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 Mar 1 2008, 07:50 PM
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Mar 1 2008, 08:17 PM
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 Computer Masochist  Group: Moderator Posts: 8,908 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Why do you need to format it? Is it giving you a message to do so? Is it recognized in My Computer and Device Manager? If it shows in My Computer, right-click on it and choose Explore and locate the music files
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 why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Mar 1 2008, 08:38 PM
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iTs giving me a message, i clicked explore..and it said Must be formated click here to format or whatever(same message) and its recognized in both Device manager ande MY computer.
This post has been edited by Andrew D'Angelo: Mar 1 2008, 08:39 PM -------------------- AsRock P4VM890
Pentium 4 HT @ 2.4ghz 800mhz FSB 80gb Seagate 7200.7 HDD 1gb DDR-333 RAM 1gb Readboosted off a Sandisk U3 Cruzer Micro 500w Basiq Power Supply 512mb PCI-E Nvidia Geforce 8500gt Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit |
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Mar 2 2008, 09:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 432 Joined: 12-February 08 From: Illinois Member No.: 189,860 |
Does it have an OS on it? I've never run a dual boot system but it seems like it might have problems processing vista information in XP. if it was me i'd unplug my original, set the one that says it needs formatted to master and fire er up. if it still says its got nothing then i'd tend to think that it really doesn't have anything on it.
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Mar 2 2008, 01:07 PM
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IM on vista right now, trying to access a hard drive that was inside a removable hdd(its a regular IDE harddrive), It had no OS on it. Someone please tell me if i HAVE to format it, or if the stuff can be taken off. Vista is MAKING me format it. BUt i want to know if there is some program that will open it.
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Mar 2 2008, 01:29 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,908 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
For some reason Vista is seeing it as a raw, unformatted drive. You might have to put it back in an external enclosure. If you still have the old enclosure, you can get a new power supply at Radio Shack. Just match the voltage and milliamp rating. They're under 10 bucks
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Mar 2 2008, 04:16 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 6,735 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
Sounds to me like the jumper setting might need to be changed...to conform to the computer it's preently in.
Some enclosures use the Master setting, some use the Slave setting. Many computers come with all drives using the C/S setting. When the drive is added, it probably needs to use C/S too...or anything other than Master...for a jumper setting. Louis |
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Mar 2 2008, 04:49 PM
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its reading the drive fine. Its reading it as a slave drive. just as it should. i need to know one thing, and one thing only. When a drive is added to a computer setup as a slave.(it already has various types of information on it that was put on by another computter)is it possible to NOT have to format it.
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Mar 2 2008, 05:28 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 8,908 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
QUOTE(Andrew D @ Mar 2 2008, 04:49 PM)  its reading the drive fine. Its reading it as a slave drive. just as it should. i need to know one thing, and one thing only. When a drive is added to a computer setup as a slave.(it already has various types of information on it that was put on by another computter)is it possible to NOT have to format it. Yes, that's why you're getting all of these other suggestions -------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Mar 3 2008, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE(garmanma @ Mar 2 2008, 05:28 PM) QUOTE(Andrew D @ Mar 2 2008, 04:49 PM) its reading the drive fine. Its reading it as a slave drive. just as it should. i need to know one thing, and one thing only. When a drive is added to a computer setup as a slave.(it already has various types of information on it that was put on by another computter)is it possible to NOT have to format it. Yes, that's why you're getting all of these other suggestions most of the suggestions, are immetarial to what im trying to do., although i do appretiate them This post has been edited by Andrew D'Angelo: Mar 3 2008, 09:06 PM -------------------- AsRock P4VM890
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