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Thread ID: 107540	2010-02-20 21:54:00	External HDD not recognised - USB to IDE	Renmoo (66)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
860245	2010-02-20 21:54:00	Got an external HDD enclosure. I put in an internal Western Digital hard drive into it and plugged in the USB cable into my Windows 7 laptop, but the hard drive couldn't be installed / recognised. Suggestions?	Renmoo (66)
860246	2010-02-20 21:57:00	I have tried updating the drivers using Windows Update, but to no avail.	Renmoo (66)
860247	2010-02-20 22:03:00	Is the enclosure powered and if so did you plug in the adapter?	Sweep (90)
860248	2010-02-20 22:03:00	It is powered. And yes the adapter is plugged in	Renmoo (66)
860249	2010-02-20 22:08:00	Is this a new hard drive? Can you see it in computer management?	Sweep (90)
860250	2010-02-20 22:12:00	It's a five year old hard drive. It is not visible in computer management, but it is visible under "Devices and Printers" under the "Hardware and Sound" menu.	Renmoo (66)
860251	2010-02-20 22:31:00	try changing the jumpers around sometimes they need to be set to slave and sometimes to master, don't know why also try unplugging and re-plugging in also try other USB ports	gary67 (56)
860252	2010-02-21 01:48:00	If you can, plug it in directly to a computer(Slave it) or use an IDE/SATA>USB adapter to find out whether the problem is with the hard drive, or with the external HD case.	Blam (54)
860253	2010-02-21 05:46:00	There seems to be issues with some older HDD Enclosures and W7/Vista, I had the same problem on Vista and that same unit would not run on Win7 either. Never found out why.	DeSade (984)
860254	2010-02-21 07:22:00	Really? I use an old IDE drive via USB on my Win 7. Never had that kind of weirdness. Windows is obviously confused. I'd slave the drive and see what the situation is with it, format it etc then if all that is happy, put it back in the enclosure and try again.	pctek (84)
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