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April 9, 2006 at 03:54 AM
icelemon

TOSHIBA HD doesn’t work in enclosure box

by icelemon . Updated 16 years, 5 months ago

hardware
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1. Toshiba 2.5″ 60GB MK6025GAS
2. IBM 2.5″ 20GB
3. Kaya U2 2.5?HDD USB enclosure box

desired setting
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IBM 2.5″ 20GB as primary hdd inside of notebook

Toshiba 2.5″ 60GB MK6025GAS set in the USB enclosure box

situation
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both HDDs have installed windows xp by using the same system hardware, i swap them around to see the effect

1. Primary: TOSHIBA, Box: IBM
detects ok, works ok

2. Primary: IBM, Box: TOSHIBA
detects ok, windows showing an error box saying it has error and may have problem with the device
no drives detected in either windows explorer or in the “disk management” in control panel

problem
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i remember for USB external hdd’s the partitions need to be set with at least 1 primary partition, can be either FAT16/32 or NTFS. i am not too clear on this, as well do i need to configure jumper settings in order for Toshiba HDD to work in the USB enclosure box?

what else am i missing to get the TOSHIBA hdd to work in the USB enclosure box, please help

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