Veazer Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Cable select or slave? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Traveller Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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