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USB Harddrive installation problems
Hello!
I got problems installing an external USB-drive (in-system USB-to-IDE converter box). The "Driver CD" provides me with a cheong program that says "install ok!" at some point without anything happening. I heard recently that a driver installation is actually not necessary with external USB storage devices, so I tried to connect the box to a naïve computer – no success. I also tried to get better drivers in the net, found one but it didn't completely work: I managed to get these TPP V2 / TPP V3 things into the hardware tab and a hard disc symbol in the system tray, but no drive letter in the explorer or the "safely remove tab". Before installing the USB box I formatted the drive using FAT32 as recommended on the website of the manufacturer. There is no further help provided. Has anyone overcome the same problem with a USB drive or stick? Then please let me know the trick! I believe the problem should be solvable, because I already use another USB harddrive for a year or so without problems (yes, I also tried to install the new drive on a naive computer that has never seen any USB drive at all!). Best regards! Tilman |
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It would be helpful to know a little more about the hardware/software
configuration, i.e. what OS, what service packs, (if any), USB 1 vs. USB2, just a minor stuff that might help us to help you! -- Nik Simpson |
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Normal USB storage devices run fine with OS-supplied USBSTOR driver, and do
not require any software installs. All decent USB sticks are such, though they can require a driver to support encryption. If your USB-to-IDE box required some "cheong driver" - then there are chances that it is lame, and was bad money investment. I think that publishing the vendor/model info of the box would be a good idea, to avoid more people having problems with it. -- Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP StorageCraft Corporation http://www.storagecraft.com "Tilman Franke" wrote in message om... Hello! I got problems installing an external USB-drive (in-system USB-to-IDE converter box). The "Driver CD" provides me with a cheong program that says "install ok!" at some point without anything happening. I heard recently that a driver installation is actually not necessary with external USB storage devices, so I tried to connect the box to a naïve computer - no success. I also tried to get better drivers in the net, found one but it didn't completely work: I managed to get these TPP V2 / TPP V3 things into the hardware tab and a hard disc symbol in the system tray, but no drive letter in the explorer or the "safely remove tab". Before installing the USB box I formatted the drive using FAT32 as recommended on the website of the manufacturer. There is no further help provided. Has anyone overcome the same problem with a USB drive or stick? Then please let me know the trick! I believe the problem should be solvable, because I already use another USB harddrive for a year or so without problems (yes, I also tried to install the new drive on a naive computer that has never seen any USB drive at all!). Best regards! Tilman |
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