external hard drive not working

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Whenever my hard drive is connected via USB, windows Vista either hangs or
runs very slowly. The hard drive is also not visible as a drive. I have
seen a few other people report this as a problem and wondering if anyone has
found a solution yet?

The only conflict in the device manage is a "PCI Modem". I do not have a
56k modem on this computer, so I'm not sure what that is.

Help would be appreciated, thank you.
 
Try going to the drive's manufastureer site and get the latest driver you can
find. Also try doing an firmware update (if applicable).
 
USB is a bit flaky in this release. I would go to device manager, uninstall
all usb devices and get Windows to reinstall to see if it fixes the problem.
 

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