External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers

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amedea clarks

I am using Win Vista, and I have a simpletech 500gb hard drive. I was able to use the hd a few months back without a problem, however, when I tried to use it today, it asked me to install a software driver for the device. I dont remember it asking me this the very first I tried to use hd. The system is not able to find any driver, and there's none on the official website. I have given full rights to the account, confirmed that .inf file is in the right place, but it still doesnt work. Can anyone give any suggestions!
 
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propman

amedea said:
I am using Win Vista, and I have a simpletech 500gb hard drive.

I was able to use the hd a few months back without a problem, however,
when I tried to use it today, it asked me to install a software driver
for the device. I dont remember it asking me this the very first I tried
to use hd. The system is not able to find any driver, and there's none
on the official website. I have given full rights to the account,
confirmed that .inf file is in the right place, but it still doesnt
work. Can anyone give any suggestions!


USB model? If you have had SP1 installed you might be a another victim
of various USB problems after SP1 was installed. Apparently MS has free
support for this issue....might want to check out their web site for
further details.
 

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