I got an external last year and all I had to do was plug it in and the system automatically picked it up and assigned a drive letter to the thing. The older external I have did require me to reboot the system but keep in mind it's an off brand model. The newest drive is a see gate 320 GB. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES
> Hi Rick, > > I have went to this site here and copied this info as today I plan to > purchase a external hard drive and just wanted to ask quickly a couple of > things.. > > 1. Does it matter what brand? *I use xp pro on HP machine > > 2. I had heard that just plugging this into a USB port that xp would > automatically recognize the drive so nothing else was necessary to copy > stored data to that device? > > Thanks for your help and the site you maintaine.. > > > Patricia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "blind-computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:49 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] HARD DRIVES > > >>A text tutorial on installing an OEM hard drive in Win XP can be found at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com/windows/xp/xp.php >> >> Richard Q. Justice >> www.blind-computing.com >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> blind-computing@jaws-users.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
