then you don't need any drivers. If the drive needs formatting. You can go to control panel, admin tools, computer management. See if it sees the drive in there, and if it does you can right click on it to format the drive. You might have to rout jaws to pc and look around the bottom of the window to see the drives on the system. Also you make sure you hear the drive power up, and if you got access to another computer with a USB port. Try to see if it sees the drive.
At 05:02 PM 8/31/2008, you wrote: >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] > 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]
