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Originally Posted by patch697

Whats it asking for when you plug it in first off?

If the computer can't see it when its first plugged in, try going into control panel & going through "add new hardware" the computer will then do a manual search for any new hardware or devices recently added to it system. Once its detected the device it should install a suitable driver for the hardware automatically & if it cant find one, it will prompted you to give it permission to use the internet to search for a suitable driver. If it finds one it will install it & your on your way.

If this isn't the problem it could be a partition of format issue but try the above first & get back to us if you find you need more help with it.

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My son has had two stop working.

I wont see him until the end of the week so will ask him.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by snicko

My son has had two stop working.

I wont see him until the end of the week so will ask him.

Thanks

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If the portable HD's have stopped working for some reason & can't be accessed via a computers OS not all is lost. Either myself or I could recommend someone else to extract the info off the failed drive & transfer it to another drive.

Just an option if he gets stuck.

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Thanks mate. And how would I do that?

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What OS is your computer running?

XP

Vista

Windows7

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Originally Posted by patch697

If the portable HD's have stopped working for some reason & can't be accessed via a computers OS not all is lost. Either myself or I could recommend someone else to extract the info off the failed drive & transfer it to another drive.

Just an option if he gets stuck.

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Thanks

It is very expensive to have done??

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Where do I look to find this out?? LOL! :clownredpuff:

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Click on the start menu. right click on computer this will give you a drop down menu. click on properties at the very bottom & this should bring up a basic information page which will have the version of windows your running in it.

unless your using Apple & in that case I can't help you cos I wont touch them myself.

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Originally Posted by snicko

Thanks

It is very expensive to have done??

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depends on who does it!!!!!! lol

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Originally Posted by snicko

Thanks

It is very expensive to have done??

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No not really but that depends largely on how much HD reconstruction work it needs.

Myself & the guy I would recommend won't continue doing any work on a customers equipment without consulting them first after our initial inspection has been carried out.

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Microsoft Windows XP, Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 3.

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Be right with a Plass7y im on a caal.

"May be infected by unknown virus Win32/DH.00000000{00008001-00000000-00000000}";"c:\System Volume Information\_restore{233BEA63-C0D4-46EF-8798-50C0E8520D96}\RP662\A0133883.exe";"Object is inaccessible.";"2/12/2011, 8:22:05 AM";"file";"C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe"

This keeps coming up on my laptop.

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Microsoft Windows XP, Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 3.

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Ok..... with yours I nned you to go back & do the same as you did before to get to the basic info page, then find the hardware tab at the top of the page click that & in the new page find the device manager button.

Once you click on that it will open a new page with a list of items in it. If you only have one item here it should be the word computer with an "X" marked box. click on the "X" marked box & should brop down a list.

In that list if the is any listing with a question make or an exclamation make post back which item is marked please.