OT Computer External Drive
"John" wrote in message ... I took my external hard drive to my daughter's house to 'lift' a video and some music of her note book PC which has Windows 7. I assumed that I would be able to just plug into the USB port - but the note book would identify the external drive - but wouldn't open it or even acknowledge anything was on it. Any ideas what was the issue - would I need to install the drivers onto the notebook? You need to set permissions for the drive, have a quick Google on 'take possession' of a drive/folder etc. IOW's the file protection system is working and you need to take ownership of the drive contents. -- The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. |
OT Computer External Drive
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... "John" wrote in message ... I took my external hard drive to my daughter's house to 'lift' a video and some music of her note book PC which has Windows 7. I assumed that I would be able to just plug into the USB port - but the note book would identify the external drive - but wouldn't open it or even acknowledge anything was on it. Any ideas what was the issue - would I need to install the drivers onto the notebook? You need to set permissions for the drive, have a quick Google on 'take possession' of a drive/folder etc. IOW's the file protection system is working and you need to take ownership of the drive contents. -- The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. Looks feasible. Thanks |
OT Computer External Drive
On Sep 7, 9:04*am, "John" wrote:
"Nitro®" wrote in message ... "John" wrote in message ... I took my external hard drive to my daughter's house to 'lift' a video and some music of her note book PC which has Windows 7. I assumed that I would be able to just plug into the USB port - but the note book would identify the external drive - but wouldn't open it or even acknowledge anything was on it. Any ideas what was the issue - would I need to install the drivers onto the notebook? You need to set permissions for the drive, have a quick Google on 'take possession' of a drive/folder etc. IOW's the file protection system is working and you need to take ownership of the drive contents. Looks feasible. Thanks And you do that by looking it right in the eye and not letting it near the fridge NT :) |
OT Computer External Drive
On 7 Sep, 09:32, Tabby wrote:
On Sep 7, 9:04*am, "John" wrote: "Nitro®" wrote in message ... "John" wrote in message ... I took my external hard drive to my daughter's house to 'lift' a video and some music of her note book PC which has Windows 7. I assumed that I would be able to just plug into the USB port - but the note book would identify the external drive - but wouldn't open it or even acknowledge anything was on it. Any ideas what was the issue - would I need to install the drivers onto the notebook? You need to set permissions for the drive, have a quick Google on 'take possession' of a drive/folder etc. IOW's the file protection system is working and you need to take ownership of the drive contents. Looks feasible. Thanks And you do that by looking it right in the eye and not letting it near the fridge NT :) LOL :) |
OT Computer External Drive
In message , Nitro®
writes "John" wrote in message ... I took my external hard drive to my daughter's house to 'lift' a video and some music of her note book PC which has Windows 7. I assumed that I would be able to just plug into the USB port - but the note book would identify the external drive - but wouldn't open it or even acknowledge anything was on it. Any ideas what was the issue - would I need to install the drivers onto the notebook? You need to set permissions for the drive, have a quick Google on 'take possession' of a drive/folder etc. IOW's the file protection system is working and you need to take ownership of the drive contents. I't migth be the issue, but I've never had to do that with an external drive and I regularly swop mine between computers -- Chris French |
OT Computer External Drive
"John" wrote in message ... "Nitro®" wrote in message ... "John" wrote in message ... I took my external hard drive to my daughter's house to 'lift' a video and some music of her note book PC which has Windows 7. I assumed that I would be able to just plug into the USB port - but the note book would identify the external drive - but wouldn't open it or even acknowledge anything was on it. Any ideas what was the issue - would I need to install the drivers onto the notebook? You need to set permissions for the drive, have a quick Google on 'take possession' of a drive/folder etc. IOW's the file protection system is working and you need to take ownership of the drive contents. -- The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. Looks feasible. Thanks Also consider whether USB cable might be damaged or trying another USB port on the notepad. I've got a similar external USB drive - on one machine, the position of the port means that the cable is mostly straight going in and it is recognised straight away; on the other machine, because I rest the drive on top of the case, the cable about 5cm from the end has to be straightened by hand before the PC will recognise it. |
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