Re: IDE Drive in Enclosure

Just because this cowboy places a link to the MVP web page beneath his name
does ***NOT*** mean he is, in fact, an MVP.

All indications are that <<<<HE IS NOT>>>>

Until he posts a link to his official MVP profile do not believe his <<<SELF
ENDORSEMENT>>>

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience



"THE C. [MS MVP]" <THE C.@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:23093571-21F6-4102-9638-98655A9D8340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not very good adivce for the OP Malke! Just about all usb 2.5 enclosures come
with a usb power cord in additon to the USB data cable. This depends on the
drive being 4200RPM or 5400RPM which in my experience the power cord is
required for all 7200RPM drives and some 5400RPM drives re: power issues with
USB devices.
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Computer/Software Expert


Charles Richmond
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/



"Malke" wrote:

Brent Rogers wrote:

> 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?

So you upgraded to Vista on the laptop? You can check in Device Manager to
see if you have USB 2.0 ports (they would show as "enhanced") but I think
you probably do. If you don't, that could definitely be the issue.

Frankly, since the enclosure works on your office laptop I'd just pull off
the data you want from there and burn to CD/DVD to transfer to the home
computer. Maybe that enclosure is never going to work well with the home
laptop so you might as well stop messing about with it and get the job done
a different way.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ



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