Computer won't recognize external hard drive

[Guest]

I'm working on installing a BusLink external hard drive that has a missing
driver. I think I had finally installed the right driver, but I had to start
the set-up over again. After disconnecting the drive (which the computer had
recognized) the computer wouldn't recognize the drive again in any usb port.
After restarting and reconnecting many times, still nothing. What can I do to
get the computer to recognize that the drive is plugged in? Thanks!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm working on installing a BusLink external hard drive that has a
missing driver. I think I had finally installed the right driver,
but I had to start the set-up over again. After disconnecting the
drive (which the computer had recognized) the computer wouldn't
recognize the drive again in any usb port. After restarting and
reconnecting many times, still nothing. What can I do to get the
computer to recognize that the drive is plugged in? Thanks!

To be honest, given that you must be running Windows XP, I am shocked you
had to install any driver for a USB hard drive to work beyond the latest
chipset driver for your motherboard or specialized driver for an added
USB/Firewire PCI card...

 

[RJK]

If there is a cd supplied with a piece of hardware, then it obviously MUST
be BUNGED straight into the machine ! <vbg>
e.g. W98 USB drivers for digital cameras and yet another graphics app. (that
changes all common graphics filetype associations), all get stuffed into XP,
and then the telephone plea is, "..it's doing everything differently and
won't work properly anymore, ..I'm sure it's nothing I've done ...all I did
was put the disk in the drive !"

regards, Richard

 

[RJK]

mmm...

http://www.buslink.com/B1/c_old.shtml

.....possible issues here with USB 1.1 vs USB 2.0

regards, Richard

"I never touched all those wrong settings, they must have changed all by
themselves !" .I''ve heard that SO many times in the past !

 

[decoder]

I'm working on installing a BusLink external hard drive that has a missing
driver. I think I had finally installed the right driver, but I had to
start
the set-up over again. After disconnecting the drive (which the computer
had
recognized) the computer wouldn't recognize the drive again in any usb
port.
After restarting and reconnecting many times, still nothing. What can I do
to
get the computer to recognize that the drive is plugged in? Thanks!

It's a resource conflict. read through, you will probably
have to change settings in BIOS

http://www.usbman.com/Guides/Upgrade Card Manufacturers.htm