USB HD enclosure stops working

[Guest bratboy]

Could someone please advise me on an issue. I use a USB HD enclosure and

occasionally XPHome w/SP3 seems to stop seeing the HD. A simple switching of

the unit

off then back on seems to correct the problem but its an annoyance. Is there

a simple fix so the drive stays connected permanently?

 

Someone in another group suggested that it might be pwr saving issue and so

I did go in and turn off the "Allow windows to turn off to save pwr" option

for all my hubs but didn't seem to help much. I did notice my driver info

says the USB driver is from 7/2001 could that be the problem and I need to

somehow update it?

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: USB HD enclosure stops working

 

"bratboy" <bratboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:77481210-E51B-4336-9169-4D4054CB2544@microsoft.com...

> Could someone please advise me on an issue. I use a USB HD enclosure and

> occasionally XPHome w/SP3 seems to stop seeing the HD. A simple switching

> of

> the unit

> off then back on seems to correct the problem but its an annoyance. Is

> there

> a simple fix so the drive stays connected permanently?

>

> Someone in another group suggested that it might be pwr saving issue and

> so

> I did go in and turn off the "Allow windows to turn off to save pwr"

> option

> for all my hubs but didn't seem to help much. I did notice my driver info

> says the USB driver is from 7/2001 could that be the problem and I need to

> somehow update it?

 

No, the problem likely has nothing to do with software if the power settings

don't resolve it. Does that external enclosure work properly on other

systems? If so, consider getting another USB port card for your system.

They aren't expensive and are trivial to install - no drivers needed.

 

HTH

-pk