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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:20 am
Post subject: HDD Enclosure and XP
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Hi everyone,
I have looked through all of the old posts regarding what problems people have had with HDD enclosures and XP and unfortunately have not found a solution.
Here is my situation:
Imicro 3.5" HDD Enclosure
Seagate 160 GB IDE Drive ( works inside of the machine, has all of its data)
Windows XP Pro SP2
Windows XP recognizes the enclosure and installs it as a USB Mass Storage Device. My instructions say to set the hard drive ( Seagate ) as master with the jumper which I did.
But, it never shows up in Windows Explorer as a drive, neither does it show up
in Disk Management.
My next step was to play with the jumpers. I set it to the setting that says
"limits drive to 32 GB" and the drive showed up in Windows Explorer.
Windows XP then says the drive is "not formatted", do you want to format it now?
I said NO
So, I have a conundrum where the drive won't show up unless I set it to the min size. But, since the drive does show up when I set the drive to the min size, I feel like somehow Windows can't see the 160 GB size and recognize it as as master?
I then went out and bought another drive by another manufacturer and the same thing happened. So, this seems to be a problem between Windows XP and the external drive.
Thanks for any help!
David
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:59 pm
Post subject: Re: HDD Enclosure and XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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David Williams <dw149 RemoveThis @acmex.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have looked through all of the old posts regarding what problems
> people have had with HDD enclosures and XP and unfortunately have not
> found a solution.
>
> Here is my situation:
> Imicro 3.5" HDD Enclosure
> Seagate 160 GB IDE Drive ( works inside of the machine, has all of
> its data)
> Windows XP Pro SP2
>
> Windows XP recognizes the enclosure and installs it as a USB Mass
> Storage Device. My instructions say to set the hard drive ( Seagate
> ) as master with the jumper which I did.
>
> But, it never shows up in Windows Explorer as a drive, neither does
> it show up
> in Disk Management.
>
> My next step was to play with the jumpers. I set it to the setting
> that says "limits drive to 32 GB" and the drive showed up in Windows
> Explorer.
> Windows XP then says the drive is "not formatted", do you want to
> format it now?
>
> I said NO
>
> So, I have a conundrum where the drive won't show up unless I set it
> to the min size. But, since the drive does show up when I set the
> drive to the min size, I feel like somehow Windows can't see the 160
> GB size and recognize it as as master?
>
> I then went out and bought another drive by another manufacturer and
> the same thing happened. So, this seems to be a problem between
> Windows XP and the external drive.
The problem is the enclosure, not the drive. Get a better enclosure and it will work fine. |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:15 pm
Post subject: Re: HDD Enclosure and XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Previously David Williams <dw149 RemoveThis @acmex.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have looked through all of the old posts regarding what problems people have had with HDD enclosures and XP and unfortunately have not found a solution.
> Here is my situation:
> Imicro 3.5" HDD Enclosure
> Seagate 160 GB IDE Drive ( works inside of the machine, has all of its data)
> Windows XP Pro SP2
> Windows XP recognizes the enclosure and installs it as a USB Mass Storage Device. My instructions say to set the hard drive ( Seagate ) as master with the jumper which I did.
> But, it never shows up in Windows Explorer as a drive, neither does it show up
> in Disk Management.
> My next step was to play with the jumpers. I set it to the setting that says
> "limits drive to 32 GB" and the drive showed up in Windows Explorer.
> Windows XP then says the drive is "not formatted", do you want to format it now?
> I said NO
> So, I have a conundrum where the drive won't show up unless I set it to the min size. But, since the drive does show up when I set the drive to the min size, I feel like somehow Windows can't see the 160 GB size and recognize it as as master?
> I then went out and bought another drive by another manufacturer and the same thing happened. So, this seems to be a problem between Windows XP and the external drive.
> Thanks for any help!
Maybe this is a very old enclosure that has a size problem?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:20 am
Post subject: Re: HDD Enclosure and XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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I tried another enclosure and got the same thing.
I believe Seagate has something that restricts
any external enclosure being used with their drives.
I tried a Western Digital 8Gb and it worked just fine.
I am hoping Seagate responds to my inquiry tomorrow and will
let everyone know what I find.
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:23 pm
Post subject: Re: HDD Enclosure and XP [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Previously David Williams <dw149 RemoveThis @acmex.gatech.edu> wrote:
> I tried another enclosure and got the same thing.
> I believe Seagate has something that restricts
> any external enclosure being used with their drives.
That is conceptually implausible and would be hard to do.
> I tried a Western Digital 8Gb and it worked just fine.
Small.
> I am hoping Seagate responds to my inquiry tomorrow and will
> let everyone know what I find.
Well, my guess is Seagate cannot help you. Try with an
enclosure that is explicitely rated for disks > 128GB by the
manufacturer.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:42 pm
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David Williams <dw149.TakeThisOut@acmex.gatech.edu> wrote:
> I tried another enclosure and got the same thing.
> I believe Seagate has something that restricts
> any external enclosure being used with their drives.
You're wrong, plenty use them in external enclosures and
Seagate flog them in external enclosures themselves.
> I tried a Western Digital 8Gb and it worked just fine.
But its much smaller. Likely the enclosure cant handle 160GB drives.
> I am hoping Seagate responds to my inquiry tomorrow
> and will let everyone know what I find.
They will just tell you what everyone else has told
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:15 pm
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This one does say it is for up to 500GB on the box.
So far, imicro has not responded to me.
David
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:31 pm
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I'm running a Nexstar 3 w/ no hiccups.
Rick
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> This one does say it is for up to 500GB on the box.
> So far, imicro has not responded to me.
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> David
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> Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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