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After upgrading to Windows Vista, my external Maxtor hard drive failed to work. Day before yesterday I had backup the data in the drive. It was having Windows XP before. But later on when I had upgraded to Vista, the drive failed to connect. It is not at all detected by Windows Vista. What is the possible way by which I can register the same it in Device Manager and make it work.
I am having a Maxtor external hard drive and I am using the same on Vista. There is no driver issue at all. You need to check the cables. Ensure that it is working. Second change the port and test the same at different port. You can run a manual setup of the hardware, by installing it through new hardware wizard.
This is bit shocking. What happens when you connect the usb drive. Does there any popup on the lower right of system saying that Vista founded a new hardware. Basically there is a kind of unknown device listed in Device Manager and you need to update drivers for the same. Because that it the only thing that really works.