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Discussions about powered drives on WindowsForum.com cover external USB drives that are independently powered versus USB-cable-powered. Users troubleshoot issues such as drives not being recognized in Windows 7, with problems like driver services being disabled (Code 32). Topics include checking services, device manager settings, and partition visibility. The tag focuses on power-related drive recognition and configuration challenges.
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    Windows 7 USB drive not recognized in Windows7, problem with services

    I have two external USB drives, one independently-powered, one USB-cable-powered, both with NTFS and linux ext2 and ext3 partitions. Under Windows7 both drives show up under Device Manager with the Property: "A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be...
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    • device manager disk recognition driver issues dual boot error external drive hitachi linux partition ntfs powered drives seagate services troubleshooting unpowered drives usb windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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