Guest Walter R. Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Running Win XP SP2. Normally, when I connect a USB device, Windows goes ding-dong and connects. Was working fine for my USB connection to my external SATA drive, which I use as a backup drive. I use an internal SATA drive as the boot drive. No problems. Since yesterday, it just sits there without making any connective noises and without recognizing the drive. I do not see this drive in the Bios, or in Windows Explorer. Device Manager shows no problems. The external SATA drive is formatted in NTFS, all other drives are formatted in Fat 32. Could this be a factor? There must be something wrong with my USB system/connection. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- Walter http://www.rationality.net -
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Trouble with USB connections "Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message news:%235hQfGq9IHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Running Win XP SP2. Normally, when I connect a USB device, Windows goes > ding-dong and connects. Was working fine for my USB connection to my > external SATA drive, which I use as a backup drive. I use an internal SATA > drive as the boot drive. No problems. > > Since yesterday, it just sits there without making any connective noises > and without recognizing the drive. > > I do not see this drive in the Bios, or in Windows Explorer. Device > Manager shows no problems. > > The external SATA drive is formatted in NTFS, all other drives are > formatted in Fat 32. Could this be a factor? > > There must be something wrong with my USB system/connection. Any > suggestions would be appreciated. > > > -- > Walter > http://www.rationality.net > - The problem isn't likely to have any relationship to the disk format if Windows is not recognising the connection of the drive. At that point, Windows, or your PC, is looking for the USB circuitry, not at the disk drive at all. Does the drive work if attached to other systems? If it does, the USB port on your system may have failed, or been overloaded. In the worst case, you might have to replace the ports via a PCI to USB2 card. These are around $20 and are trivial to install. HTH -pk
Guest Andrew E. Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 RE: Trouble with USB connections Connecting devices like that is called "hot-plugging",unless youre pc is designed for that the results could/will be destructive to the hardware & the software...As for the problem(s),go to the pc hardware home page "intel,amd, etc" downloads,chipset,software,locate the chipset installation utility for youre boards chip set.This utility gives windows instructions on chip-set files,which include USB controller. "Walter R." wrote: > Running Win XP SP2. Normally, when I connect a USB device, Windows goes > ding-dong and connects. Was working fine for my USB connection to my > external SATA drive, which I use as a backup drive. I use an internal SATA > drive as the boot drive. No problems. > > Since yesterday, it just sits there without making any connective noises and > without recognizing the drive. > > I do not see this drive in the Bios, or in Windows Explorer. Device Manager > shows no problems. > > The external SATA drive is formatted in NTFS, all other drives are formatted > in Fat 32. Could this be a factor? > > There must be something wrong with my USB system/connection. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. > > > -- > Walter > http://www.rationality.net > - > > >
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 Re: Trouble with USB connections "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message news:8BDC42DE-3F59-4887-B3FA-846678526044@microsoft.com... > Connecting devices like that is called "hot-plugging",unless youre pc is > designed for that the results could/will be destructive to the hardware & > the > software...As for the problem(s),go to the pc hardware home page > "intel,amd, > etc" downloads,chipset,software,locate the chipset installation utility > for > youre Not at all. The USB plugs and sockets are specifically designed to be hot plugged without damage. The software also specifically supports this functionality.
Guest smlunatick Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: Trouble with USB connections On Aug 5, 3:18 am, "Walter R." <we...@example.com> wrote: > Running Win XP SP2. Normally, when I connect a USB device, Windows goes > ding-dong and connects. Was working fine for my USB connection to my > external SATA drive, which I use as a backup drive. I use an internal SATA > drive as the boot drive. No problems. > > Since yesterday, it just sits there without making any connective noises and > without recognizing the drive. > > I do not see this drive in the Bios, or in Windows Explorer. Device Manager > shows no problems. > > The external SATA drive is formatted in NTFS, all other drives are formatted > in Fat 32. Could this be a factor? > > There must be something wrong with my USB system/connection. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. > > -- > Walterwww.rationality.net > - Does it show up in Disk Management? Is the external drive connected at start-up? You may need to reset the USB device in Device Manager. I have seen XP mix up device drivers and a working device can show up as an "unknown" device or a "ghost" device.
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