I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought a
brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it. It
shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in disk
management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or changes I
should do to help this thing show up?
Thanks,
Drew

More than likely the external drive is a USB 2.0 device and won't be
recognized until you add USB 2 capability.

"DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought a
> brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it.
> It
> shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in disk
> management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or changes
> I
> should do to help this thing show up?
> Thanks,
> Drew
>
>

Hmm, other 2.0 drives (mp3 player) work fine...how do I add 2.0?

"Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> More than likely the external drive is a USB 2.0 device and won't be
> recognized until you add USB 2 capability.
>
> "DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought
>> a
>> brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it.
>> It
>> shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in
>> disk
>> management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or
>> changes I
>> should do to help this thing show up?
>> Thanks,
>> Drew
>>
>>
>
>

DP wrote:
> Hmm, other 2.0 drives (mp3 player) work fine...how do I add 2.0?
>
> "Jerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> More than likely the external drive is a USB 2.0 device and won't be
>> recognized until you add USB 2 capability.
>>
>> "DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought
>>> a
>>> brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it.
>>> It
>>> shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in
>>> disk
>>> management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or
>>> changes I
>>> should do to help this thing show up?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Drew
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Does the drive have external power? Your USB might not have the required
power to actually spin the drive.

Q

"DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought a
> brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it.
> It
> shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in disk
> management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or changes
> I
> should do to help this thing show up?
> Thanks,
> Drew
>

Have you formatted the external drive? It may need to be formatted before it
is seen by My computer.
Leana

You can add USB 2.0 with a PCI card [$25 to $40]. These are available at
Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.

--
Gene K

Did you plug in and energize the power supply?
Does the provided manufacturer's software show anything there?
Are you using the provided USB cable or your own?
Are you plugged into a USB hub?
http://www.fantomdrives.com/specs/tfdu25072.php4
--
Jonny
"DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought a
> brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it.
> It
> shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in disk
> management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or changes
> I
> should do to help this thing show up?
> Thanks,
> Drew
>
>

>
> Does the drive have external power? Your USB might not have the required
> power to actually spin the drive.
>
> Q

It has external power and is plugged in.

"Gene K" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You can add USB 2.0 with a PCI card [$25 to $40]. These are available at
> Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.
>
> --
> Gene K
>
>

Thanks

"Leana" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I've got a Dell Inspiron 8200, XP, not USB 2.0 though. I recently bought
>> a
>> brand new Fantom 250 gb external hard drive but it is not recognizing it.
>> It
>> shows up in "safely remove hardware" and in device manager but not in
>> disk
>> management or in My Computer. Any ideas on downloads or updates or
>> changes I
>> should do to help this thing show up?
>> Thanks,
>> Drew
>>
>
> Have you formatted the external drive? It may need to be formatted before
> it is seen by My computer.
> Leana
>
I don't think I can format it until I can see it.