external HDD non-function - Windows Xp problem?

Hi there

I have been trying for a few weeks to get an external hard-drive functioning
under Windows XP. The HDD in question is a IBM Travelstar 10GB drive in
excelent working order. I have tried two different cases with the same
result.

Windows detects the drive and goes through the motions of installing the USB
to IDE driver. After all is complete and the hardware is 'successfully'
installed, I still see no hard-drive letter in Explorer. I have gone through
the system settings and sure enough, the IBM travelstar drive is detected but
no letter appears. If I go into disk administration, I still see no drive
letter. Windows XP assures me it was detected successfully, and there are no
anomalies under device manager but still no way to access the drive. I
thought it could be the way the drive was jumpered (master, slave, cable
select, etc.) but this makes no difference. The drive spins up no problems
and was out of a Dell notebook (so it has a boot sector, etc). Since I can't
get into the drive, I can't reformat it.

Any suggestions? I thought that I had ruled-out the case through trying two
different ones. Could it be the drive? It has very low hours of use and to
all means, appears to be working.

Any help (fron the XP end) would be most welcome, thanks

Simon.

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"Sime" <> wrote in message
news:76BEE8BD-6FAC-4AEE-9C0D-...
> Hi there
>
> I have been trying for a few weeks to get an external hard-drive
> functioning
> under Windows XP. The HDD in question is a IBM Travelstar 10GB drive in
> excelent working order. I have tried two different cases with the same
> result.
>
> Windows detects the drive and goes through the motions of installing the
> USB
> to IDE driver. After all is complete and the hardware is 'successfully'
> installed, I still see no hard-drive letter in Explorer. I have gone
> through
> the system settings and sure enough, the IBM travelstar drive is detected
> but
> no letter appears. If I go into disk administration, I still see no drive
> letter. Windows XP assures me it was detected successfully, and there are
> no
> anomalies under device manager but still no way to access the drive. I
> thought it could be the way the drive was jumpered (master, slave, cable
> select, etc.) but this makes no difference. The drive spins up no
> problems
> and was out of a Dell notebook (so it has a boot sector, etc). Since I
> can't
> get into the drive, I can't reformat it.
>
> Any suggestions? I thought that I had ruled-out the case through trying
> two
> different ones. Could it be the drive? It has very low hours of use and
> to
> all means, appears to be working.
>
> Any help (fron the XP end) would be most welcome, thanks
>
> Simon.

I bought an adaptec hard drive enclosure and when I attach it to my computer
(XP Home) detects it and installs the drivers. But there is an error that
says it could not complete. I look in my computer and in disk management but
still see nothing...any help will be appreciated....Thanks, Larry

"Michael Jennings" wrote:

> Be willing to set up Outlook Express not to reveal your real email
> address in newsgroups. OE6 is a better tool for posting than
> the web interface you are using. Paste this URL in IE's address window:
>
> =>| news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...owsxp.hardware |<=
>
> (don't copy the arrows or the bars - just copy the middle part)
> That will get Internet Explorer to open the XP hardware group in
> Outlook Express. Be aware of one thing before you do this:
>
> If you let OE6 use your real email address before when post to this
> newsgroup, then your address would likely be harvested by malware
> configured to prey on the unaware, and you would start receiving email
> with virus attachments. Be and enjoy!
>
> "Sime" <> wrote in message
> news:76BEE8BD-6FAC-4AEE-9C0D-...
> > Hi there
> >
> > I have been trying for a few weeks to get an external hard-drive
> > functioning
> > under Windows XP. The HDD in question is a IBM Travelstar 10GB drive in
> > excelent working order. I have tried two different cases with the same
> > result.
> >
> > Windows detects the drive and goes through the motions of installing the
> > USB
> > to IDE driver. After all is complete and the hardware is 'successfully'
> > installed, I still see no hard-drive letter in Explorer. I have gone
> > through
> > the system settings and sure enough, the IBM travelstar drive is detected
> > but
> > no letter appears. If I go into disk administration, I still see no drive
> > letter. Windows XP assures me it was detected successfully, and there are
> > no
> > anomalies under device manager but still no way to access the drive. I
> > thought it could be the way the drive was jumpered (master, slave, cable
> > select, etc.) but this makes no difference. The drive spins up no
> > problems
> > and was out of a Dell notebook (so it has a boot sector, etc). Since I
> > can't
> > get into the drive, I can't reformat it.
> >
> > Any suggestions? I thought that I had ruled-out the case through trying
> > two
> > different ones. Could it be the drive? It has very low hours of use and
> > to
> > all means, appears to be working.
> >
> > Any help (fron the XP end) would be most welcome, thanks
> >
> > Simon.
>
>
>