why isnt my pc detecting my portable hard disk drive?

cjkate

I have an archos Jukebox and when I plug it into my computer the "unplug hardware" appears in the bottom right corner, but when I go to "My Computer" there is no extra drive detected. What do I do?

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click on "my computer" or whatever again. my pc doesn't recognize my camera when i connect it, when i try to detect it it's not there. when i try to detect it a 2nd time, it's there.

looking for a portable hard drive that works seamlessly between mac/pc. I work on both.?

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Pretty much any USB portable hard drive that is Plug-and-Play Compliant will work on both Macs and PCs, providing you use a file system that works on both. NTFS is the standard for PCs, but Macs can only read files in that file system, not write them. A file system that will work with both Macs and PCs is FAT32. You can format your hard drive to FAT32 using Windows, just google it. A recommended hard drive for you is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116161

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What do I need to play media from a portable hard drive?

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I want to play movies(avi movies, mp4, etc) that I have in my pc. I was looking for a portable hard drive capable of connecting to my high def TV, but I went to Best Buy and they told me that I needed to buy something else. I thought it was going to be simple.

Thank you.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822720005&cm_re=tv_hard_drive-_-22-720-005-_-Product

Can I transfer my itunes library from my PC to a portable hard drive?

tattaglia2

My PC is getting slow becasue my itunes library is very large. How can I move my music without losing it to a portable hard drive. Also if you can tell me where will new music go after I have transfered the music. (I'm new to iTunes)

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Your hard drive getting full would not slow down the computer unless your hard drive had next to no free space left (meaning less than a couple GB). It's insufficient RAM that slows the computer down (and having lots of programs open at once), not a full hard drive. Defragment your hard drive and that should solve most of your problems.

If you really want to transfer the songs to the external, just go to your Music folder (C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Music in XP, C:\Users\<username>\Music in Vista and Windows 7) and copy the iTunes folder over to the external hard drive.

In iTunes, open up the settings menu and go to "Advanced". The first option there is the location of the iTunes library. Change that to the place that now has the music and you're all set.

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