So I bought a 100 gig external drive for use with my Dell Inspiron 8600. The drive is hooked up through the USB port but is not recognized by the computer. DiscWizard does not recognize the device either. Surfing around the internet has been no help.

The same external drive was recognized immediately by my Dell Latitude D610. Any ideas what the problem is? Some sites said to make sure you have the XP service pack 1, which I do have.

7/16/2006 5:26:27 PM

tried any other ports on the computer?

7/16/2006 5:28:09 PM

There are only 2 USB ports and neither appear to work for this drive. However I can hook my camera in through a USB port with no problem

7/16/2006 5:30:47 PM

maybe the drive is USB2.0, but the laptop doesn't have USB 2.0 ports.

7/16/2006 5:31:37 PM

I am pretty sure the computer has USB 2, any way to confirm?

7/16/2006 5:35:38 PM

right click on "My Computer" and then goto device properties...expand USB devices

you should have a High speed USB controller or Ver 2.0 or something.

7/16/2006 5:37:58 PM

yeah, its got 2.0

7/16/2006 5:38:45 PM

look in control panel and see if there are any unrecognized usb devices

7/16/2006 8:26:08 PM

it seems to be fine

7/16/2006 11:58:16 PM

http://www.freezertrick.org

7/17/2006 1:20:19 AM

while interesting, i dont think that helps!

this sucker works fine on one Dell but is completely not recognized by the one i need it to work with

7/17/2006 10:54:16 AM

anybody?

7/20/2006 2:56:34 PM

I guess i'm taking this to the IT guy at work on monday if nobody has any ideas

7/21/2006 10:25:16 PM

See if the drive works on another computer.

7/21/2006 10:38:56 PM

yeah it works on my work computer but what I really need to do is free up space on my home laptop so I can pirate more music

I mean I havent been able to download that new Tv on the Radio album yet

7/22/2006 7:18:50 PM