XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <2o9t885otclr50sd7kdce0lgrsv0adhlbb@4ax.com>, Steve Urbach   
    writes   
   >On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:14:27 -0500, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   Window XP-Pro with all updates to date.   
   >>  I have "holder" for attaching hard drives   
   >>(in my case, from older machines) which   
   >>provides hard drive power and USB attachment.   
   >> When all is plugged in, I hear the hard drive spinning,   
   >>but it is not recognized by XP - Pro OS.   
   >>  If I reboot with it plugged in, one of the three   
   >>triggers the "found new hardware" thing   
   >>but can't "install" it. Apparently, there are no   
   >>USB drivers for exteernal USB hard drives.   
   >>MS "support" has been no help.   
   >>  Is ther a way to use these old drives???   
   >XP SP3 also, many external (old W9x drive in a carrier) USB HD have been used   
   >(2 connected right now).   
   >Open the device manager and look in the USB section for yellow.   
   >   
   >We are assuming that other USB devices work in these ports? Right??   
      
   At a car boot sale, I bought a couple of old hard drives. When I   
   connected them with a USB adaptor, IIRC that the USB connection showed   
   up, but the disk didn't appear as a drive in My Computer.   
      
   To be able to use the disk you need to go to Control Panel,   
   Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management.   
   This brings up information about the disk, and it will probably say 'Not   
   initialized'.   
      
   Right click on the left part of the window (where it shows the disk   
   number, the size and "Not initialized"), select Initialize Disk >   
   "Select one or more disks to initialize'".   
      
   Select the new disk (tick box). Right click on the right part of the   
   window, select New Partition > New Partition Wizard. Select 'Primary   
   Partition', use default partition size, assign a suitable drive letter.   
   [Note: It will offer the next available letter, but it ignores any   
   letters already allocated to previously-used USB storage devices. If   
   necessary, allocate one manually.]   
      
   Finally, this leads you to Format Partition, File Systems (FAT32 or   
   NTFS), Allocation Unit Size (choose default) and Volume Name (give it   
   one, if you want). The disk should now appear in My Computer.   
   --   
   Ian   
      
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