Hard drive detected by Windows, does not appear in explorer

[jazikarim]

HI, i purshased 4 HDD HITACHI sata 320g c5k500 for laptop.
the problem is when i hook it up to the usb windows detect it and shows that its ready to work. but it does not appear in the explorer neither in hard drive manager .and thats for all of them .
please can any body help me to resolve this problem thank you.

 

[Kcircyrd]

In which computer is it installed, and what is your operating system?

 

[jazikarim]

Thanks

Win xp /dell aspire 7720g

 

[LookinAround]

OK. So i'm assuming you bought this to be connected as an external drive using a USB connector? Try this first [post=875300]How to Cleanup and Remove old USB Storage Drivers[/post]

 

[jazikarim]

Hey poeple it appears that the HDD drives are encrypted because i used software called truecrypt so the drive appeard in the soft but could not decrypt it because i dont have the password .
any body know how to decrypt HDD???