Extenal Hardrive

[Nigel]

I purchased a n4ce external unit which you can plug a hard disc into. The unit connects to my laptop via a usb 2 port.

The problem is that the drive is not showing up on the directory.

I'm running xp. The box that the unit came with says that the drive will work with xp. I have a disc with drivers on it but the instructions on this do not mention xp, although it does say that no drivers are needed for windows 2000

[merlin_2]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/jones_02august05.mspx

[Computer_Commando]

That's a 3.5" notebook drive?  Try asking here:  http://www.everythingusb.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=110

[Nigel]

Commando. That site was just what i needed..... and i thought i could just plug it in and it would work.   Doh.

[Computer_Commando]

...and i thought i could just plug it in and it would work...

That's what I thought, too.  USB has a mind of its own, it barely worked with Win98, somewhat better with Win2k, not so good with WinXP.  With the same external hard drive, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  I no longer use mine for primary backups, I use a 2nd internal hard drive on my desktop and my notebook is a secondary backup via my home network.