Unable to access External USB Hard drive

thisisaby · 10-06-2006, 01:27 AM

Connected USB firelite HD to a PC running newly installed XP pro SP2, HD had 40GB of Information stored, could access the info without a problem on any other PC as soon as I pluged it into any USB port. However, HD didn't appear in MY COMPUTER, I went to administrative tools, saw the HD with an allocated partition, right click on the drive and created a partition and assigned a letter to it and made it active but WITHOUT FORMATTING IT. Went back to my computer to access the HD, I was asked to format it every time tried to access the info. Is there anyway the HD can be accessed without having to format it so I don't lose any info? please, very important indeed info is on it,many thanks.

**Fr4665** · 10-06-2006, 01:35 AM

did you try to plug it into another computer again ? sometimes i had issues myself with usb harddrives and had to try out a different usb port to make it work3

thisisaby · 10-06-2006, 02:03 AM

Yes I have tried it on another computer's USB port, still asks me to format the drive when tried accessing it from my computer. thanks

**Fr4665** · 10-06-2006, 02:54 AM

but the format query only comes when you have it on your computer ? what kind of a harddrive is it ? if all fails you could try to open the external enclosure and wire it to the computer via an ide cable.

thisisaby · 10-06-2006, 03:15 AM

yes, only when I have it on the PC, is there any other way I can access the info on the HD other than having it on the PC? it is a firelite USB external HD. It doesnh't have an enclosure, so I can't open it to connect it via an IDE cable, only connect via a USB or PS2 cable but the PC doesn't recognize it with a PS2 cable at all after this format problem occured.

10-06-2006, 01:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
thisisaby Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 OS: winXP pro SP2	Unable to access External USB Hard drive Connected USB firelite HD to a PC running newly installed XP pro SP2, HD had 40GB of Information stored, could access the info without a problem on any other PC as soon as I pluged it into any USB port. However, HD didn't appear in MY COMPUTER, I went to administrative tools, saw the HD with an allocated partition, right click on the drive and created a partition and assigned a letter to it and made it active but WITHOUT FORMATTING IT. Went back to my computer to access the HD, I was asked to format it every time tried to access the info. Is there anyway the HD can be accessed without having to format it so I don't lose any info? please, very important indeed info is on it,many thanks.

10-06-2006, 01:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Fr4665 aka mr.fraggs Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA or Germany Posts: 2,965 OS: Win XP,Vista,Android My System	did you try to plug it into another computer again ? sometimes i had issues myself with usb harddrives and had to try out a different usb port to make it work3 __________________ I don't subscribe to threads please PM me if i miss a reply. ------- Everest SensorView Pro DriverCleaner how to fix your game

10-06-2006, 02:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fr4665 aka mr.fraggs Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA or Germany Posts: 2,965 OS: Win XP,Vista,Android My System	but the format query only comes when you have it on your computer ? what kind of a harddrive is it ? if all fails you could try to open the external enclosure and wire it to the computer via an ide cable. __________________ I don't subscribe to threads please PM me if i miss a reply. ------- Everest SensorView Pro DriverCleaner how to fix your game

10-06-2006, 02:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
thisisaby Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 OS: winXP pro SP2	Yes I have tried it on another computer's USB port, still asks me to format the drive when tried accessing it from my computer. thanks

10-06-2006, 03:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
thisisaby Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 OS: winXP pro SP2	yes, only when I have it on the PC, is there any other way I can access the info on the HD other than having it on the PC? it is a firelite USB external HD. It doesnh't have an enclosure, so I can't open it to connect it via an IDE cable, only connect via a USB or PS2 cable but the PC doesn't recognize it with a PS2 cable at all after this format problem occured.