OK, makes sense. Will reformat and try it again....... Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: USB External Hard Drive Case/Unit
> Ted, I suspect it is NTFS formatted which as you know > Win98 can't read, so a FAT-16/32 format should work. > Ed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ted Mozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:24 PM > Subject: PCWorks: USB External Hard Drive Case/Unit > > > Computer Geeks were selling a USB connected case for notebook size hard > drives. Since my old notebook does work anymore (the hard drive is fine, > since I have tried it in other notebooks), I thought the USB Hard Drive case > would be a perfect use for the un-used drive. > > I received the unit yesterday and tried to get it working today. The > notebook > hard drive (an IBM) was installed in the case with little problem. The USB > device was detected by Windows 98 SE and the drivers installed off a floppy. > The drive was powered and turning (I could hear/feel it). However, no > matter > what I tried, I could not get Windows to give me a drive icon for it. > > The hard drive came out of the notebook without a jumper. I found a jumper > and tried all four possible combinations of jumper settings. With the > jumper > set to "select" (and one or two of the other settings), the drive would spin > up and the green access light on the usb unit would come on and then go off > (after a timeout or whatever), but still no drive listed in "My Computer". > > Any suggestions? One wrinkle is that it (the drive) was formatted under > Windows 2000. Could that be a problem with Windows 98? I will try fdisking > and reformatting the drive as soon as I can locate a working notebook..... > > I would love to get this thing working. It was only $29, so with a 15% > restocking fee and paying shipping both ways, I would only end up recovering > $10 if I send it back..... ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
