Maxtor 5000 driver update

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Are you having problems with it?
John
"Leanin' Cedar" <Nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
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> Dell Dimension 4300
> XP Home
> Maxtor 5000LE external usb2.0 drive
>
> Has anyone updated the drivers for this drive from the Maxtor site?
>
> In device manager it was showing the driver as Microsoft 7/1/2001
5.1.2535.0
>
> I went to the Maxtor site and downloaded the ps5000_xp_signed_drivers.exe,
> followed the instructions for disconnecting the drive,ran the install ,
> rebooted and it seems it did not update the driver. It says the driver is
> for the 5000 series.
>
> Bob
>
>

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Yes, it is hard not to do it. Especially on third party external drives. I
have an external Maxtor running on firewire and so far it is rock solid. The
drivers are from MS as well. There is that feeling that if I updated it,
perhaps I'll increase my performance or reliability to another notch. Trying
to be proactive. Human nature, I suppose. John
"Leanin' Cedar" <Nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
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> I know "if it isn't broke, don't fix it".
>
> No it was and is running OK, but I was just checking to see if there were
> new drivers available, and it appeared that there were.
> So I thought I would give them a try and see if performance would improve
a
> bit.
>
> Bob
>
> "JohnJ" <john@dontreply.net> wrote in message
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> > Are you having problems with it?
> > John
>
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