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Having a weird issue with an external drive. I cannot access the drive (Z:) using explorer but i can access the drive through the command line.

A breakdown of the weirdness:

  • the drive letter is not blocked using TweakUI, etc
  • changing the drive letter has no effect
  • there is not an autorun.inf on the drive
  • putting the drive in a different external case has no effect
  • the drive appears to be functioning fine, fast speeds - no clicks, no weird noises
  • Sometimes the drive eventually shows up after 10-15 minutes, sometimes not :o
  • if i type "explorer.exe z:", then the contents *do* show up in explorer but the address bar is totally blank.
  • Safe device removal properly identifies the drive and letter

I'm totally stumped.

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There's been some report of connexions having problems where the SCSI/IDE driver has been commissioned, especially the takes for ever to be recognised. How are you connecting the drive e-sata, usb ?

Regards

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There's been some report of connexions having problems where the SCSI/IDE driver has been commissioned, especially the takes for ever to be recognised. How are you connecting the drive e-sata, usb ?

Regards

IDE drive in USB/Firewire cases. Tried 2 cases, same problem.

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Cable select or slave?

Regards

Master, it's been set that way for years. I only trust CS for 'smarter' controllers like modern IDE chips on mobos. Why would i set a single device to slave, just curious?

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Solved!

Though changing the drive letter had no effect, removing all driver letter assignments and then re-assigning a letter worked. Pops up every time as soon as it's inserted now.

The magic of Microsoft Windows and all its little quirks.

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Cable select or slave?

Regards

Master, it's been set that way for years. I only trust CS for 'smarter' controllers like modern IDE chips on mobos. Why would i set a single device to slave, just curious?

More a 'just to check' rather than an expectation. Glad you solved it.

Regards

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Cable select or slave?

Regards

Master, it's been set that way for years. I only trust CS for 'smarter' controllers like modern IDE chips on mobos. Why would i set a single device to slave, just curious?

More a 'just to check' rather than an expectation. Glad you solved it.

Regards

Ahhh, ok. Anyways, thanks for your input. Add this one to the knowledgebase...

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