Re: Problems using external hard drive enclosure on XP system

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Oh, I see what you're saying now. I was still in the mode of using the
external hard drive enclosure I bought, and plugging it into a USB port.
That way, I don't have to mess with opening my XP machine and disconnecting
one of the existing internal drives.

Is there any easy way of making the external hard drive enclosure work?

Thanks,

Daddy Schlich

"JS" wrote:

As Jerry and DL mentioned it is simple and effective, done it many times,
just remember to make certain the drive does not touch any objects and is
not likely to move during the transfer process.

JS

"Daddy Schlich" <DaddySchlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, but life is not nearly so simple. My XP PC already has primary
and
secondary IDE drives off the first IDE mobo connection, and CD-ROM and DVD
R/W drives off the second IDE connection. If it matters, I have a Maxtor
One
Touch II external USB drive that I sometimes plug into the system (have
kept
that shut down for this exercise).

"JS" wrote:

You could install the W98 drive as a second internal drive (check the
jumper
settings for both drives) and see if you/XP can get at the data that way.

JS

"Daddy Schlich" <Daddy Schlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Hi,

I'm wanting to transfer data from an IDE drive on an old system (Win 98
first edition, no USB ports, no CD writing, only 1.4 MB diskette!) to
an
XP
system.

I bought a simple USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure, hooked in the old
drive,
and
plugged it into a USB port on the XP system. It recognized the drive,
and
then said that it was installed and ready for use. However, "My
Computer"
could not access the drive. It froze and I had to do a hard reboot.

I tried playing with the jumpers (it had been set as a slave drive),
but
it
did not get any better. In fact, it ended up with the XP system not
even
recognizing when I plugged in the USB enclosure. Instead, it
effectively
prevented me from using the XP system (Task Manager, when called up,
could
not shut down the "not responding" My Computer application). When I
shut
down the USB enclosure and rebooted, my system seemed to work just
fine.

I have restored my XP system to just before I tried this, so no harm
done.

Any suggestions on how to make this work?

Thanks.






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