[Claptonman]

My Seagate Freeagent is not being recognized on my computer. When I plug it in any other computer, it runs fine, but not in mine. I plug it in the computer, then I plug the power source in. It lights up for a few seconds, then turns off. This is the only computer it doesn't recognize. And it used to work perfectly. Any ideas?

[Captain_Trips]

How does it connect to the computer, USB?

Its possible you are missing USB inf files. If you have a windows disc I would recommend running a repair.

[Claptonman]

It is USB. Could I have lost them in the last few days? But also, I'm running my mouse and keyboard from USB and they're working fine, along with my MP3 Player.

[jenniferdurst]

It's possible that your computer is trying to assign your hard drive the same drive letter as something else you already have. Plug it in, then go into control panel > administrative tools > computer management > system tools> device manager > USB... see if you can find it on the list of things plugged into your USB. If you can, manually assign its drive letter to something like Q so it won't stack with anything.

[Claptonman]

Here are all my options. I chose the last one, but it's just all the ports and info about, no way to change them. Anything else it can be?

[jenniferdurst]

Yeah, my bad...that'll just list everything. I forget when I'm not actually doing it.

This is what you want:

Storage > Disk management > It'll list what is plugged in for storage then you right click and assign drive letter.

[Claptonman]

I got it. When I went in there the first time, I didn't have the drive plugged in. When I plugged it in, it disabled that USB, so I enabled it and it's working now. Thanks.