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    HELP?? New External SATA Laptop HD detected, but not found?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bamboodragon, Oct 3, 2008.

  1. bamboodragon

    bamboodragon Notebook Enthusiast

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    Am I suppose to do something to it for it to be recognized? Like format? But I cant find it anywhere for me to format the drive.
     
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    Check Disk Management....
     
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    Control panel, Administrative Tools, Disk Management, Format.
     
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    thank you!
     
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    Is it normal for the drive to be hot as heck while formatting? I have an aluminum case with the seagate momentus 7200 200gb drive. It's taking a while to format and the case is hot to the touch.
     
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    "Normal" HDDs do go upto 55*C when formatting, and Al cases do get hot. Just don't move the drive much.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    in a sealed environment the drives will heat up. It is best to have a actively cooled external enclosure to maximize the lifespan of the disc and keep it running at a safe temperature.

    K-TRON
     
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    Get a better enclosure, with a fan (my current favorite is AMS Venus' series). Aluminum enclosures are pretty horrible, and yeah, temperatures can go way above 55C when formatting; I've reached 70C... :(

    Alternatively, take off the enclosure's outer shell when formatting.
     
    Tarentum, Oct 4, 2008
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    Yes, but aren't enclosures with fans only for 3.5" drives, requiring external AC power and all that?

    2.5" notebook drive enclosures are usually very small and thin, hardly larger than the drive itself, and are bus-powered. I haven't seen one with a fan.
     
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    As I wrote, notebook enclosures don't have fans. Most fit the drive very snugly.

    If one is slightly larger than the drive, not so tight as the others, with a board inside that the drive screws to, will that give the drive better circulation and less heat problem, than one of the very snug tight enclosures?
     
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