I've begun to have a problem with my external USB hard drive (Maxtor 200GB). When I reboot, it disappears. If I open the Safely Remove Hardware, it shows up as a generic volume. If I remove it from there and unplug/replug the drive, it shows up. I have to recreate the share on it and it works fine until reboot. I can think of no update/install that has happened to cause this. I've tried removing all of the USB Root Hubs from the device manager but that doesn't work. Running XP SP2.
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external USB Hard drive detection issues
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It doesn't show up in disk management. Works fine on another PC. Seems to be some sort of registry issue. If I disconnect it before reboot (click on the safely remove hardware - not physically disconnect it) it comes up fine after reboot. Previously and on another PC, I don't have to disconnect it for it to show up on reboot.
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