[+REP] Hard drive mounted as hub

[Pawf]

This has really stumped me.

My iomega hard drive is only being recognised as a usb hub, not a hard drive. This is on Mac OS X 10.6, Windows 7 and Mint. I have tried forcing driver reinstall, got new cables and used it through a hub and everything I can think of!

Anyone shed any light on this?

[Casio]

Try reformatting the actual hard drive, this might sort it out.

[Pawf]

It can't be detected as a hard drive on any machine

[Jack!]

Could be the harddrive cable has came loose within the plastic box its in, try taking it apart and looking for loose cables.

[Pawf]

Could be the harddrive cable has came loose within the plastic box its in, try taking it apart and looking for loose cables.

Was hoping you wouldn't say that lol, I'll have to do it. Hate taking stuff apart unless I'm going to mod it lol

[Casio]

If the computer is detecting it, you may still be able to reformat it.

[Jack!]

If the computer is detecting it, you may still be able to reformat it.

Its only being picked up as an hub though, so it does not think its a storage device, so no formatting options.

[Casio]

Its only being picked up as an hub though, so it does not think its a storage device, so no formatting options.

Ah I get what you mean now. Yeah as stated it might be something within your actual hard drive.