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ercdmb1
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_ 		23. September 2006 @ 18:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
first and foremost let me say i am constantly learning about computers every day as i am fairly new to them. i have a standard Dell PC and i am running windows XP. I have 2 external harddrives on it now. F: is a Maxtor and G: is a Western Digital. I use these mostly of my collection of live concerts and other lossless audio files. I purchased a 3rd Simpletech HD to help me catalog some music but when i tried to plug it in it would set up but then i was unable to access my other two hard drives.

assuming i was only able to connect to externals to my PC i unistalled the WD HD and install the Simpletech. when i did this it would not read my maxtor in drive F.

Is there a limit to how many i can have installed?
or
Is there a certain way they should be plugged in to the USB 2.0 ports?
I have 6 ports all together. 2 in the front of the tower and 4 in the back

Please will one of you computer gurus that seem to solve a million problems a day take the time to help a young grasshopper.

any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks

ed
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ercdmb1
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_ 		23. September 2006 @ 19:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so i think i have partially figured it out. i have all 3 installed and all 3 are working, but, not at the same time. i can run the F: and H: if i have one plugged in the front and one in the back. that tells me i can only run two externals at a time. Now, can anyone tell me a way to run all 3 at once

please

thanks

ed
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ddp
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_ 		23. September 2006 @ 19:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
did the Simpletech HD come as 1 piece or did you have to insert the hd into the enclosure as you did for the wd & maxtor? take a look at Simpletech site for their faq to see if others had similar problem as it might not like the other 2 drives. does it have it's own power supply?
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ercdmb1
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_ 		23. September 2006 @ 19:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes it came as one piece and yes it does have its own power supply. i am now unable to tranfer data from my maxtor to my internal or to my simpletech. something is not right. i will check out the simpletech site.

thanks for the advice so far

any other ideas?

ed
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_ 		24. September 2006 @ 01:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
make sure the jumper settings on that 3rd one is correct - the jumper needs to be set to 'Master'
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ercdmb1
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okay, i am back from work overnight. i have not had much luck trying different things. i did find this out however. my other 2 externals are formatted FAT32. this hd is formatted NTFS. do i need to reformat this and if so how do i go about doing that. i have windows xp SP2.

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creaky (Moderator) 24. September 2006 @ 05:42
make sure the jumper settings on that 3rd one is correct - the jumper needs to be set to 'Master'

how do i go about doing this.

i feel i am in way over my head as i am a novice so let me say a big thanks to everyone in advance.

ed
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_ 		24. September 2006 @ 15:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
being the Simpletech HD is a 1 piece unit than can't change jumper as it is on the hd inside the case. leave the format alone as can have both fat32 & ntfs with xp.
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ercdmb1
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_ 		24. September 2006 @ 17:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have searched and cant find a tutorial or any help on simpletechs site. does anyone have 3 externals on their PC and running windows xp who could tell me how they did it and if they had any problems


still not getting it right.

ed
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