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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: musicistabest on August 30, 2010, 06:57:38 PM

Title: Windows vista can't recognize external hard drive caddy
Post by: musicistabest on August 30, 2010, 06:57:38 PM

Hi everyone I have another problem :(

A couple of months back I bought a External IDE hard drive caddy which is called Hi Point smart mobile storage. This afternoon it started giving me a problem, I went to switch it on and the computer would not recognize it but it will find it and display the hard drive as unallocated when I know the hard drive is in perfect condition and I have a lot of songs on it. But about 4-6 hours later I tried again and then it says it cannot load the driver software. IF this is any help as well there is a blue and red light on the caddy blue for power and red for hard disk activity the red light is always on it will not go off. I have tried lots of hard drives seagate, Maxtor, western digital and it still does the same. Please can you help. I hope it is not a hard drive problem.

Also my punctuation is not very good I am sorry about that.

David.

Title: Re: Windows vista can't recognize external hard drive caddy
Post by: Broni on August 30, 2010, 08:02:52 PM

I'd say, you need a new enclosure.
Similar thing happened to me and it was just dead/malfunctioning enclosure.

Title: Re: Windows vista can't recognize external hard drive caddy
Post by: musicistabest on August 31, 2010, 02:17:06 AM

OK thanks I am glad it is not a hard drive problem

Title: Re: Windows vista can't recognize external hard drive caddy
Post by: Broni on August 31, 2010, 03:15:50 PM

You're welcome :)

Title: Re: Windows vista can't recognize external hard drive caddy
Post by: musicistabest on August 31, 2010, 03:35:15 PM

 :) no problem I have ordered a better quality one than this