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Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: tboy34 on December 07, 2010, 09:11:43 PM

Title: Old External Hard Drive Not Compatible.
Post by: tboy34 on December 07, 2010, 09:11:43 PM
On my Old HP Pavilion M8200n computer, I was using the HP Personal Media Drive for my music and videos. I'm finding that there isn't a driver that is compatable with my new HP Pavilion Elite HPE 400f. Can anyone shed some light on this??? Is there an alternative to transferring files to a new computer.
Title: Re: Old External Hard Drive Not Compatible.
Post by: Allan on December 08, 2010, 06:00:27 AM
1) Is it a usb drive? If so, I don't believe it would need a driver
2) Even if it does need a driver, drivers are OS specific not computer specific

Please explain exactly what is going on. Also, you can visit this page for any hw or sw updates: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=424876
Title: Re: Old External Hard Drive Not Compatible.
Post by: Computer_Commando on December 08, 2010, 11:34:00 AM
Quote from: tboy34 on December 07, 2010, 09:11:43 PM
On my Old HP Pavilion M8200n computer, I was using the HP Personal Media Drive for my music and videos. I'm finding that there isn't a driver that is compatable with my new HP Pavilion Elite HPE 400f. Can anyone shed some light on this??? Is there an alternative to transferring files to a new computer.
Is this the User Guide?
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00769879.pdf
Title: Re: Old External Hard Drive Not Compatible.
Post by: tboy34 on December 08, 2010, 02:27:33 PM
Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 08, 2010, 11:34:00 AM
Is this the User Guide?
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00769879.pdf

Yes it is, why do you ask??  ???
Title: Re: Old External Hard Drive Not Compatible.
Post by: Computer_Commando on December 08, 2010, 05:54:24 PM
Quote from: tboy34 on December 08, 2010, 02:27:33 PM
Yes it is, why do you ask??  ???
See page 5, Connecting the Drive to a PC without a Drive Bay
See page 6, Installing Drivers and Software