The adapter connects for win 8.1 but the drive does not appear in MyComputer with all other drives. I can even see my other USB Drive). pls. help
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Did you turn it on? Is it fully plugged into the drive? I had an issue with an older ISA/EISA drive not getting fully plugged in. If you are using one of the 3.5" drives you need to check to verify that it is powering up. No power means it is not working. If you hear the drive power up (you can hear it spin up) and it is fully connected is it making any other sounds like clicking? If so the drive itself may be dead. There are several tricks to try if that is the case but without more details of the issue I can't help much more.
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The drive may not be formatted or formatted with the right file system, you can check that in disk management or the drive could be bad but most likely needs correct format. I just tested mine with my Windows 8 laptop and it works fine.
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There is a driver for Win 8.1 ( http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation?os=Windows%208.1%20-%2064 )
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The Windows version is not the problem. Your computer must hook up to this sort of drive. If it does, this will work
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I assume you are using the USB connector. I haven't tried it on Windows 8 but I guess you need an up-to-date driver, if you can find. I had difficulty to make the USB work well on Windows 7 therefore I used the xlr connector and a pre-amp, instead of spending hours to look for and test the USB driver.
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Jessica - you should have received a cable that goes from adapter to the computer. If not, you may want to reach out to the vendor to let them know it was missing. All the units I have purchased, had the cable with it.
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I have yet to get this to work on a Win7 box. Two difffernet drives, two different Win7 boxes and nary a connection, nada, nothing. Device manager shows the controller and the drive, but no way to access it. Am I missing something?
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In my system with windows 8.1 I found that yes it was recognized sometimes, most not until I installed the drivers; then the usb 3 came alive. if you have not found the right ones email me through my seller account here.
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I use WindoWindows 8.1 as well, did you plug all two USB ports to the computer? Sometimes, one usb does not provide enough power to the harddrive.
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hii..i bought this sandisk usb drive in amazon work for me in win7 and win8 in usb 3.0 connection maybe your usb drive something wrong or damge contact your seller...
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I used it with windows 8 to transfer data from ide drive from a broken laptop and worked very well. I don't remember at that time if it was windows 8 or 8.1
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You need to install the software that came with the USB adapter.I managed to plug in the adapter and Windows 8 made it work automagically. You should notice a bluetooth icon on your taskbar indicating that you have a bluetooth device installed.If after plugging it in, waiting a few minutes until windows installs it properly you don't see the blue bluetooth icon then you need to install the software manually forom the cd that came with your USB adapter.
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Unplug and replug the cable into the hard drive and the computer. There are many tiny connectors, and sometimes if the plug is even a little crooked it won't work. If that doesn't work, try it with another hard drive, to see if it's the adapter, or your drive. Also, if you are trying to use only one USB plug, use the one in the middle of the cord. The plug on the end is just for extra power (in case a single USB port doesn't have enough juice to power up the drive; I've never had to use it).
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There are two usb ports, one for communication, the other for additional power.I thought the same that you did-- where can I get the adaptor. It turns out that the drive works happily on 2 USB connections-- and no power adaptor. Good luck!
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It should be compatible USB is generic and it is USB 2.0 so windows 8.1 will be compatible because USB drivers will be generic hope i helped
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yes works fine with the drivers that comes with the device. i'm running windows 8.1 and tested on windows 8 as well :)
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Hi Jared. We currently don't have Windows 8.1 driver for this adapter. You can look for Linksys WUSB6300. This model is compatible with it.
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It's possibly because the drive wasn't formatted in such a way that it does not assign a drive letter. In my case bought a similar adapter after upgrading the ssd in my laptop. There are several partitions on my drive (windows reserved partition, recovery partition, and my data partition) When I plug my adapter in, the device doesn't connect automatically and I have to go into disk management to manually assign the partition I want to access a drive letter.