very strange combo, SATA drive and cd for only 98 & ME. i'd go the the wd site and download the mounting(?) software for today, then run it. the software back when 98 was king was not too very good.
At 10:04 PM 1/24/2009, you wrote: >Hi... > >A friend gave me a new Western Digital 200 GB HDD that he thought he needed >for his computer but didn't. I wanted to use it as an external drive. So I >took the drive to Advanced 2000 in Alexandria and they sold me a Azio External >SATA HD Kit. I do not know the difference between SATA and IDE drives but >installed the new drive in the case without a hitch, plugged it in and my >Windows XP announced it had found new hardware, soon found the software for it >and said it was ready to go. > >The drive does not show up in My Computer. So, following the instructions in >the leaflet that came with the case, I went to the Device Manager and there it >is -- the Western Digital drive (along with the internal drive and a second >external Maxtor drive). But it does not show up in My Computer. Several other >USB drives DO show up that are ports for data storage cards (Secure Digital >and a couple others) for use with transferring pictures from cameras directly >to the computer. > >The leaflet that came with the SATA case said "If the drive fails to mount >after you plug it in and turn it on, you may have to partition and format it." > Howevr, since I can't find it in My Computer I can't do that. > >There's a CD that came with the case that says it's just for Windows 98 and ME >but I was tempted to try using it since in Device Manager I tried to update >the driver but XP said the current driver is the best it can find. > >So ... I feel like I'm so close to making this work but yet so far away ... > >My computer is a Dell Pentium IV 3 GHz with 1 GB RAM running XP Media Center >as the operating system. > >One more thing, the case came with a SATA port and bracket that I could >install inside the computer but I'm hoping that's not necessary. I know many >of you would have had this up and running in 12 minutes so I hope you can tell >me what to do next. > >As always, thanks in advance! > >Gail Miller > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
