I can't get my old Seagate eSata exterior hard drive to load on my Window 7 pc. Are they not compatible? I've downloaded the new drivers, etc. But no luck.
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Ok, on the 2nd device manager shot, two usb root hubs are missing from bottom of screen. Other than that, I think you see everything in the 3 shots, unless there's another console I'm not aware of.
I don't know what that SCSI CD-rom player is in device manager. I assumed it was from Daemon lite, but I don't know. Could it be an eSata in disguise.?
all the drives I can find
device manager, top half
device manager, bottom
Ok, I've been working it here awhile but I'm a little lost. Where is the "folder views" you refer to?
I've unplugged all my usb misc and down to my 3 hard drives. I can find storage under computer management. But nothing there, and still nothing in STORAGE device manager. I do see traces of it, showing up as missing, with two drive letters., This
Ok, cool. that's where I thought you were, but not sure....
Sad to report though, no luck.
I tried re-installing the driver software with the exe from Seagate. It thinks its installed and would only repair, modify or uninstall. It has a utility feature though, that doesn't recognize an e-sata drive
I set the option in the folder view dial, opened the veiw, then went back and oped thedialog agian for showing...
Set this one too
Oh, I usually spread out points a little better. So Sorry
I got confused and thought that centerv and I were the only ones working on this problem. I should have scrolled back to refresh my memory.
I choose that solution because I think the truth is I'm out-of-luck since the drive seems to be supported only by Win XP.
I'll redo and divide points more evenly among participants, if that's an available option.
I certainly appreciate everyone who contributed!
I am NOT vying for points, but the explanation of "not compatible with Vista/7" seems more than just a little a incredible to me.
SATA-based hard drives use Microsoft's own built-in "mass storage" driver... so of course there is no vendor driver available. The driver for the SATA ports themselves comes from the motherboard vendor.
I'd be more inclined to keep searching for the root cause of the problem... bad eSATA port, bad eSATA port driver, bad disk, bad enclosure, bad cable, etc. For example I'd recommend that you test same disk, enclosure, and cable on another system (both WinXP and Win7)
ok, thank you graye, I really appreciate you following up on this, as I really need the data that's on the eSata now.
I don't have an XP in the family right now, other than a virtual machine, not sure if that would work.
I do have a Vista machine with a built in eSata port, maybe that's the next thing to try.
For clarity, this eSata 500 gig drive exterior drive came bundled with the card. I wonder if it's the card that's no longer supported.
promise is generally right up there with their drivers.
I'm sure they'll release win7 drivers but in the meantime,
check the link for your model card available drivers
http://www.promise.com/sup
Also check the compatibility of your card and mobo
http://www.promise.com/sup
well, well, well, there it is...
I had removed it from the mobo for awhile, and just now re-installed it there, booted up accidentally into the guest profile, and it showed up, after windows loaded the drivers. Nnow it's also in my main profile...
Can't explain it really. Maybe not seated well before?
Thanks for your persistence!
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by: Pete_ZedPosted on 2009-09-20 at 21:02:02ID: 25380237
Does the drive appear under Disk Management? It may be a permissions problem or as simple as a drive letter missing.
Right click COMPUTER and choose MANAGE. Click on disk management. Does it appear there? Does it have a drive letter?