? please! lol

[-Richard-]

Originally Posted by betty02

as manu said but in mreo details shouldnt normally ahve to format the drive got to

Start>>Right Click My Computer>>Manage>>Disk Management>>Find The Driver Right Click>>Change Driver letter>>Change>>Choose Letter 'R' for removable!

all of top of head!!

ok iv done this and it doesn't show up in there?

[Viper]

contact the seller?

and then get a western digital external HD.. much much better

[-Richard-]

cheers dude, some good advise there

[Viper]

sarcasm?

[-Richard-]

Originally Posted by Viper

sarcasm?

sarcasm? no

i ment it normally about what to get because they are good -


-western digital external HD