Hi,
I am new to the forum and have been trying to find an answer to why my external hard drive cannot be recognized by windows. I have been reading a lot of post on the forum, especially from HAL_9000 and tried following his advice but I’m still having no luck.
What I’m using:
-R-Driver III USB 2.0 to SATA IDE Cable
-3.5″ 80GB Western Digital (WD800) hard drive
-Fujitsu 2.5″ 40GB (tested with this HD as well and still it can’t recognize it)
Computer spec:
-Windows XP SP2
-2GHz Processor with 1GB RAM
The HD is spinning because I can hear it. But when I plug the USB into the USB slot, nothing happens. I check Disk Management and its not even listed there. Jumper is removed, I even tried changing the Jumper setting to Cable Select to test. Still not working.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.