I'm running windows xp professional ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 5:28 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] external harddrive question
> If the drive came with driver CD's, and you are running Windows 98, which > I > can't remember if you are or not, then you would plop in the CD, install > the > software, then plug in the drive. > > Knowing 98 the way I do, you'll no doubt have to restart your computer for > the changes to take effect. > > If you're running XP, then, more than likely, the CD won't help you, but > you > never know. > > Most drives only come with driver CD's for Windows 98 computers, as those > are the only ones that will not recognize the drive. > > Another thing I just thought about is if you're running 98, and the drive > is > formatted as NTFS, then you won't get it to recognize the drive, no matter > what you do. > > You may want to take the drive to someone else's computer to see if it > gets > recognized there on the other computer, at least to rule out that the > drive > is bad. > > You might want to Google your problem, detailing the model and serial > number > of your drive, if you have it, and the problem you're having, and see if > you > can turn up anything that way. > > If you'd like, let me know the model of your drive, and the size, as well > as > what operating system you're using, and I'll run a cursory Google search > for > the problem for you, and post my results. > > > Victor > Co-moderator > Blind Movie Buffs List > Guidedogs List > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 address in order to contact the management team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
