External LaCie Hard Drive

Falcon0918 · 07-18-2008, 02:28 PM

I have tried to plug and play the External LaCie Hard Drive into a USB working connection. In the devise manager it shows that it is functioning ok.

The icon on the right hand corner of my desktop shows up as well, when I plug it in the USB. It also shows in the storage area of computer management as healthy and active.

The drive does not show up in my computer and I cannot save anything to it. When I try to format it a message shows up reading the operation did not complete because the partition or volume is not enabled. To enable the partition or volume, restart the computer. When I restart the computer I still get the same message.

I have a Windows XP SP3 operating system. I know the hard drive works I tried it on a Vista operating system. The USB port is working I plug my digital camera and a mouse into it. Can someone out there help me?

Thanks!

Clockwork · 07-18-2008, 02:45 PM

Goto Control Panel > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk Managment. right click the drive and go to properties. click enable this device.

Falcon0918 · 07-18-2008, 04:53 PM

I have tried that the devise is enabled. Any other ideas? Thanks for the help!

Clockwork · 07-18-2008, 09:04 PM

Are you comfortable editting the registry?

Falcon0918 · 07-19-2008, 06:49 AM

No I have never edited a registry. Can you give me some advice as to how to do it? I am at my wits end. Thanks for your suggestions so far.

07-18-2008, 02:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Falcon0918 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP3	External LaCie Hard Drive I have tried to plug and play the External LaCie Hard Drive into a USB working connection. In the devise manager it shows that it is functioning ok. The icon on the right hand corner of my desktop shows up as well, when I plug it in the USB. It also shows in the storage area of computer management as healthy and active. The drive does not show up in my computer and I cannot save anything to it. When I try to format it a message shows up reading the operation did not complete because the partition or volume is not enabled. To enable the partition or volume, restart the computer. When I restart the computer I still get the same message. I have a Windows XP SP3 operating system. I know the hard drive works I tried it on a Vista operating system. The USB port is working I plug my digital camera and a mouse into it. Can someone out there help me? Thanks!

07-18-2008, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Clockwork Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southeast MI Posts: 204 OS: XP/XP-64bit/Ubuntu	Re: External LaCie Hard Drive Goto Control Panel > Administrative tools > Computer management > Disk Managment. right click the drive and go to properties. click enable this device. __________________ Win·dows: Noun. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition. -LW

07-18-2008, 04:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Falcon0918 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: External LaCie Hard Drive I have tried that the devise is enabled. Any other ideas? Thanks for the help!

07-18-2008, 09:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
Clockwork Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southeast MI Posts: 204 OS: XP/XP-64bit/Ubuntu	Re: External LaCie Hard Drive Are you comfortable editting the registry? __________________ Win·dows: Noun. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen-bit patch to an eight-bit operating system originally coded for a four-bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition. -LW

07-19-2008, 06:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
Falcon0918 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: External LaCie Hard Drive No I have never edited a registry. Can you give me some advice as to how to do it? I am at my wits end. Thanks for your suggestions so far.