Re: Recognition of USB hard drive

read this article (scroll to usb 2.0 section):

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...p4/readmesp.htm
#4_4_support_for_usb%202_0_qirw


"Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> wrote in message
news:eb22zbfPDHA.3020@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Why would the drive be recognized with a different name just because SP
4
> is
> > installed?
>
> Found the answer to the above.
>
> It's supposed to be that way and was so before I installed SP 4, I just
> forgot.
>
> The following question remains open.
>
> > Do I need to change the drivers assigned to any of the controllers now
> that
> > SP 4 includes USB 2 drivers?
>
> --
> http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site.
> ------------------------------------------------
> "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> wrote in message
> news:edlsAMaPDHA.1072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > PC has a USB Maxtor 5000LE drive connected to an Adaptec 400 USB 2
> > controller.
> >
> > System is multiboot with Win 2000 on F and another Win 2000 on G.
> >
> > Prior to installing SP 4, both Win 2000 systems listed the following
under
> > USB controllers in Device Manager:
> >
> > Adaptec AUA-4000B PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controler
> > Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
> > NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
> > NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
> > USB Mass Storage Device
> > USB Root Hub
> > USB Root Hub
> > USB Root Hub
> >
> > The Adaptec AUA-4000B PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controler and both NEC
PCI
> > to USB Open Host Controllers are on the Adaptec card.
> >
> > I first installed SP4 in the Win 2000 on the G drive.
> > Nothing changed in the listing of USB controllers in Device Manager in
Win
> > 2000 on the G drive..
> >
> > I then installed SP4 in the Win 2000 on the F drive.
> > "USB Mass Storage Device" was changed to "5000LE USB Drive" in the
listing
> > of USB controllers in Device Manager in Win 2000 on the F drive.
> >
> > Such a change made sense to me, but I wondered why such a change had not
> > also been made in Win 2000 on the G drive.
> >
> > In Win 2000 on the F drive, the drivers assigned to the 5000LE USB Drive
> are
> > from Cypress Semiconductor. These drivers do not exist in the Win 2000
on
> G,
> > because I intentionally did not load the Maxtor drivers for the device
in
> > Win 2000 on G.
> >
> > In Win 2000 on the G drive, the driver assigned to USB Mass Storage
Device
> > is listed as being from Microsoft, but it is actually the USBSTOR.SYS
file
> > from Adaptec that I installed on 19 June 2003.
> >
> > Why would the drive be recognized with a different name just because SP
4
> is
> > installed?
> >
> > Do I need to change the drivers assigned to any of the controllers now
> that
> > SP 4 includes USB 2 drivers?
> > --
> > http://www.standards.com/; Howard Kaikow's web site.
> > ------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>