External Hard drive Problem !!

blkwls · 10-16-2005, 08:01 AM

Hi Everyone,I am running a pc with xp,athlon 64.I've had an external drive(E/: Drive) for 4 months or so now and had no problems.Then last night my pc chucked up a message'E/:reading error etc' Now my pc does not recognise my external hard drive in 'my computer' anymore. Any suggestions. Thanx

MikeyE · 10-16-2005, 08:25 PM

The easiest thing here would be to just trying plugging it into another machine if you can access one. If not just start with the obvious stuff. Reboot, check device manager for any problems...

Also if you could provide the entire verbatim error message that may be helpful

Spork 2.0 · 10-16-2005, 10:38 PM

You could try rolling back your system and try to remember any system settings you might have changed.

blkwls · 10-17-2005, 02:35 AM

Hi, The only thing that worked was to reformat the drive, did this, now the pc recognises the drive again, HOORAH! minus side to this is that i lost all my files, plus side is that i saved most of them to dvd a while ago. It pays to backup. Thanks everyone who replied to my cry for help

10-16-2005, 08:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
blkwls Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	External Hard drive Problem !! Hi Everyone,I am running a pc with xp,athlon 64.I've had an external drive(E/: Drive) for 4 months or so now and had no problems.Then last night my pc chucked up a message'E/:reading error etc' Now my pc does not recognise my external hard drive in 'my computer' anymore. Any suggestions. Thanx

10-16-2005, 10:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spork 2.0 True Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 211	You could try rolling back your system and try to remember any system settings you might have changed. __________________ I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes. -- Dave Barry

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10-16-2005, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
MikeyE Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 85	The easiest thing here would be to just trying plugging it into another machine if you can access one. If not just start with the obvious stuff. Reboot, check device manager for any problems... Also if you could provide the entire verbatim error message that may be helpful

10-17-2005, 02:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
blkwls Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	Hi, The only thing that worked was to reformat the drive, did this, now the pc recognises the drive again, HOORAH! minus side to this is that i lost all my files, plus side is that i saved most of them to dvd a while ago. It pays to backup. Thanks everyone who replied to my cry for help