XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: none@none.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:39:20 -0600, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:00:50 -0800, Steve Urbach   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >No driver came with the external ca   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I have 4 cases, NONE need extra (non-windows included) drivers.   
   >>>>I just plug them in... Wait for Windows to /discover/ them, install the   
   proper   
   >>>>driver (internal, no user intervention needed) and flash 'Ready for use'   
   above   
   >>>>the USB icon   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   I plug mine in---and they're spinning--but XP never finds one!-   
   >>>>Note: these drives (FAT32,FAT,NTFS) all work fine on Ubuntu (Linux) as well   
   >   
   >>Check the jumpers on the drive. Some cases want CS, others want Master only   
   >   
   >   I can't imagine why a case would care --the case only provides   
   >power---but, never the less, mine doesn't specify and I have mine set   
   >as masters   
      
   You're right, the case doesn't care, but the drive itself, as well as   
   the PC it's connected to, might care (if it's the older PATA type), in   
   which case the drive will have a placard on it that shows the various   
   jumper settings. SATA drives, of course, have no such jumpers.   
      
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