I think the disk in the enclosure has died, or there is a problem with
the internals in the enclosure. The slow recognition of the drive was
probably its last gasp.

Contact your supplier or WD for a warranty replacement.


On 11/07/2009 14:43, iownstan wrote:[color=blue]
> i've had the Western Digital WDH1U10000N 1TB for a little over a week
> now. it was working fine, up until yesterday night. i made the switch
> from my PC to my laptop. when i plugged the USB into my laptop, the
> external hard drive was not recognized. so, i tried plugging the USB
> into another port, and after a few minutes it was recognized by the
> laptop. this morning when i plugged the external hard drive back to my
> PC, it is not recognized. moreover i can't find it anywhere on the
> computer. i know for a fact it is turned on, but i just can't find it
> anywhere on my computer. does anyone know what the problem is?
>
>[/color]

Have you tried connecting another USB device to the port you are using for
the HDD. I suspect that you may have a USB driver problem.
I don't expect that the 5 year old post linked to will help with Vista.

"iownstan" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:aea56388e944ba2946a644eef6296626@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> i think this should do the trick.
>
> 'External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot OpenBoards'
> ([url]http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic26403.html[/url])
>
> but, what am i supposed to unmap? drive E does not show up for me.
>
>
> --
> iownstan[/color]