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    esata HD/enclosure problem

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hehe299792458, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    I recently bought a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, Serial ATA-300, OEM with a Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling esata enclosure. However, it seems that the two won't play well together as I can't seem to find the drive under my computer. The enclosure itself can be seen under device managers, but attempts to uninstall/reinstall, powering down, etc didn't seem to have any effect on sistuation. I tried both the esata and usb connections, but none worked. I know the drive is fine because I read/write to it when I put it in my NAS. Does anyone know what might be causing this? I really hope is not a hardware problem with the enclosure....
     
    hehe299792458, Dec 17, 2007
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    perhaps your NAS has formatted it to some unique file system? Do you see the drive in disk management?
     
    goofball, Dec 17, 2007
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