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mojohotmail
Apologies for the x/multiple post.
I'm trying to get an external usb to ide 'caddy' thing (akasa integral
high speed usb 2 interface for 5.25 ide device) to work. here's the setup:
win 2k, pIII 866, 512 ram. 2 internal hds as follows:
hd1 = 20gb (partitioned into c, d and e)
hd2 = 200gb (one big f drive)
the 2 hard drives are on one ribbon to the m/b (primary ide slot or
something)
then i have a dvd writer (drive i).
the 200gb is an upgrade - prior to which i had another 20g hd
which was also partioned (f, g and h). i guess this might explain why the
dvd is assigned the letter 1, not g.
now, here's the thing. if i shove a cd drive into this usb to ide thing,
it gets picked up as a device and works great. however, when i try
putting in another hd, it also gets picked up/detected but i can't read or
write to the hd. it shows up in device manager but not under the
'manage' tool (when i right click my computer). i've tried changing
jumper settings but this seems to make no difference. I've also tried
working backwards so that i have 2 20gb hds (c, d, e, f, g, h). but once
again, when i shove another hd into the akasa usb to ide caddy thing, it
gets picked up as a plug and play device, and in device manager but i cannot
see it in my computer.
hope it makes sense...
any advice, greatly appreciated.
tia
mojo
I'm trying to get an external usb to ide 'caddy' thing (akasa integral
high speed usb 2 interface for 5.25 ide device) to work. here's the setup:
win 2k, pIII 866, 512 ram. 2 internal hds as follows:
hd1 = 20gb (partitioned into c, d and e)
hd2 = 200gb (one big f drive)
the 2 hard drives are on one ribbon to the m/b (primary ide slot or
something)
then i have a dvd writer (drive i).
the 200gb is an upgrade - prior to which i had another 20g hd
which was also partioned (f, g and h). i guess this might explain why the
dvd is assigned the letter 1, not g.
now, here's the thing. if i shove a cd drive into this usb to ide thing,
it gets picked up as a device and works great. however, when i try
putting in another hd, it also gets picked up/detected but i can't read or
write to the hd. it shows up in device manager but not under the
'manage' tool (when i right click my computer). i've tried changing
jumper settings but this seems to make no difference. I've also tried
working backwards so that i have 2 20gb hds (c, d, e, f, g, h). but once
again, when i shove another hd into the akasa usb to ide caddy thing, it
gets picked up as a plug and play device, and in device manager but i cannot
see it in my computer.
hope it makes sense...
any advice, greatly appreciated.
tia
mojo