Toshiba External Hd Not Detecting In Computer

bradleyp · 11-14-2008, 01:12 PM

Hard Disk 80gb Not Detected

Toshiba

I Tried To Connect The Cable To My Pc Today And It Doesnt Get Detected In Windows Xp

The Cable Has No Problem

I Interchanged The Cable With My External Card Reader
And Both Cables Works Perfectly With It

But Both Dont Work On My Hd

So Whats The Problem

I Used It Last In July 2008

But Now It Doenst Work
The Led Link Light Comes On But Doenst Blink At All

And Also The Hd Doenst Get Heated Up Inside , No Heat

I TRIED IT IN ANOTHER PC STILL SAME ISSUE

Pls Let Me Know What Can Be A Solution To Solve My Problem

Thanks

TechSOS · 11-15-2008, 07:52 PM

Is the cable you are using a USB A-type or USB-B type?

A is on top and B is on bottom

Have you tried buying a new USB cable?

11-14-2008, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
bradleyp Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 72 OS: Windows XP	Toshiba External Hd Not Detecting In Computer Hard Disk 80gb Not Detected Toshiba I Tried To Connect The Cable To My Pc Today And It Doesnt Get Detected In Windows Xp The Cable Has No Problem I Interchanged The Cable With My External Card Reader And Both Cables Works Perfectly With It But Both Dont Work On My Hd So Whats The Problem I Used It Last In July 2008 But Now It Doenst Work The Led Link Light Comes On But Doenst Blink At All And Also The Hd Doenst Get Heated Up Inside , No Heat I TRIED IT IN ANOTHER PC STILL SAME ISSUE Pls Let Me Know What Can Be A Solution To Solve My Problem Thanks

11-15-2008, 07:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
TechSOS Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 36 OS: XP service pack 3	Re: Toshiba External Hd Not Detecting In Computer Is the cable you are using a USB A-type or USB-B type? A is on top and B is on bottom Have you tried buying a new USB cable? __________________ "If brute force doesn't solve your problems, then you aren't using enough." -Anonymous