Quickdrive & windws XP

[Johng]

I've just got a new PC with Windows XP on it. On gadget I got a few
years ago - a great device - is a DataWise Quickdrive. Basically its
just a box into which you stick your own HDD and it becomes a
portable drive connected via the parallel port.

Trouble is I can't get it to work on XP with its original software, nor
with Windows 2000 software I downloaded.

The support page of the Datawise website is not helpful

http://www.datawise-online.com/index.htm

basically it just says go away we're not supporting the device any
more!

Has anyone any ideas - or maybe know where I can look?


--
Cheers John

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Johng wrote:
> I've just got a new PC with Windows XP on it. On gadget I got a few
> years ago - a great device - is a DataWise Quickdrive. Basically its
> just a box into which you stick your own HDD and it becomes a
> portable drive connected via the parallel port.
>
> Trouble is I can't get it to work on XP with its original software,
> nor with Windows 2000 software I downloaded.
>
> The support page of the Datawise website is not helpful
>
> http://www.datawise-online.com/index.htm
>
> basically it just says go away we're not supporting the device any
> more!
>
> Has anyone any ideas - or maybe know where I can look?

Can't help you much, I'm afraid. If the hardware manufacturer does not
supply updated software, drivers or even support, your neat piece of
hardware turns into a doorstop.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Associate Expert
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[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Johng wrote:
> I've just got a new PC with Windows XP on it. On gadget I got a few
> years ago - a great device - is a DataWise Quickdrive. Basically its
> just a box into which you stick your own HDD and it becomes a
> portable drive connected via the parallel port.
>
> Trouble is I can't get it to work on XP with its original software,
> nor with Windows 2000 software I downloaded.
>
> The support page of the Datawise website is not helpful
>
> http://www.datawise-online.com/index.htm
>
> basically it just says go away we're not supporting the device any
> more!
>
> Has anyone any ideas - or maybe know where I can look?

Can't help you much, I'm afraid. If the hardware manufacturer does not
supply updated software, drivers or even support, your neat piece of
hardware turns into a doorstop.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.