external hard drive not working

G

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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.
 
G

Guest

Try going to the drive's manufastureer site and get the latest driver you can
find. Also try doing an firmware update (if applicable).
 
G

Guest

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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