Re: External drive not detected

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From: Nathan McNulty (525676_at_betaweb.com)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 22:01:43 -0700

Only other thing you could try is installing Windows Service Pack 2. It
is still in Beta, but it is pretty stable. That is available through
Windows Update or online. Here is a link:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx

Nathan McNulty

Paul B. wrote:

> I just updated the chipset--no dice, it still doesn't show up under Management. I also went through and turned on all of the services that were off. Still nothing.
> I did install Service Pack 1, and have been good about updating with all of the critical updates.
>
> I'm going to try to test it out on another computer tonight.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions, any other ideas?
>
> "Nathan McNulty" wrote:
>
>
>>The reason there are no XP drivers is because XP is supposed to natively
>>support this drive. My question is did you install Windows XP with
>>Service Pack 1 (or have Service Pack 1 installed?). Service Pack 1
>>enabled the use of harddrives over 137GB (by enabling 48bit LBA
>>support). You shouldn't have to partition the drive to get it to work,
>>though I would suggest splitting it in at least two :)
>>
>>Two major things I would suggest. First, make sure that your latest
>>chipset drivers are installed for proper USB drivers/support. Second,
>>when the harddrive is connected, right click on My Computer, click
>>Manage, and click on Disk Management. Does it at least show up in there?
>>
>>Lastly, try using the harddrive on someone else's computer and see if it
>>works over there.
>>
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>Paul B. wrote:
>>
>>>So there's no way to do this with my current drive? Someone suggested that the problem might be that my computer might have problems detecting a drive of this size, and to partition it with Partition Magic. The problem is that I already have Partition Commander, which doesn't recognize the drive's existance. So I have some doubts about the success of Partition Magic.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>>"BAR" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Go back to the store: bu an external drive case [one with all the Drivers for the external drive - they'll be USB and / or firewire drivers] and a separate Hard Drive.
>>>>
>>>>Take 5 minutes, plug in the hard drive and plug it into your Toshiba at the store.
>>>>
>>>>If it doesn't work then try another case until one works.
>>>>
>>>>It should not be a difficult process, but buying separate case and HDD will save you oney.
>>>>
>>>>I build these for my clients as a backup solution and they cost me <US $ 160 using 120Gb HDDs.
>>>>
>>>>"Paul B." wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I recently purchased an external hard drive, IOGear ION
>>>>>250GB, Model No. GHD135C250. My Toshiba Satellite
>>>>>(laptop) 1905-S301 running XP Home will not detect it. I
>>>>>plug it in, and nothing happens. I ran through all of the
>>>>>USB hardware troubleshooting steps for XP.
>>>>>
>>>>>The USB 1.1 port works, as evidenced by the computer
>>>>>detecting other devices and by the device manager not
>>>>>finding any problems with the BUS or the device.
>>>>>
>>>>>I also tried plugging it in through my ILink port by using
>>>>>a Firewire-ILink plug--to no avail.
>>>>>
>>>>>I called IOGear, and they're not much help. They said the
>>>>>drive was probably defective--I returned it, received a
>>>>>new one, and the new one doesn't work either.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>(IOGear does not have any drivers for XP for this drive,
>>>>>only 98SE, which will not install on XP)
>>>>>
>>>>>Paul
>>>>>
>>

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