Ext USB HD - Help

[Dean_EGTC]

Hi,I'm a pretty PC savvy kind of guy, or at least I thought I was, but this has me stumped.Purchased a LaCie 250GB USB2 Ext HD. Installed the software, plugged it in. Bing-bong, new hardware found, blah-blah, your new hardware is ready for use.I open Window Explorer, no drive listed. Hmm, maybe it's not formatted. Open Disk Management, nope it's there as FAT32. I delete the partition, reformat as NTFS and create two partitions in case XP is being quirky and doesn't like the one big 232GB one.So we have -http://www.dmcity.com/uploads/LC1.gifIf I right click either drive I can open them fine -http://www.dmcity.com/uploads/LC2.gifBut, if I open Windows Explorer, neither drive is shown.http://www.dmcity.com/uploads/LC3.gifI've tried the obvious; trying different USB ports, reinstalling software, multiple reboots, kicking, cursing etc, but no joy.I can use the drive in a long winded, cut n paste fashion, but ideally I'd like to use it like any other drive and drag and drop to it from WE.System: Dell 8300, 3.2ghz, 2GB RAM, 9800 ProSuggestions anyone?

[Ray Proudfoot]

Hi Dean,You've probably thought of this but TweakUI has an option to hide selected drive letters. Might that be the reason?Cheers,

[Dean_EGTC]

Ray,I don't have TweakUI installed on that PC :(Ta neway.

[Ray Proudfoot]

Dean,Nevertheless it might be worthwhile installing it to see the state of your drive letters. Other than that I can only think it may be a Bios setting but as to which one...???Cheers,

[Dean_EGTC]

Problem solved with a reg hack. Thx Rob.HKEY_CURRENT_USER SoftwareMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersionPoliciesExplorerDo you see a NoDrives key ? If you do then the binary/decimal data should look something like thisName. . . . . . . . . Type . . . . . . . . . DataNoDrives . . .. . . .REG_BINARY . .. . 02 00 00 00If not change it to this setting as it should then show all drive letters.

[ABE]

Dean,I am having problem with the letter assignment on my external drives.I change them to the way I like it with Disk Management. But once I boot up again the letter assignments are changed again.Can I use Reg Hack to make the letter assignments permanent? Where do I get Reg Hack?Appreciate any help.Thanks.Abe