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USB Device not Recognised

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  • 27-12-2012 6:02pm
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    bally2009
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    Lads, I got this Targa 500gb portable hard drive from Lidl a year ago and tried it today but can't seem to get it to work. It's a Samsumg HD501LJ as can be seen from the pics below. The dreaded USB Device not Recognised message comes up. I've looked for solutions online but no success. Any help/info would be great. Cheers.
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    Lazarus2.0
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    Have you tried the device in a different USB port and/or on a different computer ?

    Is there a switch on the housing that has inadvertently been set to eSata rather than USB ?

    Can you hear or feel the HD spin when you switch the unit on ? If so is it spinning smoothly ?


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    Cork24
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    Could be a data error


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    bally2009
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    Lazarus2.0 wrote: »
    Have you tried the device in a different USB port and/or on a different computer ?

    Is there a switch on the housing that has inadvertently been set to eSata rather than USB ?

    Can you hear or feel the HD spin when you switch the unit on ? If so is it spinning smoothly ?
    Thanks for the reply. Yep tried it on a diff USB port and on a different computer and still the same message comes up.
    Nope there's no switches or anything like that from what I can see.
    Yeah you can hear it spin but it's running and spinning very smoothly just like any other. Any other advice/help??


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    bally2009
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    Cork24 wrote: »
    Could be a data error
    How would I know if it is a data error? And is there any way to fix this?? Thanks


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    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    bally2009 wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply. Yep tried it on a diff USB port and on a different computer and still the same message comes up.
    Nope there's no switches or anything like that from what I can see.
    Yeah you can hear it spin but it's running and spinning very smoothly just like any other. Any other advice/help??

    Sounds very much like the housing is faulty . No easy fix that I'm aware of and probably less time-consuming anyway to just buy a new external caddy and pop the HD into that (you should be able to pick up a caddy for less than €20) . If you want to confirm the HD is healthy before doing that either instal it temporarily in a PC or borrow a known working enclosure if those options are available . I'm sure you know already but just in case .. it's a 3.5" SATA enclosure you'd be needing .


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