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External hard drive not recognised

Dalkeybabe · 2015-02-10 21:05:32

Hi Not sure if I'm posting this on the right section but here goes. I have an old Medion External Hard Drive probably 4 maybe 5 years ago. When I plug it in it lights up but my laptop doesn't seem to recognise it as it doesn't appear as a new drive on my laptop. Anyone got any ideas? Someone in work said that it could be…

10-02-2015 9:05pm

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Dalkeybabe

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Hi
Not sure if I'm posting this on the right section but here goes.
I have an old Medion External Hard Drive probably 4 maybe 5 years ago.
When I plug it in it lights up but my laptop doesn't seem to recognise it as
it doesn't appear as a new drive on my laptop.
Anyone got any ideas? Someone in work said that it could be that it's too old so not compatible. Is that the case does anyone think?

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#2 10-02-2015 9:07pm

challengemaster

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Does it work in another computer?

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#3 10-02-2015 9:28pm

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I have no idea as I don't have another computer to check it on. However I put usb drives & my newer external hard drive into my laptop & they all work no problem.

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#4 10-02-2015 9:29pm

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The drive could be dead, you'd want another PC to check

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#5 10-02-2015 9:29pm

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its dead jim.

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#6 10-02-2015 9:43pm

Dalkeybabe

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Thanks. Will try it in the pc in work tomorrow & see what happens

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#7 10-02-2015 10:41pm

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Does the drive show up in Disk Management?
Or there may be a problem with a driver, check Device Manager under Disk Drives for a yellow exclamation mark

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