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Error using Presario 1701AP HDD with External USB Case
Hi Everyone,
My Compaq Presario 1701AP Notebook has a 30GB Toshiba MK3017GAP HDD and came with Win ME 4.90.3000 pre-installed. When I tried to use this HDD as a USB mass storage device in a 2.5" HD External Case (USB to IDE case), the drive is not recognized by a host system using Win XP Pro. When plugged in, USB Mass Storage Device briefly appears under USB Controllers in Devie Manager, but later vanishes and the drive is not detected. However, with the same HD case and host computer, I was able to use another 2.5" HDD - indicating that the host computer and the HD case were working fine. Partition information of the Toshiba HDD are (Disk sizes in MB) :- Local Disk (C: ) Fat 32 - Size 23063.90, Used 8150.10, Free 14913.80 Active, Primary * Extended, Size 5551.90, Used 5551.90, Free 0.00 None Primary System_Sav (D Fat32, Capacity 5544.50, Used 5100.80, Free 443.60 None, Logical Fat (E FAT, Size 7.4, Used 0.00, Free 7.3 None, Logical (This was originally an unallocated space of 7.4MB showing as Primary and a FAT partition as above was created subsequently) I would be thankful for any advice as to how the Toshiba HDD can be used as an external mass storage device, without losing its file contents. Thanks Sam |
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