XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: johnwilliamson@btinternet.com   
      
   Char Jackson wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   If it's a USB hard drive case or caddy, it will have in it a converter   
   to allow an IDE or SATA drive to talk to USB as a mass storage device.   
   Some of these circuits can be fussy about slave/ master/ cable select   
   settings on the drive.   
      
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   Tciao for Now!   
      
   John.   
      
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