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Old 01-05-2006, 02:23 AM
Richard Urban
 
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Default Re: Help with External hdd and USB 2.0 Card

Your desktop needs either SP2 installed or you need to install the drivers
that came with the USB 2.0 card.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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> Hi all,
>
> I have recently purchased a new USB 2.0 PCI Card (Creative I/O) and
> installed it on my desktop. As well I have bought a new maxtor 200 GB
> harddrive along with an external enclosure (Sabrent). The harddrive was
> set up on my laptop, which has usb 2.0 and everything works fine. But
> when I plug my harddrive into the new USB card that I have installed on
> my desktop, an error occurs when I try to access it and the error code
> is something like "Cannot Access. Harddrive is corrupted or structure
> is incompatible".
>
> I was forced to format the harddrive on my laptop. After the format, I
> checked the harddrive by plugging it into my laptop and the USB 1.1
> ports that was on my desktop and it works fine. But as soon as I plug
> it into the USB 2.0 ports, the error occurs again. I tried plugging
> other devices into the new USB card, including my mouse, and everything
> else seems to work fine. Can anyone suggest solutions? I assume my
> harddrive should be fine because it works on my laptop....
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>
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