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  • May 15, 2010, 06:51 AM
    secrets28979
    Problem connecting 2 external HDD together.
    Hii I got 2 external multimedia hard drive of toshiba one of them is 1TB and the other is 1.5TB... but when I connect both of them together 2 my laptop it shows only one of them at a time in My Computer... when I connect them individually it works fine... can anyone tell me how do I make them visible together so that I can back up my HDD... I even tried going in the administrator properties of disc management it shows both the drives in it but one of them which I connect second is deactivated and it doesn't allows me any option when I click on it... thnx you in advance...
  • May 15, 2010, 07:07 AM
    cdad

    What OS are you using? Have you told the system to "activate" the hard drive after it has been installed? Are these USB or ESATA connected HD's?
  • May 17, 2010, 10:38 AM
    secrets28979

    Hii it's a windows 7 64 bit and I can see the option of activation but its not highlighted I can't click on it... and both the HDD are USB ones...
  • May 17, 2010, 11:21 AM
    Curlyben
    Make sure they aren't trying to use the same drive letter.
    DO a search for computer management and check.
    You might need to assign a diffferent letter to one of them.
  • May 18, 2010, 07:35 AM
    secrets28979

    Hiii thanks for the reply... well I got it exchanged one of the 1.5 tb hdd with the seller and finally it did start working straight away with a new one so I guess it could be some manufacturing defect or something... finall got it sorted thanks a lot for your help appreciate it...

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