Well, yes, of course XP has the driver, just really puzzles me that Vista
doesn't and further can't even find it. Maybe its just a 64 bit support
thing - no big surprise. I tried pointing to the System32 folder, then it
ends with something like "Windows found the driver but encountered an error -
file not found". Huh ?
Of the 2 drives that I have seen this with, one is in a safe deposit box so
can't check it. However, the other is the only Western Digital (its a Caviar
SE16 type) in the bunch I have here, model WD5000AAKS - 22TMAO, date of
manufacture July 30, 2007. It was on sale for $99, and since I bought it
have noticed this thing selling all over the net for that same $99 price tag.
Probably some really old firmware level they want to dump. <sigh>. As
for a driver or firmware update from WD, no go, nothing on the site.
Thanks,
Scott
"Mickey Lane" wrote:
> Well, the short answer is XP has the drivers (either 'in the box' or due to
> some previous install you did) and Vista doesn't.
>
> Can you identify something about the drives that don't work (manufacturer,
> etc) that is different from the ones that do work?
>
> Is it possible that the manufacturer has some Vista drivers? Check the web
> site maybe?
>
>
> "ScottHW" <scotthwnet-> wrote in message
> news:4C452165-91C0-44F5-9D9D-...
> >I am running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I have several SATA II external drives
> >I
> > use to plug into a USB port. Most of these work fine, but two of them
> > cause
> > Windows to search for a "USB to Serial-ATA bridge driver", it fails to
> > find
> > one and prompts for an install disk, which I don't have. If I plug these
> > same drives into XP it promptly says it found an "USB to Serial-ATA"
> > device
> > and mounts the drive - no problem.
> >
> > Any idea why this is happening ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
>
>
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