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    USB Hard Drive Wont Work after Installing Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by KPot2004, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. KPot2004

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    I was running Windows Vista Ultimate and just did a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium. After the installation my USB 500GB hard drive no longer works, its listed in disk management as "Dynamic invalid". Windows see that the drive is there but it will not show up in My Computer. This is the drive that has over 5 years worth of pics :eek: and I used it to back up all my important stuff. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a workaround? I tried it with 3 Windows 7 computers and the same thing happens?
     
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    glad you got it fixed mate :D
     
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