Feel really stupid being stuck at stage 1....
Have new Seagate 80GB disk in new IDE caddy. Powered and whirring gently.
Plug into USB2.0 port and XP recognises new hardware (briefly notifies).
Can't see it in My Computer; Can't see it in XP Disk Management utility.
How do I format this thing?
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Thanks for any help
bpb

Check in Device manager - It may need a driver.

"bpb" <bpb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1C63B1B6-D01F-41B1-9C30-254AE87E1D5D@microsoft.com...
> Feel really stupid being stuck at stage 1....
> Have new Seagate 80GB disk in new IDE caddy. Powered and whirring gently.
> Plug into USB2.0 port and XP recognises new hardware (briefly notifies).
> Can't see it in My Computer; Can't see it in XP Disk Management utility.
> How do I format this thing?
> --
> Thanks for any help
> bpb

bpb wrote:

> Feel really stupid being stuck at stage 1....
> Have new Seagate 80GB disk in new IDE caddy. Powered and whirring gently.
> Plug into USB2.0 port and XP recognises new hardware (briefly notifies).
> Can't see it in My Computer; Can't see it in XP Disk Management utility.
> How do I format this thing?

How does the IDE caddy want the HD configured --- Master,
Single or Single/Master?

I don't think I can see it in Device Manager, although am not exactly sure
what I'm looking for? Also, the caddy came with a CD with drivers on it, but
there's no clear starting point. It's directory listing shows:
Card Reader
CS881x Windows 98 Driver
GL811-Win98
IrDA
M5621_Win90
M5642-win98driver
MAC
USB Audio
USB Cam
USB HDD ENclosure
U DRIVER
plus a manual talking about a 2.5" disk. None seems appropriate. There's no
obvious setup.exe to use.
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Thanks for any help
bpb


"RonK" wrote:

> Check in Device manager - It may need a driver.
>
> "bpb" <bpb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1C63B1B6-D01F-41B1-9C30-254AE87E1D5D@microsoft.com...
> > Feel really stupid being stuck at stage 1....
> > Have new Seagate 80GB disk in new IDE caddy. Powered and whirring gently.
> > Plug into USB2.0 port and XP recognises new hardware (briefly notifies).
> > Can't see it in My Computer; Can't see it in XP Disk Management utility.
> > How do I format this thing?
> > --
> > Thanks for any help
> > bpb
>
>
>

I thought I had it as a slave, but pulling off the only jumpers supplied
- this is a second HDD, for remote/portable storage, so didn't want it is as
a master
- can you explain the term Single, and Single/Master? These weren't on the
brief instruction leaflet.
--
Thanks for any help
bpb


"Ghostrider" wrote:

>
> bpb wrote:
>
> > Feel really stupid being stuck at stage 1....
> > Have new Seagate 80GB disk in new IDE caddy. Powered and whirring gently.
> > Plug into USB2.0 port and XP recognises new hardware (briefly notifies).
> > Can't see it in My Computer; Can't see it in XP Disk Management utility.
> > How do I format this thing?
>
> How does the IDE caddy want the HD configured --- Master,
> Single or Single/Master?
>

bpb wrote:
> I thought I had it as a slave, but pulling off the only jumpers supplied
> - this is a second HDD, for remote/portable storage, so didn't want it is as
> a master
> - can you explain the term Single, and Single/Master? These weren't on the
> brief instruction leaflet.


There is no set standard on how to jumper hard drives. Some
manufacturers equate Single and Master so that either should
be jumpered the same, i.e., no difference between a single
HD and a Master HD in a chain. And there are manufacturers
who require their HD's to be jumpered when it is a Master in
a chain and unjumpered when the HD is used as a single drive.
What does the IDE caddy want? And how does Seagate say its
HD should be set, or jumperd, to be what the caddy needs?

Thanks all - now sorted.
Had made the fatal mistake of reading the instructions on the HDD, and
interpreted me needing my new HDD as a slave, being a remote second device.
Re-reading the caddy advice indicated it should be configured as another
master, which was counter-intuitive. Anyway - put the jumpers back on and XP
found and configured all ok v quick.
--
Thanks for any help
bpb


"Mistoffolees" wrote:

>
> bpb wrote:
> > I thought I had it as a slave, but pulling off the only jumpers supplied
> > - this is a second HDD, for remote/portable storage, so didn't want it is as
> > a master
> > - can you explain the term Single, and Single/Master? These weren't on the
> > brief instruction leaflet.
>
>
> There is no set standard on how to jumper hard drives. Some
> manufacturers equate Single and Master so that either should
> be jumpered the same, i.e., no difference between a single
> HD and a Master HD in a chain. And there are manufacturers
> who require their HD's to be jumpered when it is a Master in
> a chain and unjumpered when the HD is used as a single drive.
> What does the IDE caddy want? And how does Seagate say its
> HD should be set, or jumperd, to be what the caddy needs?
>
>

Good to see you fixed it !

"bpb" <bpb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6B9AB3B5-D79D-4671-A962-52DD4103F53A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks all - now sorted.
> Had made the fatal mistake of reading the instructions on the HDD, and
> interpreted me needing my new HDD as a slave, being a remote second
> device.
> Re-reading the caddy advice indicated it should be configured as another
> master, which was counter-intuitive. Anyway - put the jumpers back on and
> XP
> found and configured all ok v quick.
> --
> Thanks for any help
> bpb
>
>
> "Mistoffolees" wrote:
>
>>
>> bpb wrote:
>> > I thought I had it as a slave, but pulling off the only jumpers
>> > supplied
>> > - this is a second HDD, for remote/portable storage, so didn't want it
>> > is as
>> > a master
>> > - can you explain the term Single, and Single/Master? These weren't on
>> > the
>> > brief instruction leaflet.
>>
>>
>> There is no set standard on how to jumper hard drives. Some
>> manufacturers equate Single and Master so that either should
>> be jumpered the same, i.e., no difference between a single
>> HD and a Master HD in a chain. And there are manufacturers
>> who require their HD's to be jumpered when it is a Master in
>> a chain and unjumpered when the HD is used as a single drive.
>> What does the IDE caddy want? And how does Seagate say its
>> HD should be set, or jumperd, to be what the caddy needs?
>>
>>