Re: portable hard drive can not show in "My Computer"

Liu <liushijing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

I just got a SimpleTech (SimpleDrive) Portable hard drive (80G) and
tried to use it in my IBM ThinkPad T42 laptop. However, I can not find
it in "My Computer". I checked Device Manager. It showed that the
SimpleDrive work properly. In the Disk Management, I could find the
hard disk.

You're supposed to partition it there and then it will show up in My Computer too.

After I gave it a drive letter, I can use "open" to open
the hard drive and write to or copy from the hard drive.

Not clear what you mean by that sentence.

If I use "explore", it go to "My Computer", which showed drives C:, D:, E:,
but not the portable hard drive. When I tried to format the hard drive,

Where did you try to do that ?

the computer said it is not complete because the partition
or volume is not enabled. Can any one help me?


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