Tech Help Begging

[trystinn]

I go to plug in the external backup drive, which I don't keep connected at all times, and my pc doesn't recognize it. Shit. So I plug it into the laptop, which doesn't recognize it either. Both run Windows XP and both have recognized it before.

I looked online and saw that Iomega externals have had trouble with Windows XP (both run it) updates not recognizing them but can't seem to get it to work again.

Any ideas?

*gulp*

Comments

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

Is it externally powered, or powered via USB? If externally powered, turn it on first, then plug it into the PC/laptop. If it's USB powered, does the drive power up?

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

It's externally powered, I'll give that a shot - thank you.