External hard disk not 'online'.

[Gerry]

I had this same issue. Make sure that the jumpers on the
external driver are set to slave. If it's set to master,
XP won't recognize it. Good luck.


>-----Original Message-----
>I have put a Maxtor 40G disk in a USB enclosure case and
>connected it to my PC via USB Version 2 adapter card.The
>system tells me that the device has been installed
>successfully and is ready for use,but when I go into 'My
>Computer' there is no sign of it,unlike when I connect
my
>digital camera or any other USB device. It is listed in
>device manager as a USB hard disk and further down under
>USB Serial Bus Controllers it is listed as a mass
storage
>device.Both these entries in device manager disappear
>when the drive is switched off.If I populate volumes in
>the properties box it indicates Type: Unknown, and
>Status: Not Initialized.(compared to Type: Basic and
>Status: Online, for disk 0) Is this why I can't see the
>disk and if so how do I change the status to online. Any
>help will be much appreciated.
>
>Kind Regards and Happy New Year to you all,
> Malcolm Murray.
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