USB external drive not recognized

N

Neal

I installed an a 2.5 Toshiba notebook drive in a external enclosure and I can't
get XP to recognize it. The drive spins up and the light comes on to indicate
it is running but nothing is shown in device manager or My computer. It also is
not shown in disk management. I have uninstalled the the USB drivers through
the device manager with no change after rebooting. The USB ports work fine with
my other external drive. The drive was working fine in a notebook that had a
cracked screen. It is formated in NTFS. What else should I be looking at to
solve this problem?

Neal
 
3

3legs

When detecting new hardware, is it like the Windows is able to find the USB
case but not being able to find the Harddisk?

Power. It seems that your USB casing does not get *enough* power.
 
N

Neal

I have it plugged directly into the back of the computer which should provide
more than enough power. Windows does not detect anything when the drive is
plugged in.
Neal
 
3

3legs

Some USB cases provide a second socket for your to plug in additional power
via PS/2 or another USB. I have had the experience that one single USB
connection does not provide enough power for a 20GB 5400rpm hard dirve. The
solution is simple -- make use of the power slot.
 

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