Connection of external drive

[Wombat]

I have just purchased an ATA ISO GEAR 280 2.5" 160gb external drive Model
BXE-237.

When I connect to my HP laptop it shows as a drive in My Computer and I have
no problems but when I plug in to my desktop it does not appear in My
Computer. When I checked Device Manager it shows under USB devices with
yellow triangles and there are 2 message, "Uim_IM.sys" and "Uim Bus.sys" on
Installation Disk for Universal Image Mounter Plugin Module is needed. I
can't find either on my system so where can I find and download them from
please?

 

[Paul]

I have just purchased an ATA ISO GEAR 280 2.5" 160gb external drive Model
BXE-237.

When I connect to my HP laptop it shows as a drive in My Computer and I have
no problems but when I plug in to my desktop it does not appear in My
Computer. When I checked Device Manager it shows under USB devices with
yellow triangles and there are 2 message, "Uim_IM.sys" and "Uim Bus.sys" on
Installation Disk for Universal Image Mounter Plugin Module is needed. I
can't find either on my system so where can I find and download them from
please?

A device like that should be "USB Mass Storage" class, and use a driver
already include in WinXP.

http://www.astone.com.au/index.php?productID=1

I'm finding very few references to Uim_IM.sys and that makes me nervous.

http://www.file.net/process/uim_im.sys.html

It could be related to something by Paragon. In other words,
there may be a service running on your desktop, that sees
a brand new hard drive, and is attempting to install some
software in preparation for handling the new drive. Just
a guess.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-personal/

I found the references to Paragon, here. (In the "Code" windows...)

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21310&st=20&start=20

Paul