how do I get my DAW to see an external drive

I have an external drive connected to my DAW.  At one point I had it configured and it ran just fine. Now for some reason Windows does not see it.
 
If I open my Device Manager it is listed under drives. If I highlight it and open the properties page it tells me that it is operating normally and that it is enabled....
 
However If I try to find it any other way windows does not see it...
 
I have tried to add it using the "Add Hardware Wizard" but no luck......
 
I have tried to reinstall the drivers....no luck
 
I have tried to trouble shoot it ....no luck...
 
I am at a loss at how to get windows to see this drive so I can use it...I have some saved information on it that I do not want to lose and / or access.....
 
any one know how I can do this?
 
Thank You.
Clifford 

Does it show in my computer?
if it's not there then it's gone off line.
Drivers? normally never needed. plug and play.
Windows trouble shooting rarely woks.
did you change the usb port it was using. I find it pays to always use the same ports for a usb devise.
does the drive work on another computer?

How about does it show in:

Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer management
[-] Storage -> Disk management

There you can assign it a drive letter if it looks OK.

Bill B

Cactus Music


Does it show in my computer?
if it's not there then it's gone off line.
Drivers? normally never needed. plug and play.
Windows trouble shooting rarely woks.
did you change the usb port it was using. I find it pays to always use the same ports for a usb devise.
does the drive work on another computer?

Cactus
 
No it does not show in my computer.
 
Going off line is exactly what I think it has done....!!!
 
Have already tried to replace the drivers....do not accomplish this sucessfully....
 
You are correct, Windows trouble shoot was useles in this case
 
Come to think of it I might have unplugged it from the firewire port in the back and then replugged it back in and that is when it stopped working.... so I do not have it on a usb hub at all...
 
I have tried it on three other computers and no it has not worked on any of them...
 
Clifford 

bvideo


How about does it show in:

Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer management
[-] Storage -> Disk management

There you can assign it a drive letter if it looks OK.

Bill B

Bill
it does not show at all..........
 
It only shows up in device manager.....no where else...that is what is so frustrating for me.....
 
when I first got the drive it showed up there and I was able to format it for use there and it worked because I was able to store files there as well but not now....nothing...
 
Clifford

Beagle


I'm afraid that means your drive has a problem.  very likely this will be an electronics problem with the "board" on the drive.

Not necessarily, it may be assigned a drive letter that is already assigned to another drive.
If you can see it in Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management, right click on it and change the drive letter.
That might take care of it.
I had a similar problem when I plugged in an external hd to my laptop and both the external hd and sd card reader were vying for the same drive letter.

edit: Never mind, just noticed that this was suggested already.

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Have you tried removing the hard drive from the enclosure and trying it internally or in another enclosure?

gustabo

Beagle


I'm afraid that means your drive has a problem.  very likely this will be an electronics problem with the "board" on the drive.

Not necessarily, it may be assigned a drive letter that is already assigned to another drive.
If you can see it in Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management, right click on it and change the drive letter.
That might take care of it.
I had a similar problem when I plugged in an external hd to my laptop and both the external hd and sd card reader were vying for the same drive letter.

edit: Never mind, just noticed that this was suggested already.
 
 
Well.thanks for the try at least sir!
The only place I can see it is under my Device Manager / disks
Clifford

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Have you tried removing the hard drive from the enclosure and trying it internally or in another enclosure?

Beagle


cliff - I had responded with a long post and the forum server crashed when I posted it!

bottom line - seagate has been having problems with 1TB+ drives, if that's what you have then you can probably get a replacement, but don't look for them to return your data on this drive!

data recovery from a drive can be very expensive - usually the cheapest is $300 and it goes up to $1k-$2k depending on the type of failure.

all of my original songs i recorded with SHS when I first started are on a hard drive that I don't want to spend $1k to recover.

Reece
that is exactly what I have....a 1 TB Seagate......so I guess i am going to have to contact them and see if I can get it replaced....
 
well your right about the info on it I am not paying that kind of money for recovery.....I have not missed it so I guess I do not need it.....
 
Thank yo my freind
 
Clifford

Did you check that your firewire is working correctly?  You might want to uninstall that driver reboot and reinstall the driver when Windows "finds new hardware".  Good luck. 

Old55


Did you check that your firewire is working correctly?  You might want to uninstall that driver reboot and reinstall the driver when Windows "finds new hardware".  Good luck. 

 
Not to be a smart a** or anything cause I really do appreciate the help in any form that I get it. One can never have enough help for sure.but ....
 
Please read the original post......It already states that I have done this step.
 
but thank you any way.
 
Clifford