XP won't recognize hardware

G

Guest

My Acer TravelMate 3000 has Windows XP. The notebook also came with an Acer
External Slim Combo Drive (IEEE 1394). I just used the drive two weeks ago,
but now Windows won't recognize it.

I tried unplugging the drive, and restarting Windows. Once Windows loaded,
I plugged the drive back in, but it is still unrecognized.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Amanda
 
P

PvdG42

Amandar097 said:
My Acer TravelMate 3000 has Windows XP. The notebook also came with an
Acer
External Slim Combo Drive (IEEE 1394). I just used the drive two weeks
ago,
but now Windows won't recognize it.

I tried unplugging the drive, and restarting Windows. Once Windows
loaded,
I plugged the drive back in, but it is still unrecognized.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Amanda
Click to expand...


Can you try the drive on a different computer? That would establish if the
drive itself has failed.
If the drive is OK, you might try uninstalling any drivers for it on your
PC, rebooting and going through the installation procedure from the
beginning.
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

found new hardware--but it's not 2
1394 Networking 2
Windows XP Home Edition SP3 DVD drive problem handling DVDs but works with CDs 3
Windows unable to recognize new hardware 5
XP not recognize Firewire external drive 8
External Firewire disk -> OHCI Interface: Event ID 4 6
External mobile drive 6
XP won't recognize a second hard drive 8

Top