External USB Hard Drive Enclosure Problem

[glenn71x]

I have a usb 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure for a IDE Hard Drive. It is very flaky. On SOme computers I just plug it and no problem, WIndows creates a Drive Letter and Im in. I can not acces it on this computer however. I plug it in, I get the USB noise, get the message your hardware is installed and ready to use, but I cant get a Drive Letter. In Disk Management it does not show. The only way I even know it is connected is because I can see it in Device Manager under USB Controllers. It is listed as a Mass Storage Device Which is correct. I have uninstalled it from there and replugged it in and again it says USB Mass Storage Device is installed and ready to use. Making Me Crazy! Anyone know how I can acces this? Force Windows to give it a Drive Letter? Thanks All!

 

[firerock]

Did you set your drive to master(not cable select)? Try to go to manufacture site and look for new update. Also, is your dirve formatted or a brand new dirve?

 

[glenn71x]

Yes The drive is formatted with data already on it. The computer recognizes it as a USB Mass Storage Device, it just does not get a drive letter. There are no drivers supplied with thi device. It's just Plug & Play.

 

[Mark R]

Try a different USB enclosure. Some models are just flaky and have compatability problems. I've had one which did the same sort of thing - worked OK on some computers, randomly corrupted files on others, and sometimes just didn't work.

I also had a firewire one (which broke) and had no compatability problems with it. It was faster than the USB one too.