AKICILJ: External hard drive problem

[carbonel]

I am humming, because I've been through my computer with a hard drive with no name.

To be more precise, I have this new 2 Tb USB hard drive that appears to have been installed properly via PnP, but isn't showing up as a named (or lettered) external drive in Windows Explorer. However, it shows up as a "My Passport" (the WD model) drive -- with no letter -- in the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" dialog box.

And if I open the Devices and Printers dialog box, there are two My Passport drives that both claim to be working properly. The drive letter isn't shown there, so I can't tell which is the problematical one in that screen.

Any idea how to get this hard drive back on track? Rebooting the computer didn't help, and I can't think of anything else to try.

Comments

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

No help here, I am afraid, just a question. AKICILJ? I'm usually pretty good at working these things out, but my Google-fu has deserted me too. I can see LJ at the end, but the rest...? Anyone Know If? As...? I Can? In LiveJournal? Nope, can't get any of the rest.

[akicif.livejournal.com]

All Knowledge is Contained In.... (LJ, Fanzines, Fandom, FaceBook, etc)

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Blink. I am being answered by the very initials? Wow. I feel Kibo'd.

Seriously, thanks!

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Now, there's a name from the past!

(I have "Akicif" as an online handle, because back in the late-80s/early-90s recession in the UK, I was involved in trying to set up a consultancy that would use the skill sets of various fannish folk who were between jobs: it never really took off - it had not occurred to me that in a recession most companies were already retrenching, and didn't have the pennies for that sort of blue-ish sky stuff - but I've still got the domain names....

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, it's a while ago now, isn't it?

Aha, I see. All becomes clear now. Ta!

[carbonel]

It's an SF fandom thing -- as Steve said, it's an adaptation of the catchphrase "all knowledge is contained in fandom." Which isn't actually true, but I've received an amazing amount of useful help from time to time by posting queries. Before LJ, there was Usenet, especially rec.arts.sf.fandom, and before that were print fanzines.

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I remember Usenet, yes. Source of all manner of info. Usually contradictory! Ah, happy days..

Thanks. I have seen this phrase around occasionally, so now I can look knowledgeable about its meaning, even if I lack the requested knowledge! (But I see further up in the comments that someone had it, so yay, clearly it is all true!)