i recently purchased a hdd external enclosure to use an internal hdd as aexternal drive. had to partition and format as a slave through the desktop. once placed in external enclosure, windows will not locate it as a usb device. or show it in disk manager. has seperate power supply so low power is not problem. anyone know what could be wrong? box is a dynex hden 10 aluminum external enclosure and does not require a driver under xp os. followed all install instructions, shows to be getting power (has led). anyone have any ideas?
2007-06-05 16:51:02 · 3 answers · asked by de bossy one 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I would question the formatting. Try plugging the drive into a IDE, or SATA, cable and see if Windows sees it. If not, unplug your "C" drive and attach this external drive in its place. Set the jumper to master and format with your XP disk.
2007-06-05 17:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The disk should be an IDE one, so I don't think you should configure it as slave. I think that you should set it as master since it is alone on the IDE to USB connector inside the hdd case. Other than that I can't imagine anything else than malfunctioning hdd or case. Make sure that both hdd and case are working individually and remember to check your connections (cables are pinned in properly). Try using another hdd in the case, or try using the case with the hdd to another computer. I'm sure that if you do all these you'll be able to find out whats wrong.
2007-06-05 16:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by BFG9000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, try yet another port f you could. verify the tensechronic in the caddy is connected properly. Take the caddy to a acquaintances pc and notice if it incredibly works in that pc as this is a defective caddy. Arnak
2016-11-05 02:05:45 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋