Drive Not Initalized

[ASPARAGUSGREEN.CA]

Hey there,

I am using an Hp dv5 laptop running Vista Home for data transfer on location and it won't see the Red Drive - well it does under disk Manager and states that the drive is not initialized

Thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Justin Chin]

I had this same problem in a remote location in China, only with a Mac. We hooked up the drive to a PC and was able to save the data. You might try and hook the drive up to a Mac.

 

[Steve Freebairn]

Hey there,

I am using an Hp dv5 laptop running Vista Home for data transfer on location and it won't see the Red Drive - well it does under disk Manager and states that the drive is not initialized

Thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks!

Whatever you do, don't initialize that drive.

You should plug it into a mac and if you can't see your files, then use REDundead from red.com/support to get your files. You might also try a R2E esata cable if Firewire or USB won't work.

 

[ASPARAGUSGREEN.CA]

Thanks for your replies.

I can see the Red Drive and access and transfer the files with any of my XP Pro systems. This seems to be exclusive to Vista or the laptop.

 

[ASPARAGUSGREEN.CA]

So it seems to be a firewire 400 issue. Tried the USB and all worked fine. Go figure. Would that be a driver issue?

BTW, didn't think to try the USB as it didn't work when I was playing find the Red Drive AC adapter. Thought I might have been chasing the wrong problem.

Thanks again!