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pluging bad the usb cable of a hd usb results in no presence in "My Computer"

Discussion in 'Windows Home Server' started by m0rg4n, May 19, 2009.

  1. m0rg4n

    m0rg4n Guest

    Hi from Spain,

    last night i plug a usb HD to my server, running windows 2003 enterprise
    edition servicepack 2, as the cable was not long enough i could not plugin
    totally, but was enough to the system, which detected it and launched de
    hardward wizard which stopped by the time i retired the connector. I made
    room for the cable and pluged it again, the hardward wizard runs again and
    apparently installing ok the HD, but no item is displayed, no letter for the
    harddrive appears in "My Computer". The usb HD runs good in my desktop, with
    no problem. But yes appears the icon to remove safely the usb mass storage
    device in the notification area.
    If i run diskmgmt.msc on the server the usb HD is displayed but with no
    letter assigned, healthy status and 100% free (which is not true, there's
    data in the usb HD).
    Is there any registry key i must reconfigure? what can i do?

    Regards.



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  2. dan

    dan Guest

    Hi m0rg4n in Spain. Try opening diskmanagement, right click on the usb HD,
    and select "change drive letter and paths". Accept the proposed drive letter
    or change it to what you want. click ok and you should be able to see the
    drive in My Computer.

    "m0rg4n" <edu.bit.es@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:uObsghM2JHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
    > Hi from Spain,
    >
    > last night i plug a usb HD to my server, running windows 2003 enterprise
    > edition servicepack 2, as the cable was not long enough i could not plugin
    > totally, but was enough to the system, which detected it and launched de
    > hardward wizard which stopped by the time i retired the connector. I made
    > room for the cable and pluged it again, the hardward wizard runs again and
    > apparently installing ok the HD, but no item is displayed, no letter for
    > the harddrive appears in "My Computer". The usb HD runs good in my
    > desktop, with no problem. But yes appears the icon to remove safely the
    > usb mass storage device in the notification area.
    > If i run diskmgmt.msc on the server the usb HD is displayed but with no
    > letter assigned, healthy status and 100% free (which is not true, there's
    > data in the usb HD).
    > Is there any registry key i must reconfigure? what can i do?
    >
    > Regards.
    >
    >
    > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
    > signature database 4088 (20090519) __________
    >
    > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
    >
    > http://www.eset.com
    >
    >
    >
    >
     

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