wagginfinger   10 #1 Posted February 15, 2020 I have a Toshiba external hard drive with photos and MP3s  on it that I can,t access I have not used it for at leased 2/3 years and don't remember if it had CD to load drivers   If anyone has any ideas would be grateful. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #2 Posted February 15, 2020 as long as it's powered, and plugged in to a working USB socket, it should work fine, and shouldn't require any drivers.. Does it have/need it's own external power supply? Does it have any lights / are they on/flashing? Can you hear it start-up and spin etc? Are there any errors, or is it just not showing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
musthavafag   10 #3 Posted February 17, 2020 Of course anything connected to pc or laptop requires drivers... go to Toshiba support and download the latest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #4 Posted February 17, 2020 7 hours ago, musthavafag said: Of course anything connected to pc or laptop requires drivers... go to Toshiba support and download the latest Ignore this, 99.9% of external HDD's and USB Memory sticks don't require a driver, as they use the Windows Standard USB Storage driver etc....  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   213 #5 Posted February 17, 2020 If you're plugging it into a Windows PC, listen for the "bing bong" sound.  Also have a listen at the drive if you can hear it spinning up, and there are no clunks or clicks.  Then have a look in device manager or disk manager to see if its showing.   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sandbox   11 #6 Posted February 18, 2020 Try this. With the Ext. hard drive plugged in go  to Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Administrative Tools and open 'Computer Management'. Go to Storage>Disk Management and right click the relevant disk and change drive letter. Hope this helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
zach   234 #7 Posted February 19, 2020 22 hours ago, sandbox said: Try this. With the Ext. hard drive plugged in go  to Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Administrative Tools and open 'Computer Management'. Go to Storage>Disk Management and right click the relevant disk and change drive letter. Hope this helps This is a good point, I have a WD 2TB portable that doesn't always obtain a drive letter in Windows. Easily fixed with the instructions above.  Another thing to watch out for is a broken USB board. This normally shows errors in the OS but the actual hard drive can be working OK, it just needs removing from the existing USB/Caddy and connecting direct to SATA or used on another (working) USB external case.  Can you list the make and model? Knowing this might help people find a fix for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...