USB - IDE adapter

25 Mar 2005 8:12 PM

Luap

Bought one of these and having trouble. Tried two disks and neither
works. The 80GB (set as Master) is recognized by Windows (XP) in "device
manager" but I can't get it to show up in Windows Explorer with a drive
letter, which renders it useless. Any suggestions? I believe I am trying
thru' a USB 1.0 port and not USB 2.0 (device is supposed to be
compatible with both).
Thnx
Lua

25 Mar 2005 8:46 PM

Pen

You need to assign a drive letter.
Controlpanel/administrative tools/computer management/storage
disk management right click the drive and assign a drive letter.

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"Luap" <l***@luap.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Bought one of these and having trouble. Tried two disks and neither
> works. The 80GB (set as Master) is recognized by Windows (XP) in
> "device manager" but I can't get it to show up in Windows Explorer
> with a drive letter, which renders it useless. Any suggestions? I
> believe I am trying thru' a USB 1.0 port and not USB 2.0 (device is
> supposed to be compatible with both).
> Thnx
> Lua

25 Mar 2005 9:48 PM

bearman

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"Pen" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> You need to assign a drive letter.
> Controlpanel/administrative tools/computer management/storage
> disk management right click the drive and assign a drive letter.
>
> "Luap" <l***@luap.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3aj9k1F6cskpjU1@individual.net...
> > Bought one of these and having trouble. Tried two disks and neither
> > works. The 80GB (set as Master) is recognized by Windows (XP) in
> > "device manager" but I can't get it to show up in Windows Explorer
> > with a drive letter, which renders it useless. Any suggestions? I
> > believe I am trying thru' a USB 1.0 port and not USB 2.0 (device is
> > supposed to be compatible with both).
> > Thnx
> > Lua
>

I agree that you'll have to assign a drive letter.
In my case, however, I bought an external enclosure and put in a 160GB hard
drive and partitioned it into two 80GB drives. Previously I had drives
letters A: through G: internal to my computer. When I looked for the new
drives in Windows Explorer, I saw that they were recognized automatically as
H: and I:. Don't know why.

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Bearman
If it's got tits, tires, tubes, or transistors, it's trouble.

25 Mar 2005 11:22 PM

Luap

Pen wrote:

> You need to assign a drive letter.
> Controlpanel/administrative tools/computer management/storage
> disk management right click the drive and assign a drive letter.

Pen, you're a little darling - thanks so much, *kisses*
Lua