Service pack 2?

[john]

I've just noticced there is a difference in the layout of the Hardware tab
in System Properties between service pack 2 (SP2) and the original version.
the original has 3 rows: Add Hardware, Device Manager and Hardware profile.
And the SP2 has Device Manager, Drivers and Hardware profile.
My laptop has the SP2 and desktop has the original, is this might be due to
laptop and desktop, or they are new/modified features in SP2?

Another difference is the Generic Volume (GV) in Device Manager (DM). To see
this, you have to go to View -> Show hidden devices, and expand the Storage
Volumes entry.
In SP 2 (laptop), when I view the properties of these GVs, there is always
three tabs in the properties window, ie, General, Driver and Details.
Whereas, the original version has only General and Driver.

Are the above observations normal? Can anyone help? I'm trying to install an
external HD. It works ok on my PC (original XP), but doesn;t shows up the
drive in my laptop (SP2). The disk drive is visible in Disk drives entry in
DM. but not in My Computer.

TIA

 

[Rock]

I've just noticced there is a difference in the layout of the Hardware tab
in System Properties between service pack 2 (SP2) and the original version.
the original has 3 rows: Add Hardware, Device Manager and Hardware profile.
And the SP2 has Device Manager, Drivers and Hardware profile.
My laptop has the SP2 and desktop has the original, is this might be due to
laptop and desktop, or they are new/modified features in SP2?

Another difference is the Generic Volume (GV) in Device Manager (DM). To see
this, you have to go to View -> Show hidden devices, and expand the Storage
Volumes entry.
In SP 2 (laptop), when I view the properties of these GVs, there is always
three tabs in the properties window, ie, General, Driver and Details.
Whereas, the original version has only General and Driver.

Are the above observations normal? Can anyone help? I'm trying to install an
external HD. It works ok on my PC (original XP), but doesn;t shows up the
drive in my laptop (SP2). The disk drive is visible in Disk drives entry in
DM. but not in My Computer.

TIA

That's all normal for SP2. Assign a drive letter to it in DM. Also you
can download TweakUI to the laptop and under My Computer expand drives.
Make sure the drive letter you want isn't unchecked.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Mike Hall]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/features.mspx

 

[john]

Presumeably, you meant Disk Management instead of Device Manager when you
mentioned about assigning drive letter in DM. Because I can't find anything
relevant in Device Manager.
Unfortuantely I can't see the HD in Disk Management, so I couldn't assign
the drive letter. Did I miss anything here??
Thanks

 

[john]

In fact, I've checked the website below before I posted this mail. I
couldn't find anything that mentioned the difference. They are all about the
Internet, and security stuff, not the changes in Device Manager and generic
volumes.

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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/features.mspx

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[Rock]

Presumeably, you meant Disk Management instead of Device Manager when you
mentioned about assigning drive letter in DM. Because I can't find anything
relevant in Device Manager.
Unfortuantely I can't see the HD in Disk Management, so I couldn't assign
the drive letter. Did I miss anything here??
Thanks

Yes I meant Disk Management. Did you run TweakUI to make sure the drive
letter you want is not unchecked? Other than that, I don't have
anything else to suggest.