Yes.
No.

The manual suggested plugging in the power/data cord AND the power cord port ) to the computer (Never had to do that before. :dunno: ) and wait up to two minutes. Doing that now.




Edit Update: Nada.

 

 

Wow, I was working on my friend's external HD that had the same exact problem. Jae even stepped into help but we both concluded the partition took a dump. It also didn't show up on the desktop and the only evidence that the computer sensed it was in the BIOS and the Drive Manger classified as a "Disk Drive". I even cracked it up open and connected it via IDE and it still didn't work

What kind is your mothers?

 

usb being plugged directly into computer, not a secondary usb hub?

 

Her laptop you mean? or my ED? I have the maxtor One touch 4mini.

Testing it on my computer again

 

I do?


Most times when I have computer problems its my own damn fault for messing with things and trying to get them better, and then I break them.

 

What is it formatted in? NTFS or FAT32? Is your primary a MAC?

 

Comes right up on my machine. :wtfmad:


Holy crap is this frustrating.

 

it's a power issue.

if the HDD doesn't have its own power source, this means that the notebook PC doesn't have enough juice to run it. You'll need a powered USB hub to make it read.

if the HDD does have its own power source, try a different outlet.

 

Aaaaaand you lost me. I'm techi.. not that techi
I get by

That's what I gathered from that nice little pop up I got.

Son of a whore!


I just need to get my shit off her system. :goestogetblankcds: