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01-13-2021 09:54 AM
hi
can you be more precise ?
it is a usb disk, quite old, but since usb, it should work like any usb disk, there is no driver for download ...
When you link it, does something or nothing happen at all?
Was it still working before changing computer?
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-personal-media-drives/424876/model/424877/manuals
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01-13-2021 11:43 AM
Hi, thanks for your interest.
It's a HP Personal Media Drive - hd1600
was definitely working on previous computer
when I connect it to PC the pop up asks if I want to save videos and photos to dropbox and then says that none are found.
there are videos and photos and files on it
the virtual help assistant suggested a fix for the incompatibility of usb 2.0 to the usb 3.0 port which I did to no avail
I can find it on device manager and have tried updating driver but still no joy
01-14-2021 08:45 AM - edited 01-14-2021 08:45 AM
So if it is visible in the device manager, it is recognized , no error ?
Is it visible in windows explorer?
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01-15-2021 12:17 PM - edited 01-15-2021 12:21 PM
The best solution is to carefully remove the drive and use a USB to SATA external enclosure.
BE aware your dealing with a device that is 7-10 years old.
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/400286/How+to+open+the+HP+Drive+enclosure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZZmWhSfl8
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