I have 2 HDD related problems in Windows 7.
1 – SATA HDD SMART data
I cannot get Windows 7 (b7100) to allow the reporting of HDD SMART data.
I have tried 5 different programs but none of them will report any data about my new WD 1TB SATA HDD.
All these programs correctly(?) report info when I use XP SP3 with this PC.
2 – USB (WD 2500 UO17) external HDD
I was able to use my WD 2500 UO17 external HDD with Windows 7 (b7077). The only problem that I had, was that I had to kill explorer.exe to safely remove it.
Windows 7 (b7100) acknowledges that I have connected an external storage device and it also names it (incorrectly) but it does not appear in the list of drives in explorer.
It suggests that I get a driver from WD. I was unable to locate any drivers that seemed appropriate.
Does anybody have any idea how to fix these problems?
Thanks in advance.
lehnerus
