problem to recognize Verbatim 320GB USB Portable Hard Drive on my vista?

@NDre@S

HELLO I HAVE Verbatim 320GB USB Portable Hard Drive...
when i connect it in my 32 bit vista pc it does not be recognized by pc.
However when i put my ubuntu 6.04 live cd in the pc it can be recognized by my pc.

Answer
Vista will not connect to your usb drive but the ubuntu liv-cd will?

Try this: Go to Control Panel > Admin Tools > Computer Management >Storage >Disk Management > locate external your usb drive. If there is a conflict with the letters assigned to the drives, change the usb drive letter to a much lower letter, e.g. H or U.

What does a portable external hard drive do?

SimonSays

Is an external hard drive just used to back up data or can I make a "copy" of my laptop hard drive?

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It allows you to do anything you can with your internal hard drive. Yes you can copy your entire drive over to it, you can even install a complete OS onto it such as Ubuntu or Windows XP, however these will run extremely slow as USB has low data transfer rates compared to internal SATA drives.

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How to boot OS off of portable hard drive?

portable hard drive ubuntu image

The Engie

Hey guys i'm wondering if its possible to boot a computer os off of a USB portable hard drive. Do you think i have to do any special formatting to make it boot through bios? Oh and what OS should i use? I have windows 7, vista and XP at my house. Can i copy from the computer running it? Thanks again

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ya u can do that by using linux(ubuntu,fedora etc),windows versions have a lot of problems but u can try and u cant copy from the computer running it

How can I save a lot of memories without formatting my hard drive?

Marius Cam

I have a 500GB portable hard drive with a lot of personal memories stored on it. It tells me that I should format it but I really don't want to lose all of those files, pictures, songs and such. Help me, please! Thank you, Marius. :)

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Try this how-to:
http://www.myfixlog.com/fix.php?fid=17
It shows how to use a (free) Ubuntu Live CD to get your files back. If that doesnt work, try this one:
http://www.myfixlog.com/fix.php?fid=20
It should get your pictures back and it should also get some of your documents and songs too.

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