USB external drive always needs to be reformatted

laltobelli · 11-01-2005, 08:23 PM

I have a Plumax External case (PM-350U2-LCS) that whenever I move the drive from one system to another the new system tells me I have to reformat the drive.

I have used a couple of different drives in it with the same results. The present drive is a Maxtor 40 GB drive formatted in FAT32. The chip in the case is a Cypress CY7C68300-56PVC. There appears to be no Plumax website (if anyone knows of it I would appreciate it!)

and the exact part does not appear on the Cypress website.

Any ideas?

~~whodat~~ · 11-02-2005, 04:09 AM

welcome to tsf

the maxtor is the external?

where is the jumper located?

post back

laltobelli · 11-02-2005, 11:06 AM

Yes the maxtor is in the external case.

The jumper setting was originally set to Master with Slave.

I moved it to Single drive and had the same results.

I moved it to CS - cable select that seems to do the trick. I can now see it on y XP and the Win ME system I have here.

Never eventhought that would have been an issue.

Thanks,

Larry

~~whodat~~ · 11-02-2005, 11:38 AM

good deal. come back again

11-01-2005, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
laltobelli Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 13 OS: Windows XP Pro	USB external drive always needs to be reformatted I have a Plumax External case (PM-350U2-LCS) that whenever I move the drive from one system to another the new system tells me I have to reformat the drive. I have used a couple of different drives in it with the same results. The present drive is a Maxtor 40 GB drive formatted in FAT32. The chip in the case is a Cypress CY7C68300-56PVC. There appears to be no Plumax website (if anyone knows of it I would appreciate it!) and the exact part does not appear on the Cypress website. Any ideas?

11-02-2005, 04:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	welcome to tsf the maxtor is the external? where is the jumper located? post back

11-02-2005, 11:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
laltobelli Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 13 OS: Windows XP Pro	Yes the maxtor is in the external case. The jumper setting was originally set to Master with Slave. I moved it to Single drive and had the same results. I moved it to CS - cable select that seems to do the trick. I can now see it on y XP and the Win ME system I have here. Never eventhought that would have been an issue. Thanks, Larry

11-02-2005, 11:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	good deal. come back again