From: dragonsclaw@NOTmindspring.com   
      
   On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:00 -0600, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
      
   >   My XPPro machine (with all updates to date) does not recognize nor   
   >make useable IDE external drives connected via USB port.   
   >  How/where can I get USB drivers for USB attached IDE drives.   
   >   
   > I have 3 different vintage IDE drives none of which are readable   
   >on my machine (the drives are good an I can hear them spinning)   
   Once the drive (USB,SATA) is in a USB enclosure, all OS consider it a USB   
   (removable) drive.   
   USB drives do not normally need 3rd party drivers on XP.   
   If the drive was formerly part of a RAID set, you may need to do some (??)   
   tricks to reformat. (Some disk utilities still show one of my, now USB drives,   
   as part of a RAID set. It was a part of a (broken) Mirror set, so it works.   
      
   So the big question: Does any USB storage wok on your system in that port?   
      
   BTW your drive can NOT be jumpered as SLAVE. CS or Master only   
      
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