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welcome3
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_ 		3. December 2004 @ 02:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OK, Here's my situation. I purchased a maxtor 80 gig hard drive and an external case. My plan was to hook these items up to my laptop.I put the hard drive in the case , but when i noticed the case has 2 ports on it . One usb and the secondary one.(which i asume power). Here the thing.The way it gets power is thaT it comes with adapters ,in which you are suppost to connect to your computer power cord and then plug it in your computer.. I have a Dell . As in most dell power adapters it has the square end that pulgs in the computer not A head pone looking plug in (as the adapter that came with the case offered.) So i attached the connecter to the power adapter that goes to my external speakers and it draws power from there.
Heres the problem. When i boot up the computer windows (XP) says it found a mass storage device. But it dont leave a drive letter or anything. I see it in the device manager but when i go to computer managment or anything else its not there. I played withg this thing fopr hours. I cant find it. Cant do nothing with it. What do i do? how do i get this hard drive started?
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ianski7
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 07:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey

Under which catagory is the drive listed in Device Manager and is it listed as Maxtor?

Try this....

Unplug drive(USB)
Reboot
Plug in drive
Go to Device Manager
Right click the name of computer(first on the list)
Scan for Hardware Changes



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welcome3
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 08:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
under usb mass storage
yes it is a maxtor but dont say it in device manager.
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ianski7
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 09:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey

download the drivers from Maxtor........

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/External%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=25

Uninstall the existing drivers and reboot without the drive connected before you install the new one.
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