USB hard disk

[michael m]

I had the same problem... does anyone know how to fix
this?

Does it matter that the hard drive enclosure is USB 2.0
and that the motherboard only supports USB 1.0 ???


>-----Original Message-----
>My PC (P42.4GHz, 512 MB DDR RAM, 120 GB HDD) is running
>Win XP Home. In order to back up and save my critical
and
>important data files, I bought an external usb box and a
>Maxtor hard disk. When connected to the PC, the OS is
>able to recognise that a mass usb device is attached to
>the computer but it is unable to show the drive in the
>window showing all other drives. Could the problem be
>that the new HDD is not initiated/formatted?
>
>Please respond. Thanks.
>
>Verma.
>.
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Right click on My Computer and select Manage. On the following screen,
select Disk Management.

The new drive should appear on the right hand side of the screen from where
you can partition, format it and assign it a drive letter. No version of
Windows can 'see' and unformatted drive.

Cari
www.coribright.com
"michael m" > wrote in message
...
> I had the same problem... does anyone know how to fix
> this?
>
> Does it matter that the hard drive enclosure is USB 2.0
> and that the motherboard only supports USB 1.0 ???
>