external hard drive

[tk shots]

hello there

i just got an external hard drive to back up my photographs,i tried to backup

but it says the drive is full....does anyone know what i am doing wrong?

[rnt]

What PC type? What OS? How is the drive connected? What is the make of the drive? Have you formatted it? Can you see it from whatever file browser your machine has?

[afs760bf]

Most external hard drives now are USB, and when you plug them in to a USB port, the computer automatically recognizes it as a mass storage device, makes it available, and lists it in the list of drives.

 

Have you tried simply dragging and dropping the files instead of doing some sort of technical "backup?"

 

You could try using the "find new hardware" command and see if it locates the drive. Other than that, I would suspect that the external drive is bad.

[petemillis]

Tommy, are you sure you haven't just bought a hard drive enclosure?

[tk shots]

i got a lacie hard disk 250 gb....it's a usb connect,the computer has recognised it....i went to backup,my pictures folder which is 80 gb,it said the disc is full....then i tried a photograph at a time and this worked,but i should have been able to put on all of the shots...i didn't format it,it said it was optional

[JosvanEekelen]

Probably the same issue I have with a Lacie drive. There is some protection software that you have to run first. It's all in the manual (I have to read it myself as well).