External USB Hard Drive Sharing

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Arjang

I have an external usb hard disk drive. And I have a desk
top and a notebook. My intention was to use this external
device as my backup hardware. I attached to the pc and
formatted the drive and it worked fine while connected to
the pc. I could even share it through my home network.
But when I plugged it into my notebook, it could not be
seen from Windows Explorer. The disk management can see
it, but it is not "initialised". If I initialise it from
the notebook, it loses the volume label and can not be
used. I have to reconfigure it. All in all I can't share
this external device between the two machine. Is this
normal or I am doing something wrong?

Regards,

Arjang
 
No it is not normal. I suggest you go to Device Manager on your notebook
and delete all reference to USB and reboot. The USB drivers should then
reinstall and with luck all should be well.
 
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