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Gord H
I just purchased a brand new external Western Digital
160gb HDD in USB connected case. I am running Win XP Pro
SP2 on a Dell P4 2.53ghz, 120 gb HDD 512K ram machine.
Problem: When I plug the new drive into a USB port, I get
the WinXP window "USB Device Not Recognized" containing
text "One of the USB devices attached to this computer
has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognise it"
The Vendor said to go to MY COMPUTER - MANAGE - DISK
MANAGEMENT, select the new hard disk and format it.
But the new hard disk is not listed under MY COMPUTER -
MANAGE - DISK MANAGEMENT.
Q1. Is it even possible to format an brand new
unformatted, un-partitioned hard drive in an external USB
case using WinXP??
Q2. If it is possible, does the error I am getting
indicate the drive is possibly faulty.
Q3. Should the HDD in the external case be set to slave
or master or does it matter?
Many thanks for some help on this.
Gord H
160gb HDD in USB connected case. I am running Win XP Pro
SP2 on a Dell P4 2.53ghz, 120 gb HDD 512K ram machine.
Problem: When I plug the new drive into a USB port, I get
the WinXP window "USB Device Not Recognized" containing
text "One of the USB devices attached to this computer
has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognise it"
The Vendor said to go to MY COMPUTER - MANAGE - DISK
MANAGEMENT, select the new hard disk and format it.
But the new hard disk is not listed under MY COMPUTER -
MANAGE - DISK MANAGEMENT.
Q1. Is it even possible to format an brand new
unformatted, un-partitioned hard drive in an external USB
case using WinXP??
Q2. If it is possible, does the error I am getting
indicate the drive is possibly faulty.
Q3. Should the HDD in the external case be set to slave
or master or does it matter?
Many thanks for some help on this.
Gord H