Jeramie Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I run a 60gig portable drive, USB. It is as old as dirt and has a lot of important information on it but still works good. So I decided to buy a backup. Walmart had a Western Digital, 320gb, usb drive for $35 (or something like that) on black friday. I picked one up to back up all of the information I have on my antique drive. My PC has a partitioned hard drive. It uses both C&D. My firelite (portable) uses F. Ive had a problem with Windows trying to re-use the same drive letter so I typically gro through computer manager/ Disk Management/ and then change the drive letter. However, the problem im having is that this new Western Digital isnt even showing up on my machine. The USB light is on so im guessing it is working but im not 100% sure because I cant seem to find it?! any thoughts? My main IT guy is out on vacation today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfletch7441 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 You're on your own here brother! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I run a 60gig portable drive, USB. It is as old as dirt and has a lot of important information on it but still works good. So I decided to buy a backup. Walmart had a Western Digital, 320gb, usb drive for $35 (or something like that) on black friday. I picked one up to back up all of the information I have on my antique drive. My PC has a partitioned hard drive. It uses both C&D. My firelite (portable) uses F. Ive had a problem with Windows trying to re-use the same drive letter so I typically gro through computer manager/ Disk Management/ and then change the drive letter. However, the problem im having is that this new Western Digital isnt even showing up on my machine. The USB light is on so im guessing it is working but im not 100% sure because I cant seem to find it?! any thoughts? My main IT guy is out on vacation today. Have you went the through the motions of "finding" new hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Yep, it find it.... I think. It says its running normal and because its a plug and play it likely is. However, im running a dell PC and im guessing it has a Western Digital HD in it too so telling them apart will be hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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