Vista & External Drive: Tips for Connecting

[Andre]

There are probably earlier threads about this, but I couldn't locate them quickly, so risking to be redundant with the question but ..

.. my daughter bought herself a LaCie 500gig harddrive for unlimited movie looking. The gadget works fine with XP, but Vista ignores it completely.

Any tips?

 

[Defennder]

Ignores it completely? As in, there's no system response like an error beep or anything when you plug the USB cable in?

 

[Andre]

Right,m no response whatsoever, that is the drive starts to make more noise but Vista is completely silent.

 

[Defennder]

Was it on the same computer but different OS you plugged the drive in, or a different computer? Maybe the USB port is faulty?

 

[Andre]

Tried all the USB ports as well also another Vista laptop, no joy. The hard disk has it's own power source, so that can't be the problem either.

 

[rootX]

move back to XP!

see if

computer management (or control panel) -- > disk management recognizes it

see this too
http://tim.mackey.ie/VistaDriverProblemsFormacUSBHardDrive.aspx