No drive letter for USB drive in Windows Server 2003

[Guest Bill Fuller]

I have a 500gb WD My Book that I am tryng to attach to a Windows Server 2003

server. It shows up under devices, but it is not showing as a disk or

creating a drive letter. Is there some kind of security setting that is

preventing this?

[Guest nospam]

Re: No drive letter for USB drive in Windows Server 2003

 

"Bill Fuller" <someone@nospam.com> wrote in

news:OEc9ieiMIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> I have a 500gb WD My Book that I am tryng to attach to a Windows

> Server 2003 server. It shows up under devices, but it is not showing

> as a disk or creating a drive letter. Is there some kind of security

> setting that is preventing this?

>

 

Was it previously used on a Mac? I did this with one, and the Mac changed

it in some way that Windows no longer assigned it a drive letter (I didn't

really care, as it was really only for use on the Mac anyway, so I never

bothered figuring this out). Windows didn't list the partion as unknown or

foreign, it just showed in disk management with no letter.

A repartition and format may be called for in this case?

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

Re: No drive letter for USB drive in Windows Server 2003

 

>I have a 500gb WD My Book that I am tryng to attach to a Windows Server 2003

>server. It shows up under devices, but it is not showing as a disk or

>creating a drive letter. Is there some kind of security setting that is

>preventing this?

 

Plug the USB in and fire up the Disk Manager in Administrative Tools >

Computer Management > Disk management. I see this when CD drive letter

have been previously taken by removable USB or Firewire drives.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Iain]

RE: No drive letter for USB drive in Windows Server 2003

 

I have a Server 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 SATA drives installed ALL

primary partitions ... I too tried to fit an external drive via usb which

does show up in the disk manager ... But you cannot have 5 primary partions..

this was from microsoft support. Which I have tested and is true.. if one

mas configured as an exteneded partion ( which I tested on a new

installation) I could then add an external drive. Hope this helps.

--

Iain

 

 

"Bill Fuller" wrote:

> I have a 500gb WD My Book that I am tryng to attach to a Windows Server 2003

> server. It shows up under devices, but it is not showing as a disk or

> creating a drive letter. Is there some kind of security setting that is

> preventing this?

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