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01-04-2007, 12:09 AM
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Re: External USB hard drives
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> > "Anthony Marsh" <anthony_marsh@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:AZGdnc2ovM2jPZDbnZ2dnUVZ_oavnZ2d@comcast.com... >> My barebones computer pre-installed with Vista Home Premium had only >> one IDE port which now has the DVD burner and one HD attached. No >> secondary. >> So I bought a couple of USB external enclosers, but I have not been >> able to get them to be recognized by Vista, although they show up in >> the BIOS. >> The included drivers on the CD say Windows 98! >> Is there a trick I am missing to get Vista to recognize those drives? >> No, I am not going to reformat those drives to do it. I want to copy >> off all my old files. > > Just to clarify: You took old internal drives and put them in external > enclosures, connected by a USB port, correct? > What kind of drives were they? SATA, IDE, etc? > I don't have an answer for you, but with more clarity about the devices, > I'm sure someone can help. > > I assume you've tried "install new hardware"? What about going to the > website of the company that makes the enclosures? > Do you have any workable computers with XP on it? You might be able to > get the drives to work there, which may be a step toward getting them to > work on Vista. Thanks. These are old internal IDE HDDs. I will try Cable Select first. The manual said to set it as Master. |
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