Thanks Barry--I'm going over with your suggestion of deleting the unrecognised device within USB controllers, and starting from scratch, but I'm also mindful from what George said, that I may have to format the portable drive, though I have to say I'm not sure under what circumstances this might be necessary, as all external portable drives I have been familiar with, have just been plug and play.
Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:21 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity
Andy, This should be grand. Western went through phase of not having great IDE/SATA but then again so did Maxtor. I think in the big 3 Seagate are the one who held their own. Barry-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:26 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity Hi George - You asked for the make of the drive my friend bought, it's the WD Elements 25g portable drive, 2.0 USB; that's all he could tell me; not sure that Western Digital have the best reputation, but should be ok wouldn't you say? Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:47 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity > Hi Andy, > > Best way is to find out the make and model of the drive, and we'll > look up the technical specs for it. > > Take a look at FAQ 8 at http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm > which explains that, "You may have heard that USB 2.0 is > "backward-compatible" with USB 1.0/1.1 (Full-Speed USB). While that's > true, USB 1.1 is also forward-compatible with USB 2.0." > > I suspect that he may perhaps need to go into Control Panel, > Administration, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management, and > partition and format the drive. > > The other thing to check is the XP Service release installed. Right > click on My Computer and select Properties. It should tell you in > that dialog. He should ideally be on at least XP SP3 which should > provide more up to date USB drivers. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS > Sent: 26 July 2010 23:50 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity > > Hi George - have to say, this is what I thought to be the case. I'm > trying to help a friend, who is running an oldish XP machine, probably > with 1.1 USB ports, but not sure yet, cos don't know where to look in > control panel for confirmation? He's bought an external HD, plugged it > in, but it won't play. > Firstly he got an error warning saying that the software was untested > and to continue with the installation might cause damage; assuming > this was the usual Microsoft scare mongering, he continued anyway, but > apparently, the drive isn't showing up in My Computer. > > Any observations? > > Thanks - > > Andy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 11:39 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity > > >>I hate to disagree, Chris, but you can usually connect USB 2 devices >> to a type 1 port, but will only get USB 1 speed. >> >> George. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >> Behalf Of chris hallsworth >> Sent: 26 July 2010 23:04 >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: USB connectivity >> >> No. However a USB 1.1 device will work on a USB 2.0 port. They are >> backwards compatible. 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