Firewire disk - why XP can't mount the volume?

[PlusPlus]

I just bought a Firewire case for my small (4GB) 2.5" disk. This disk is
perfectly visible via 3,5"->2,5" adapter on the IDE bus. But, after
installing it in a FW box, XP "see" the hardware - there is a "ding!" from a
speaker, the device is available for safe removal, there are two new devices
in "Device manager": "SBP-2....IEEE 1394" and under "Disk drives" - same -
"SBP-2....IEEE-1394". But in "Disk management"... nothing - no dynamic
drives, no recognized drives, no "unknown" drives - nothing. No change. I
don't know how to force XP to "see" that this device connected to the
computer is actually a storage drive that suppose to be inserted into "Disk
management".

I thought that the FW case might be broken, so I change it in the store into
completely other model - from different manufacturer - same problem, only
device names changed.

Please help...

 

[Michael Hawes]

I just bought a Firewire case for my small (4GB) 2.5" disk. This disk is

perfectly visible via 3,5"->2,5" adapter on the IDE bus. But, after
installing it in a FW box, XP "see" the hardware - there is a "ding!" from a
speaker, the device is available for safe removal, there are two new devices
in "Device manager": "SBP-2....IEEE 1394" and under "Disk drives" - same -
"SBP-2....IEEE-1394". But in "Disk management"... nothing - no dynamic
drives, no recognized drives, no "unknown" drives - nothing. No change. I
don't know how to force XP to "see" that this device connected to the
computer is actually a storage drive that suppose to be inserted into "Disk
management".

I thought that the FW case might be broken, so I change it in the store into
completely other model - from different manufacturer - same problem, only
device names changed.

Please help...

Have you RTFM? Did you get driver CD with it? You may need to install
device driver for the drive to be recognised.

Mike.

 

[Eric Gisin]

Not according to Win 2K/XP manuals.