Hello Scorpion99,
Thanks for your kind reply, but please see my comments in CAPITAL LETTERS:
Try to find the drivers for USB 3.0 of your motherboard and note that when you use the VMware ,
UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY DRIVERS SUITABLE FOR MY NOTEBOOK:
VAIO VGN-NW170TJ
WINDOWS 7 ENTERPRISE 64 BITS
VMWARE WORKSTATION 9.02
GUEST INSIDE VMWARE WIN XP
the Disk may be detected on the host or on the guest machine depending on the settings you are using.
WHEN I CONNECT THE USB 3.0 EXTERNAL DISK TO THE WIN 7 YOU SEE IT TRIES TO DETECT IT, BUT IN THE DEVICE MANAGER, UNDER "OTHER DEVICES" YOU CAN SEE "EXTERNAL USB 3.0" BUT FLAGGED WITH A YELLOW MARK.
IF I RUN VMWARE, I CAN SEE AMONG THE "REMOVABLE" DEVICES THE DEVICE "TOSHIBA EXTERNAL USB 3.0", AND I CAN CONNECT IT TO THE XP AND WORK WITH IT. MEANWHILE, IN THE WIN 7 DEVICE MANAGER, THE YELLOW FLAGGED DEVICE IS GONE (BECAUSE IS IN THE XP GUEST).
Anyway note that it can be available on one of them , either host or guest.
IT IS AVAILABLE ON XP, BUT NEVER IN WIN7 (SHOWN WITH THE YELLOW FLAG AND DOES NOY SAY THE WORD "TOSHIBA".. IN WIN 7 I CAN NOT WORK WITH THE DISK.
You can always use Disk Management in Windows 7 to see if the HDD is detected and assign it a drive letter in case it was not assigned a one by default.
NO. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THE YELLOW FLAGGED DEVICE IS IN WIN 7, IT IS NOT SHOWN AT ALL IN DISK MANAGEMENT.
I'LL BE GLAD TO LET YOU IN IF YOU WHISH TO TAKE A KIND LOOK.
BEST REGARDS