DYNEX External HD Enclosure Won't Show a Drive Letter

[Radejr]

I just bought me a DYNEX External Hard Drive enclosure and i Put a 40gb
maxtor drive in it with the pins MASTER selected. It installs the
drive and in device manager it recognizes the device under Disk Drives
and knows its connected by USB, but I cannot get a drive letter anyone
know what I might be missing?

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

I just bought me a DYNEX External Hard Drive enclosure and i Put a 40gb
maxtor drive in it with the pins MASTER selected. It installs the
drive and in device manager it recognizes the device under Disk Drives
and knows its connected by USB, but I cannot get a drive letter anyone
know what I might be missing?

Did you read the instructions that came with the enclosure?
In the ones I have busily, you did *not* put a jumper on the pins.

I would suggest you RTFM.

Bobby

 

[Radejr]

Yes I read instructions I can't do some because it doens't display the
drive.



what you mean in the ones you have busily you did "not" put a jumper on
pins that doesn't make any sense

 

[Richard Urban]

Why not try a known, and trusted brand, such as the enclosure from Adaptec.
You DO get what you pay for:

USB only =
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/pr...&cat=/Technology/USB/USB+Hard+Drive+Enclosure

USB plus Firewire =
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/pr...&cat=/Technology/USB/USB+Hard+Drive+Enclosure

Comparison =
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/pr...&cat=/Technology/USB/USB+Hard+Drive+Enclosure


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Radejr]

I have tried adaptec it is actually a bad one because it is USB 2.0
compliant, but only works properly on usb 1.1

 

[Bob]

I just bought me a DYNEX External Hard Drive enclosure and i Put a 40gb
maxtor drive in it with the pins MASTER selected. It installs the
drive and in device manager it recognizes the device under Disk Drives
and knows its connected by USB, but I cannot get a drive letter anyone
know what I might be missing?

A letter will not show up unless the drive is formatted.