hard drive

[JoSeB]

I have the same prob. its a mess, XP is not able to change
a drive Letter, if this is used by a network mapping.
Please check the DiskManager, u have to change the drive
leter of the external HD.
>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to install a hitachi travelstar DK23EB-20 20G
>hard drive as an external drive but XP is only partially
>fulfilling the task.
>
>XP recognizes the drive and instals a driver however no
>icon appears under my computer and applications do not
>recognize the drive. However, when I run Nortons
Windoctor
>it recongizes the drive and performs a check on it.
>
>Any ideas on this one. I am using an ACER 260 travelmate
>notebook PC. The drive is cased in a USB 2.0 Torica
>housing.
>
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