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New 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure

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by timpolly2001

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I just purchased a new 160 GB drive for my laptop and an external enclosure to copy the old data over. I installed the new drive in the enclosure and plugged it in and XP did not recognize the drive. Is there anything else that i need to do to get xp to detect the drive?

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by oh smeg

Look at the Pins where the HDD plugs into the Circuit Board and remove any Plastic Jumper.

2.5 Inch Drives don't need a jumper on them when used in an external Caddy. Remember to keep the jumper as it may be needed latter if you want to fit the drive to a NB.

When you have checked that go to the Disc Management and Format the HDD. New HDD do not come Formatted they come blank and need to be formatted. If you plan to use the drive on several different computers format it to a FAT32 Partition as that can be read by all OS's where as the NTFS may not. Just makes it easier if you need a portable device that can be used anywhere.

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by older mycroft

Depending on the state of your usb sockets (they will have had the same life-usage as it has taken to wear out your hard drive) - have you tried plugging this enclosure into other usb sockets ?

What make and model of laptop do you have ?
What size is the existing hard drive ?
What format is the existing hard drive ?

Does the new hard drive show up in Device Manager ?
Does it show up in Disk Management ?

[u]Finally, and this is Silly Point No 1.[/u]
Depending on the internal dimensions of the caddy, it IS possible to have connected the hard drive upside-down! That way, it won't be recognised.

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