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Re: [OM] OT: lost my drives

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: lost my drives
From: Don Holbrook <donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:53:53 -0500 (EST)
need to put a gargoyle on it.....worked for 30+ years here......(g)

> On January 17, 2017 at 4:26 PM John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I did all of those things but to no avail.
> 
> Then, being down at heart I rallied to the power of prayer, meditation 
> and peace of mind thinking good and kind things about my computer's most 
> latest flawless working life and asked for the absolution of whatever 
> evil spirit lurked within its soul.
> 
> Voila .............. the next time I put life into its heart the 
> computer booted up, came to life and its performance clearly evidenced 
> that the evil spirit had been cast out.
> 
> jh
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/15/2017 11:20 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > If you haven't already done so, I would power the desktop all the way
> > down, and restart it, with the external drives connected.  If that
> > doesn't get them recognized, then unplug and replug the USB connections,
> > with the Start/Computer screen display in view.
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> >
> > On 1/15/2017 8:58 AM, John Hudson wrote:
> >> Until two days ago my Win10 desktop machine recognized two 8tb
> >> external hard drives used for backup purposes. Both drives were
> >> accessible through Windows Explorer.
> >>
> >> Yesterday that recognition was lost for reasons unknown.
> >>
> >> I have checked the life of the Win10's USB ports via the device
> >> drivers tab in the control panel. The USB ports all look to be active.
> >>
> >> The Win10 machine still recognizes a 1tb external hard drive.
> >>
> >> Both 8tb drives are recognized by my notebook running Win 8.1
> >>
> >> Is there any advice on how I can get my Win10 machine to again
> >> recognize those two 8tb drives?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> jh
> >
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