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From: blackhole@3rdleft.com
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> On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:13:05 -0500, philo wrote:
>
>>On 10/01/2011 11:58 AM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Finally, I've managed to rid myself of thr malware and fix all but
>>> one thing (as far as I know!).
>>> I cannot get the system to recognize an external USB hard drive.
>>> I've tried from an existed booted system and in a new boot with
>>> it in place.
>>> I've tried 3 drives --- each get powered up and runs due to the
>>> separate power source, but I can't find a way to get them
>>> recognized.
>>> A "new hardware" search doesn't find them and they're not found at
>>> boot-up. The USB ports are operaing.
>>> The 3 IDE drives are from a Win 3.1 system, a Win 95 system and a
>>> Win
>>> ME system so the formatting is probably FAT, maybe a FAT16 (or a
>>> FAT32) and a FAT32.
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Could be a Windows problem
>>or it could be hardware
>>
>>First thing I'd do, if it's an older mobo is see if USB is even
>>enabled
>>in the bios.
>
> ??? as I said above, the USB ports are working fine -- I use USB
> printer, scanne, mouse and storage device.
>
>>If so...in device manager, delete your USB and reboot the machine to
>>let
>>Windows re-detect
>>
>>BTW: if you have not done so already. try all ports
>>
>>
>>Finally, boot from a Linux live cd and see if the ports work...
>>if they don't ...then it's a H/W problem and you will probably need to
>>add a PCI -USB controller.
These aren't WD drives by any chance are they. I've had all sorts
problems getting them recognised. can't remeber how I dod it in the end
though, sorry, perhaps I formatted them to get rid of whatever propriety
software they had on them.
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