Check disk management. Right click my computer, click manage. On Apr 2, 2012 8:46 AM, "Stuart Friedman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is really strange, when I go to device manager the external drive is > there in all its glory. It is only in Windows Explorer that it is absent. > Makes me think that this might be software rather than the motherboard. > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Stuart Friedman <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > When I plug in other USB devices, here is the really bad news, sometimes > > yes and sometimes no, all the symptoms I recalled from the last > Southbridge > > going south. What threw me off the trail was the faultless operation > under > > Ubuntu, gave me the hope that it was software related. > > > > Guess not, the good news is that this was all prep for retiring the T43, > > looks like I will need to put the HD into an external box,and then into > > another Win 7 computer which also has the backup external HD. > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I believe that you might be looking at another SouthBridge failure > >> there...hopefully I'm wrong. > >> > >> What happens when you plug in other USB devices? > >> > >> Good luck. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> George > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Stuart Friedman <[email protected]> > >> To: robdbell <[email protected]> > >> Cc: thinkpad <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 10:05 am > >> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T43 USB problems > >> > >> Yea, this is a 250 gb hard drive, should have specified. > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:10 AM, [email protected] < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > Is the drive over 2GB in size? Some systems have problems with those > >> > >> > larger drives. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Rob > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > ----- Reply message ----- > >> > >> > From: "Stuart Friedman" <[email protected]> > >> > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > >> > Subject: [Thinkpad] T43 USB problems > >> > >> > Date: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 6:58 am > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Model is 2687-D4U,running Windows 7, 32 bit. There was an earlier > problem, > >> > >> > perhaps two years ago, with Southbridge (?), replaced motherboard > under > >> > >> > warranty. Now trying to backup system to external hard drive, at first > >> > >> > there is no recognition of the drive at all (the drive has one USB > >> > >> > connection and one AC connection.) > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Plug drive into power socket, it doesn't start until you also connect > the > >> > >> > USB cable. Go to Windows explorer, no drive is found. OK, so I then > >> > >> > uninstall the USBs in Device Manager and reboot the machine, all the > >> > >> > drivers are automatically reinstalled. Now, when I plug in the > external > >> > >> > hard drive, the OS tells me it has found a new device and is > installing the > >> > >> > software to go along with it, so far, so good. Next it tells me it is > ready > >> > >> > to operate and when I go to the "Safely remove and eject hardware" > icon, > >> > >> > the drive is there. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > BUT, when I go back to Windows Explorer, no external hard drive is > listed. > >> > >> > Oh, and the drive is found perfectly when I boot the T43 with a > Ubuntu CD. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > What gives? > >> > >> > -- > >> > >> > Stuartf > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > >> > Thinkpad mailing list > >> > >> > [email protected] > >> > >> > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
