Disaster! 3Com 10/100 Mini PCI and a SAMSUNG SP1203N IEEE 1394 SBP2

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Hello helpful people,

I recently switched from XP Pro to XP Home (never mind,
its a long story, viruses etc. forced my to format my
harddrive and start from scratch) and now I can't get
access to my external hard drive (Which is full of good
stuff, you know). The drive won't even show up on
the 'My Computer' window, let alone enable access to the
drive.

I have a Firewire/USB 2.0 Acomdata external hard drive
that reads (for some reason) in my device manager as a
SAMSUNG SP1203N IEEE 1394 SBP2. I'm running Dell's stock
network adaptor from 3Com called the 10/100 Mini PCI.

Before the OS change, I could access it with plug-n-
play, but now, all I get is that "BONK" sound that
signals something new to the system.

That means the computer knows its there, but won't let
me access it...

Please help, I've downloaded the most recent drivers
from Dell and have every update Microsoft has put out.
I've run all the diagnostics and troubleshooters that are
available in XP, and I've searched both Dell and
Microsoft's knowledge bases extensively.

XP Pro and XP Home wouldn't read that drive in
different ways, would they?

Why can't I use my external hard drive?

thanks in advance,
p
 
I'm a bit confused. Firewire/USB is TOTALY different
than Ethernet. If you are plugging the USB drive into an
Ethernet socket (which is pretty impossible given the
differences in plug/socket) you got more trouble than you
think.
 
You're absolutely correct to be confused. I'm not using ethernet, but I wish I had, because that would really solve the problem. I'm using the Firewire connection, of which the system device is called 1394 etc., etc.

I kindda carpet bombed the newsgroup with this request for help, but have a lot more useful information now. I'm going to post again with all the facts available

If you have any advice, please search for Paul and 3Com 10/100......etc

thanks
p
 
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