Thread: Portable hard disk

I recently bought Western portable 1TB hard disk online. when I connect to my PC with Windows XP, it is not detected. I tried all USB ports still nothing happens. Please suggest ME.

check ur usb cables

check your cables as mentioned above and also look for any LED's lighting up in your hdd if everything fails get a replacement

You should have thought about this before but I think that your system resources are falling short of running a PORTABLE HDD of 1 TB. However try to connect it to a better PC ASAP to find if there is a problem with the HDD itself. If it works fine, then you must upgrade your system to make it work; if it doesn't, contact the seller for a full refund or replacement. Can you post your system specs here? Also do tell us when it gets resolved.

Hi,

Is your HDD externally powered? Some drives, though USB connected are powered externally or they have 2 USB connectors to make them run.
If you have 2, connect both of those and see if it works..