Re: Hardware changing name! external HD

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:00:42 -0400

Did you perhaps install any device drivers from Windows Update? This is
usually considered a no-no.

I've never seen this happen with a USB hard drive. You may need to find it
in the registry & remove it & then try to install the correct drivers, or
see if plug&play detects it properly.

Not sure what you mean by "took it out of the case"....what did you do,
exactly?

Reg wrote:
> I have a Amacom external harddrive with a usb connection. This drive
> is a hot swap and has worked perfectly with XP Pro for over a year.
> Normally I plug it in and it finds the Amacom Drive, now when I plug
> it in it is finding a Fujitsu Drive! Once it installs the Fujitsu
> Drive it then cant connect to the drive! I have tried installing the
> Amacom drivers (which I have never had to do before) but I get a
> message saying the drivers do not apply to the fujitsu device!
>
> Is it possible for an external ard drive to suddenly think it his now
> a Fujitsu hard drive? Im not sure if its XP or the hard drive.
> Amacom advertise the harddrive of being shock proof and capable of
> dropping 9 feet onto concrete, I only took it out the case so it cant
> be the drive can it??
>
> Please help, this drive is my back up devise and has a years worth of
> photos on it!

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