Hi everyone............I am a total newcomer..........as of today........so please be gentle with me.Anyway love this forum so here goes.
Just took delivery of a Cube247 base unit with Vista Ultimate64-bit installed.
I have a freecom 500gb 3.5" External Hard Drive that after plugging it in isn't being recognised.I thought this was a Plug & Play thing but do I need to be looking for some applicable drivers ?
I would appreciate any help on this as I am quite keen to be backing up to my Freecom as soon as.
What type of connection are you using? Do you have any other devices that use that connection? If so, can you verify that those devices work in that same port?
SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
PSU
Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling
Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
Mouse
Logitech MX Master (shared)
Keyboard
Logitech G15 (gen 2)
Internet Speed
AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
Operating System
Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo ThinkPad E545
CPU
AMD A6-5350M APU
Motherboard
Lenovo
Memory
8 GB
Sound Card
Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Lenovo 15" Matte
Screen Resolution
1680 * 1050
Hard Drives
INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
Hi John...sorry I have been a while but just got in.
I have been connecting my Ex HDD Freecom into a frontal USB port.I have been using same USB for my backing up to a flash drive and it works fine
Previously this same HDD has been working fine on my other desktop with XP Pro 32-bit OS.Is this the curse of the 64-bit ? OS or something stupid I am doing..........not unheard of !!!!
If there is anything else I can give you just shout.
SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
PSU
Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling
Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
Mouse
Logitech MX Master (shared)
Keyboard
Logitech G15 (gen 2)
Internet Speed
AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
Operating System
Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo ThinkPad E545
CPU
AMD A6-5350M APU
Motherboard
Lenovo
Memory
8 GB
Sound Card
Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Lenovo 15" Matte
Screen Resolution
1680 * 1050
Hard Drives
INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
Looks like you are on the right track.Before I cconnected the HDD I ran the Freecom CD with 2 pieces of Software for backing up.Straight after the first was installed a message came up saying the drivers for this were NOT digitally signed and to uninstall...........
It does show up on Divice Manager with the telltale Yellow marker.
It says " This device is not configured properly"
After pressing to find driver it has informed me that Microsoft cannot find drivers and suggests I visit Freecom website to get drivers if possibe.I couldn't find anything earlier but will try again.
Isn't there a way you can get round this hardware not having digitally signed drivers ?
