additional drives not showing up

[MrDancer]

Just got a Dell 2.8 w/ XP Pro at work. I wanted to move my files and
settings from my old Win98SE system to the new box, but am having some
network problems. So... thought I would pop the old drive into an external
USB case and transfer the files that way.

However, the USB drive won't show up on the XP system to where I can get to
it (i.e. - no show on "My Comuter, WinExplorer, Search Files, etc.). If I
go into Control Panel|System or Hardware Profiles, it shows up fine and says
that it is working perfectly.

Thinking it might be a USB problem, I decided to connect the old drive
directly to the IDE cable on the new system. Again, no joy. Same thing as
with the USB drive, it shows up in the hardware profiles, but no icons and
no access available (via My Computer, Explorer, etc.).

Any ideas??

[Dave Patrick]

Did you assign it a drive letter in Disk Management?

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"MrDancer" wrote:
> Just got a Dell 2.8 w/ XP Pro at work. I wanted to move my files and
> settings from my old Win98SE system to the new box, but am having some
> network problems. So... thought I would pop the old drive into an
external
> USB case and transfer the files that way.
>
> However, the USB drive won't show up on the XP system to where I can get
to
> it (i.e. - no show on "My Comuter, WinExplorer, Search Files, etc.). If I
> go into Control Panel|System or Hardware Profiles, it shows up fine and
says
> that it is working perfectly.
>
> Thinking it might be a USB problem, I decided to connect the old drive
> directly to the IDE cable on the new system. Again, no joy. Same thing
as
> with the USB drive, it shows up in the hardware profiles, but no icons and
> no access available (via My Computer, Explorer, etc.).
>
> Any ideas??
>
>

[MrDancer]

"Dave Patrick" > wrote in message
...
> Did you assign it a drive letter in Disk Management?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Thanks, but I figured it out. The (Win98SE) drive did appear in the
Disk Management app, but still did not show up in "My Computer", etc. I
tried another drive and it worked, so.... I suspected some type of drive
overlay/MBR problem with the (Win98SE) drive. I had GoBack installed on the
(Win98SE) drive, so figured that may be the culprit.

I re-installed the (Win98SE) drive back in the old system and booted it up,
then disabled GoBack. Re-installed it to the USB case, hooked it up to the
XP, and it SHOWED UP!

Lesson learned.... disable GoBack before connecting to another system/OS.

> "MrDancer" wrote:
> > Just got a Dell 2.8 w/ XP Pro at work. I wanted to move my files and
> > settings from my old Win98SE system to the new box, but am having some
> > network problems. So... thought I would pop the old drive into an
> external
> > USB case and transfer the files that way.
> >
> > However, the USB drive won't show up on the XP system to where I can get
> to
> > it (i.e. - no show on "My Comuter, WinExplorer, Search Files, etc.). If
I
> > go into Control Panel|System or Hardware Profiles, it shows up fine and
> says
> > that it is working perfectly.
> >
> > Thinking it might be a USB problem, I decided to connect the old drive
> > directly to the IDE cable on the new system. Again, no joy. Same thing
> as
> > with the USB drive, it shows up in the hardware profiles, but no icons
and
> > no access available (via My Computer, Explorer, etc.).
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> >
>
>