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    External drive does not show up in Vista

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by davidt1, Feb 7, 2010.

  1. davidt1

    davidt1 Notebook Evangelist

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    My newly bought Hitachi Travelstar internal 2.5'' 320GB hard drive does not show up in Vista when used as an external drive. It works fine, however, as an internal drive.

    Do I have a bad enclosure? Vista says the drive is working properly but there is no icon for it. I don't know what to do. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
     
    davidt1, Feb 7, 2010
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Click on Start/Run > type in diskmgmt.msc

    See if the drive shows up there. Might need to be initialised
     
    flipfire, Feb 7, 2010
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