Iomega Drive Not Recognized

Alene · 10-06-2009, 09:44 PM

I've been using this drive for about a year - Iomega 450 gig - but today I get the message USB Device not recognized. I am using Vista, the drive is turning on and spinning up just fine. I have tried re-starting, different USB cord, unique power source - nothing. Same error when I plug the drive into a different laptop running on XP. There is information on this drive that needs to be recovered. Any help would be much appreciated.

**manic** · 10-07-2009, 01:11 AM

If you have a pc not a laptop you may try taking the drive out of the
external enclosure and hooking it up directly to the pc. If that is not
a option you may try buying a new enclosure see if that helps. Alot
of times the enclosure itself goes bad.

10-06-2009, 09:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Alene Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Iomega Drive Not Recognized I've been using this drive for about a year - Iomega 450 gig - but today I get the message USB Device not recognized. I am using Vista, the drive is turning on and spinning up just fine. I have tried re-starting, different USB cord, unique power source - nothing. Same error when I plug the drive into a different laptop running on XP. There is information on this drive that needs to be recovered. Any help would be much appreciated. Last edited by Alene; 10-06-2009 at 10:03 PM. Reason: Adding information

10-07-2009, 01:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,257 OS: xp	Re: Iomega Drive Not Recognized If you have a pc not a laptop you may try taking the drive out of the external enclosure and hooking it up directly to the pc. If that is not a option you may try buying a new enclosure see if that helps. Alot of times the enclosure itself goes bad. __________________