Wwell my Pc dont let me to access to my ecternal hdd anylonger, last night everything was fine for 2days.. last time when I got my external hdd work was over a month ago, so I was kinda happy now when I got work it. My PC detect when I put power on, but its also for little time and then Buffalo icon dissapear from "Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers". I have ss also. I took it when I restarted my PC. external HDD: Buffalo HD-HS500U2 I should have 4HDD icon in my computer folder, but as u see I have only 2.