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Jake Barnes · Joined: 30 May 2005

Today I bought an 80GB external hard drive down at yongsan. Dude at the shop said it was basically plug and play. Now after 2 hours of trying to get this thing to work right I am starting to get a little frustrated. When I go to the control panel and check my hardware it says that the drive is there and that it is working properly. Yet, when I try to get to the drive it is no where to be found. I am really stumped on what to do next. Anyone have any suggestions. Last time I had the PS2 burning problem everyones advice was awesome and I am now enjoying several great games. I hope you all can be a big help again.

Thanks in advance again,
JB

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:06 am Post subject:

Check the slave/master pin on the back of the hard drive. Is it set to the proper location? Try different settings.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Jake Barnes · Joined: 30 May 2005

ok so I I have taken it out of the case and tried to locate the "pin" and not only do I not know exactly what I should be looking for but I see nothing that I could adjust or toggle. Are there any good websites with photos and detailed instructions about how to do this. I really am a complete newb at this. Ahh the frustrations of techmology.

Thanks,
JB

Giant · Joined: 14 May 2003 Location: South Korea

guys... If its external, its not about jumpers. (not pins) Also, I assume its USB since you did not mention it.

What you need to do is initialize the drive in disk manager.

Right click on my computer, click manage, then click on Disk Managment.

Once there right click on the drive and create the partition. (If its new you will see it there but not initialized)

Then you will need to format it. I hope this helps.

Jake Barnes · Joined: 30 May 2005

Giant I did exactly what you said and it worked like a charm. My lil hard drive is now working perfectly. Many thanks.

-JB

Giant · Joined: 14 May 2003 Location: South Korea

Cool! Glad it worked!

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Giant,

I've had two drives in my external case that didn't work until I changed the jumper settings. Anyhow I'm happy to hear they OP solved his problem.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Giant...I would say...is definitely the "GO TO GUY" when it comes to this computer stuff. Most of us know a lot...he tends to know a liiiiiiiiiitttttttttttlllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit more. Kudos to you. Thanks again for helping all of us.

Giant · Joined: 14 May 2003 Location: South Korea

Thanks cubanlord. I am in the IT field here in Korea, I used ot teach though. I just got lucky and managed to get a job back in the IT field where I belong. Smile

@superhero

Are you saying you had 2 drives in 1 external case? My point is that if you have a USB external case with 1 drive the jumpers dont matter. Even if you have multiple external cases the jumpers dont matter for one drive.

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

I, too had the pin problem with the drive, just like Superhero.

Glad you got it fixed.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Giant · Joined: 14 May 2003 Location: South Korea

You can get hardware 'conflicts' at times but that is not the norm. Was it a fairly new external case? The newer ones usually dont give hassles like you had.

Cheers! Smile

Kwai_Chang_Kain · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Location: The Borg Collective

I just bought a new hard drive at Yongsan today and had the exact same problem. Thanks a lot Giant.

Giant · Joined: 14 May 2003 Location: South Korea

Glad to help! Very Happy