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Maxtor External 3000LS External Hard Drive Installation
Hello,
I have a problem that has popped up while I tried to install a Maxtor external hard drive. I cannot get my Windows 98SE to recognize the new drive or I cannot find the hardware that has already been installed by the system. I am not sure which. Background is as follows: I purchased the hard drive for my computer that is running 98SE, but the drive requires a special driver for this operating system. I made the mistake of plugging in the new drive to my USB port before I had the necessary driver for the drive ready to use during the installation. The first time I plugged the drive into the USB port, the system recognized that there was new hardware and began the installation process. However, when it came to finding the best driver the system could not find one and I did not have the driver needed yet. Thus, I cancelled the installation. Subsequently, I downloaded the needed driver onto a floppy disk and proceeded to replug the drive into my USB port. However, I now cannot get the system to recognize that there is new hardware to install. I have tried going into add/remove hardware and have the system look for new hardware, but it will not find anything. I have unplugged, plugged, rebooted, shut down etc and no luck on getting the system to try and reload the hard drive. At this point, I am not sure if I have a problem of the system not recognizing that I have a new external drive plugged into a USB port, or if the drive is already on the system (thus, not new) and I just have no idea where to find it and load the driver for it. I have looked under system devices and do not see anything in there that is either not functioning properly, or that looks like an external hard drive. If anyone has an idea on how to get it recognized or where I can find the already loaded drive, I would greatly appreciate some advice. Thanks in advance! |
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