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USB external drive not showing up

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by jamesrl

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I recently bought an external USB drive. I bought a premade one, as they were on special and cheaper than buying a nice case and drive and doing it myself. Its a Seagate Free agent drive - but not one with any software. Its USB 2.0 of course.

My computer doesn't see the drive unless I unplug it and plug it back in the USB slot. This is a bit of a pain since I use the back USB slots for it (front are reserved for Camera etc).

Its a Windows XP computer(sp2, all up to date), USB 2 compatible.

Any ideas? A workaround would be fine, I use the drive for backups and media storage, so it doesn't have to be online all the time.

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by jdclyde

First, are the ports on your pc usb2? I have seen the same thing with a scanner when it was plugged into a usb1 port.

Update the drivers for the usb ports?

Do you have a USB expansion card you could plug in and test?

Worst case, get an extension usb cable that reaches around to the front, so if you have to unplug and replug, you don't have to reach behind (reach around? :0 )

by jamesrl

I'm going to try a BIOS update tonight, cross your fingers....

James

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