Re: IDE Drive in Enclosure
- From: Brent Rogers <BrentRogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:35:04 -0700
I tried plugging it into my laptop at work. It mounts fine.
As for power - it does get power, the power light comes on and the disk
makes sound.
However my work machine is WIN-XP and is a newer model. My home laptop is
VISTA and about 4 years old. I also noticed that the Enclosure has a USB
2.0 interface. Could this be my problem?
"Richard Urban" wrote:
I also missed that you are trying to use your old laptop drive in an.
enclosure.
I think that your USB ports are not supplying enough power. Is there an
external power supply available for your enclosure? If so, try it out. I
have has dismal luck with the external drives that use only USB power for
operation. I have 3 of them that are pretty much useless (my opinion). They
"may" work with some computers - then they don't work with others. In my
opinion they are a crap shoot.
I have a nice Maxtor external drive that refuses to work with any computer I
presently own without their external supply - which is not carried by any
store that I have seen to sell these drives. I had to order it direct from
Maxtor. Real convenient!
--
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"Brent Rogers" <BrentRogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The is nothing about setting the Drive to be master/slave.
They just say to plug the drive into the enclosure, then to connect via
the
USB cable.
The USB cable is provides the power. I cannot see where to set the
jumpers;
except that there are two pins that do not connect to the enclosure.
"Richard Urban" wrote:
The instructions for the external enclosure will tell you how to set up
the
drive prior to installing it in the enclosure. Did you do so? Some drives
have to be set up as a master, some as cable select.
--
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"Brent Rogers" <BrentRogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just replaced my 80GB drive in my laptop with a 160GB Drive. Most
of
the
software I am re-installing from the installation media. However I
still
want access to my files and other s/w [setup.exe, *.msi, installation
keys,
etc] on my old drive. As such I purchased an IDE HDD USB enlcosure for
my
old drive. However when I plug it in the drive just makes a regular
light
buzzing sound.
Any Ideas on what I can do to be able to access my old Drive?
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