Hello,

Problems acessing an external hardrive- Maxtor I beleive, running xp home.

The drive is shown in the my computer screen- all drives, optical devices etc.

If I reight or left click on the drive I can not acsess.

Device not accesible I/O device error - is the feedback. I have tried updating the drivers. Also unistalled and reinstalled the driver.

Chkdsk -can't access. I wont to format as a last resort.

Computer managment shows the drive

Volume: F
layout: Partition
Type: Basic
File system: ???? it is blank- does not show as either FAT or NTFS
Status: healthy,
Capacity: 152.66
Free Space: 152.66 ??? it has about 40 gigs on it? or did
% free: 100% --should not be the case
Fault tolerance: No
Overhead: 0%


Thanks for the help

Is this a USB device? Did it ever work on this computer? Have you tried it on another computer?

When you right click it do you get the option to Format?

Originally Posted by jephree

Is this a USB device? Did it ever work on this computer? Have you tried it on another computer?

When you right click it do you get the option to Format?

1) yes -USB external hard drive-
2) Yes- for about 6 months
3) In the past but not currently
4) NO- it locks up; now jsut pluggin in the connection puts the my computer window into a long spin- an locks up.

Thanks for responding

Hello,

Problems accessing an USB external hard drive- Maxtor 160 gig.

I am running xp home.

The drive has worked in the past- It hass about 50 gigs on it

The drive is shown in the “my computer screen”- all drives, optical devices etc.

If I right or left click on the drive I can not access.

Device not accessible I/O device error - is the feedback. I have tried updating the drivers. Also uninstalled and reinstalled the driver.

I can’t right click on the icon- locks up.

Chkdsk -can't access. I want to format as a last resort.

Computer management shows the drive

Volume: F
layout: Partition
Type: Basic
File system: ???? it is blank- does not show as either FAT or NTFS
Status: healthy,
Capacity: 152.66
Free Space: 152.66 ??? it has about 40 gigs on it? or did
% free: 100% --should not be the case
Fault tolerance: No
Overhead: 0%


Thanks for the help

I would suggest trying it on another computer just to check if the drive or enclosure is at fault.