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   On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:54:55 -0400, Jim    
   wrote:   
      
   >Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:55:22 +0100, Bob L   
   >>   wrote:   
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   >>> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:47:21 -0400, Nil   
   >>>   wrote:   
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   >>>> On 08 Oct 2011, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote in alt.os.windows-xp:   
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   >>     Is an ACER laptop bought new with XP Pro installed. I have 4   
   >> working USB ports. Three are used for mouse, printer and scanner.   
   >>    No one of them will recognize the presence of a USB connected   
   >> Western Digital or Maxtor hard drive.  The drives are working drives   
   >> removed from older computers.   
   >And the drives work in your external case on another PC?   
   >You are using XP SP3?   
   >How are the drives formatted (FAT, NTFS, other)?   
   >   
   >Jim   
      
       I doubt that whether there's a drive present or not   
   is dependent on it's formatting.   
    But one I'm fairly surs is FAT, another or two probably   
   FAT32, one is a never used drive.   
    All were working drives when I removed them (new one --bought   
   never used). They all run in the container .   
      
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