I have an external hard drive, an 80GB, 2.5" notebook bare drive that I put into a Nextar 3 hard drive enclosure with a USB connector. I have only used it to store files.
I have two systems, each with a new SSD that I have installed the same Windows 7 and the same AV (multiple license) all afresh on each, they are essentially the same as far as the Windows settings.
The drive works with one, but not the other. I am at a loss to figure out why the one system won't recognize it. On the one that does, it shows me some message about installing drivers and then it shows up as a "USB mass storage device" and it shows on the diskmgmt.msc list. On the one it does not work, it does not show up on the list. I have verified the USB ports work on that machine, and I have tried both the case ports and the MB ports and they work with other devices.
This drive also is recognized and works with my laptop, no problem. But it won't work with my old Gateway, again, the USB ports are good. And because the drive works with some computers, the drive itself is good.
Is there some easy Windows setting I'm missing here? If not I'll give you all the specs if needed.
I have two systems, each with a new SSD that I have installed the same Windows 7 and the same AV (multiple license) all afresh on each, they are essentially the same as far as the Windows settings.
The drive works with one, but not the other. I am at a loss to figure out why the one system won't recognize it. On the one that does, it shows me some message about installing drivers and then it shows up as a "USB mass storage device" and it shows on the diskmgmt.msc list. On the one it does not work, it does not show up on the list. I have verified the USB ports work on that machine, and I have tried both the case ports and the MB ports and they work with other devices.
This drive also is recognized and works with my laptop, no problem. But it won't work with my old Gateway, again, the USB ports are good. And because the drive works with some computers, the drive itself is good.
Is there some easy Windows setting I'm missing here? If not I'll give you all the specs if needed.