I tried to use new branded “R-Driver III” USB 2.0 TO SATA IDE CABLE device with Laptop HD IDE and Desktop HD IDE (once at a time) but it did not show me the HD , although I checked Disk Management (each one at a time)
I thought the problem with “ R-Driver III ”, about another one branded as Ritmo
Still the same problem is going on with both Hard Disks (external power source is used for 3.5 HD not 2.5,,,,,,,,I can hear spinning for 3.5 but not for 2.5)
I jumpered HD3.5 as master then slave,,,still I can not access it (although master/slave jumper settings might not come into play when we are using USB connections)
Both hard disks are working if I hook them into a computer
The device that I was talking about is same as in the link below
So G: is part of your main drive? I see G: on Drive 0 in your disk management, but I don't see a file system on it. Is that a Linux partition or something?
Before the drives show up in disk management, they need to be in device manager. Do you see any errors there?
Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
In the console tree, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window appears. Your disks and volumes appear in a graphical view and list view. To customize how you view your disks and volumes in the upper and lower panes of the window, point to Top or Bottom on the View menu, and then click the view that you want to use.
Is that drive seen there?
If it is:
To view the properties of a partition or logical drive:
In the Disk Management window, right-click the partition or logical drive that you want, and then click Properties.
Click the appropriate tab to view the appropriate property.
Looking at the picture from post #2, G: is part of drive 0. see red areas of attached pic. If you remove the external does G disappear?
If the external drive is somehow overlapping drive letters with the G: partition on your main drive, that's an issue. you'll need to change the drive letter for one or the other.
Please post a screenshot of your device manager so that we can verify that your USB drive is installed.
Go into SAFE MODE, Device manager, Expand the USB.
Remove all instances of USB. When all are removed, reboot to windows.
The OS should pick the usb and install the drivers.
Had to do that last weekend to get rid of the multi installs that was messing things up.
Go into SAFE MODE, Device manager, Expand the USB.
Remove all instances of USB. When all are removed, reboot to windows.
The OS should pick the usb and install the drivers.
Had to do that last weekend to get rid of the multi installs that was messing things up.
Brilliant that solved the problem.
Thanks for that , I have been struggling for 0ne week to find out where is the problem.
Well, Safe Mode is the only place where you can see the extraq install that are causing the problems. But the only way you can correct it, is to remove everything.
It usually works as you found out, but once in a while . . . .
Glad to hear things are working like they should again and THANKS for posting back!