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HARD DRIVE NOT RESPONDING

Last answer on Sep 2, 2009 2:29:53 pm BST joejoejoe, on Jul 24, 2009 2:08:46 pm BST 
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Hello,

I have been using my new hard drive fine (for about 3 months) until i tried to change the name of it to "JOE HARD DRIVE". Ever since my PC nor laptop will allow me to open my hard drive. I thought it was because it neded another drive letter to read so i changed the drive letter to (z:) by this process:-

Right click on my computer
Choose MANAGE
Then find DISK MANAGEMENT
Right click on ext hard drive under the list.,
and choose CHANGE DRIVE LETTER


Still no luck. Both Laptop and PC recognise a new drive but when i go to my computer, the hard drive is known as Removable Disk (z:) and it wont allow me to open it. A message comes up saying

"please insert a disk into Removable Disk (z:)"


Anyone ever experienced this before and knows what to do ????

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Pr0cl1v1ty, on Jul 24, 2009 2:19:41 pm BST

I would say you need to re install your OS -Pr0c

   
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joejoejoe, on Jul 25, 2009 4:34:45 pm BST

I forgot to say that the hard drive is a portable one. sorry.

   
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joejoejoe, on Jul 28, 2009 11:17:58 am BST

ANY IDEAS WHAT TO DO????

   
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 joejoejoe, on Sep 2, 2009 2:29:53 pm BST

Aparently the disk was not spinning in the hard drive so, I got a refund on the hard drive and lost all my work :(

   
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