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More info?)
All better gang..
Pulled it from the enclosure..
Jumpered it as a slave in a dual drive configuration.
Booted first time, recognized the drive and at full capacity.
All data intact...
Thanks to all for your suggestions and taking the time to post on this issue.
"Anna" wrote:
>
> >> >> smay28 wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > So it's like this.. XP isn't recognizing my external drive no matter
> >> >> > what
> >> >> > I've tried.
> >> >> > Disk Manager, etc., nothing seems to work. So my question would be
> > does
> >> >> > anyone forsee possible problems if I remove the drive from the
> >> >> > enclosure,
> >> >> > jumper it as a slave and put it in the box? It was running at one
> > time
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > has some data on it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > P4, 2.4G
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Everthing else on the system seems to work just fine. USB ports,
> >> >> > firewire,
> >> >> > all recognized, XP just isn't seeing this alleged hot swappable
> >> >> > unit.
> >> >> > Maybe
> >> >> > there's a problem with the enclosure..
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks to all,
> >>
> >>
> >> Response by ?...
> >> >> If the drive is working and it is a true derivative of an
> >> >> internal hard drive, then it should work OK as a slave. It
> >> >> is worth a try but there is a chance of incompatibilities
> >> >> due to the hardware bios that is being used to ID and treat
> >> >> the external HD as such.
> >> >>
> >> >> In the meantime, verified that the external HD works with
> >> >> an on-board USB port versus powered USB hub versus one that
> >> >> is unpowered?
> >>
> >>
> >> "smay28" <smay28@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7DD128C7-537F-44FC-94B7-980900CD81B0@microsoft.com...
> >> > It's onboard alright.. I don't do hubs.. I have 4 built in and an
> >> > additional
> >> > 4 in the form of a PCI card.. All work flawlessly with other doo-dads..
> >> > None
> >> > of course requiring this kind of power. The enclosure has it's own
> >> > power
> >> > adapter and such.
> >> > BTW.. the drive is a WD... WD2000JB to be exact.. Caviar series if
> >> > I'm
> >> > not
> >> > mistaken.
> >> >
> >> > I'll let you know what happens..
> >> >
> >> > Thanks again
>
>
> > "Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message
> > news:eNeNBqmjFHA.1444@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> smay28 (or Ghostrider):
> >> Is the drive jumpered as Single while it's installed in your USB external
> >> enclosure? If it's not, jumper it as such and try it out. In theory, it
> >> shouldn't make any difference how the drive is jumpered when it's used as
> > a
> >> USB drive, but at least two users previously informed me that when they
> > had
> >> a non-recognition problem similar to yours with a WD drive in a USB
> >> enclosure, the problem was resolved when they jumpered the drive as
> > Single.
> >> So give it a try and let us know whether it does resolve the problem.
> >> Anna
>
>
> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
> news:O6ZvooqjFHA.3692@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > "Single" is called master/alone jumper configuration for WD HDs. Removing
> > all the jumpers will do the same thing.
> >
> > The master should be at the end of the ide cable. This should not be a
> > problem with an enclosure as there is not an alternate ribbon cable
> > connection.
> >
> > Many ide external enclosures will not accept slave setting for HDs.
>
>
> Lil' Dave is correct in that the jumperless configuration for the Western
> Digital drive configures it as a Single device; however, even being
> "jumperless" is considered a "jumper setting". The vagaries of
> "computerese"...
> Anna
>
>
>
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