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External Hard drive suddenly not accessible - The Parameter is Incorrect
Hi there,
I've been using my 80 gig Maxtor external hardrive for a couple of months. My computer has XP, The plug and play kicked in immediately and connecting through the usb was easy. However, yesterday when I turned on my computer and tried to get into my E drive (that's the external hard drive) I'm told that "E:\ is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect." According to my device manager the usb is working and it acknowleges the External Hard Drive is there. I've tried powering down, disconnecting, reconnecting and restarting. No change. And, when I do boot up my computer windows takes a long time time start up. Has anybody experience this and is there a simple solution? Perhaps a step I've missed? All suggestions and / or comments are greatly appreciated.
Angela
bobh621
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January 27th, 2004 17:00
DELL-Cody
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January 27th, 2004 17:00
If you disconnect and reconnect the drive while the system is booted into Windows, does Windows recognize and install the drive automatically?
Angela Roozenda
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January 28th, 2004 03:00
Angela Roozenda
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January 28th, 2004 03:00
Yes, when I disconnect and reconnect windows does acknowledge the drive. Until I'm able to resolve this I'm just disconnecting the External hard drive and the computer boots up just fine. However, when I do connect the external hard drive, window's responds but I'm still not able to access the drive.
KevUK
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July 15th, 2005 13:00
"(drivename) is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect" error.
Did anyone ever find a way to resolve this problem?
Thanks in advance..
Kev