external hard drive
I purchased a HP external Hard drive to back up my photos. I have vista. my security system is Nortons 360-4 My issue is my Presario PC does not recognize the connection. I have gone thru my control panel with no success. A users manual was not included with my unit, although the connection is simple. Nortons feedback tells me no files have since been backed up. The blue light flashes but I am unable to play back due to no PC recognition. The HP model is md 1000h. Windows help and support was not successful. The unit has been hooked up for over six hours with the blue light still flashing. I am praying someone can give some answers.
August 15th, 2010 6:20am

As the drive is a new one, have you formatted it? If not, right-click Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management. If you receive a message “You must initialize the disk…”, click OK. Now right-click the graphic for the drive then choose New Simple Volume. Allocate the amount of space you want to use, i.e. all of it or some of it so that you can have more than one partition on the disk. Type in a meaningful Volume label name and choose Quick format. Repeat the New Simple Volume procedure if you have decided to make multiple partitions.
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August 16th, 2010 11:06am

formatting it should work just fineTunde Abagun MCP,MCSA,MCTS,MCITP en p "for the love of Computers"
August 18th, 2010 6:11am

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