I use Windows Vista, and have a Dell XPS M1330
I recently converted my 1TB External Hard Drive from FAT32 to NTFS, and had problems with My Computer not being able to see it, but the device was recognisable in the Device Manager.
I found a post on here about how to fix this (https://www.techrepublic.com/forum/questions/101-232154), but after doing what it said it still wouldn’t work. I found that My Computer could find it after I did a restart. I trialed different ways, and found that it would only not recognise it if I didn’t eject the drive using “Safely Remove Hardware”. I have always just pulled the HD out after use (waiting for the lights to stop on the HD), and it seems that it doesn’t affect much on FAT32 (though now I would always recommend doing this). It appears that this is a bigger problem for NTFS, and so after I performed a “Safely Removed Hardware” on it, My Computer can see it now fine.
The only problem, and this is the question is that when I close the lip of my laptop (Dell XPS M1330), it doesn’t seem to “Safely Remove Hardware”, but simulates just pulling the HD out. So when I wake it up, My Computer can’t see it.
Anyone know how to make sure that when sleep mode is activated the “Safely Remove Hardware” is also activated?
Cheers…