1394 Device (Hard Drive) Stop Working as Second Device

[Guest]

Windows XP Home Edition. I have one 1394-2000 standard DVD firewire device,
and when I added previously working Maxtor 1394 160GB drive with 1394-1995
Std, the Maxtor Drive stopped working. I found MS article 894956 stating this
is a confirmed problem. However, the workarounds (either disabling
controller and then enabling or turn off power on Maxtor) doesn't bring the
Maxtor to life. I have 80 GB of stuff that I need to retrieve.

Thank you in advance for your suggestions on methodology or procedures.

 

[Bob I]

Have you tried removing the DVD, and then run through the article procedure?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply. I have both 1394 devices not connected to the machine,
and try to just use the Maxtor 1394 Hard Drive. I really don't need both
connected at the same time. However, when I saw the second firewire port, I
thought I might as well hook up both devices--I was wrong!

I was thinking about disabling the 1394 ports in the BIOS, then reenabling
them, but I started getting nervous as I didn't want to mess up things worse.

Thanks

 

[Bob I]

I would try uninstall and reinstall the ports in Device Manager first.