Just reinstalled XP, but now external hard drive not worki..

Its a good indication the data is still there, the file table may be
corrupt. Probably an easy fix for the most part for data recovery. May be
more difficult if your enclosure has 2 physical hard drives in a RAID
configuration.

--
Dave

"Bente" <Bente.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:76A86E3F-92A6-4FC3-BD70-457B84696EE7@microsoft.com...
> Ok I've done it!
>
> But it didn't change anything.. It still got the letter I: and I could
> only
> format it :S
>
> "BurrWalnut" wrote:
>
>> Try this:
>>
>> Unplug your drive, then temporarily display the 'Ghost' devices by
>> clicking
>> Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
>>
>> Now type 'set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1' (not the quotes but the
>> space) and press Enter.
>> Now type 'start devmgmt.msc' (not the quotes but the space) and press
>> Enter.
>> In Device Manager, click View > Show hidden devices.
>>
>> By expanding a category, e.g. Disk drives or USB, then right-clicking
>> your
>> Lacie drive you can remove it by clicking uninstall. Be aware that an
>> important device like a USB modem or a printer that is not currently
>> plugged
>> in, can be accidentally uninstalled.
>>
>> Once you have finished with Device Manager, close the Command Prompt by
>> typing Exit and pressing Enter.
>>
>> Plug in the drive, is it working?
>>
>> If not, go to Disk Management, right-click the 'missing' drive graphic
>> icon
>> and change the drive letter to one nearer the end of the alphabet.
>>
>> "Bente" wrote:
>>
>> > No it's not that one, I'm from Europe But I think I'll just call
>> > some
>> > company on monday.. Because I need it to work.. And I'm not a total
>> > idiot but
>> > I'd rather have a specialist look at this problem.. Thnx anyways.. I'll
>> > post
>> > how it ends though!
>> >
>> > Thanks everybody for the help! I appreciate it a lot!
>> >
>> > "Ian D" wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > "Bente" <Bente.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > > news:1752DF73-C873-4110-ACD5-BC66A26D9136@microsoft.com...
>> > > > Well I was able to assign a letter to it. I made it an (I but now
>> > > > i only
>> > > > have the option to format the drive, which I don't want to. Is it
>> > > > possible
>> > > > for a company to retract the stuff that's on the drive? That I can
>> > > > get
>> > > > someone to open the thing up and save what's on it?
>> > > >
>> > > > "Paul" wrote:
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Is this the LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra 1 TB? That is the only 1 TB
>> > > external drive I see on the LaCie USA site. If so, it has 2 x 500 MB
>> > > SATA drives in a RAID 0 configuration. With RAID 0 an error on
>> > > one drive will destroy the data integrity of the entire array. In the
>> > > specs,
>> > > the drive has USB, eSATA, and Firewire 400 & 800. It could just be
>> > > a problem with the external controller, but the problem is that, with
>> > > RAID 0 I don't know if you can just plug them into a PC and have an
>> > > operational array even if the drives are okay.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >