SP2 and External Drive Issues

baxy · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 206

I have a Pentium IV computer from Dell, with WinXP SP2 system. Iâ€™ve bought an external WD 120 GB harddisk drive that connects via USB standard jack. The disk is recognized as new letter in system (E Smile

but it wonâ€™t work! When I tried to copy something, I got the error message. I connected it to my neighborâ€™s pc and it works perfectly. Iâ€™ve checked his OS, it was Windows XP SP1. Is it possible that this external drive wonâ€™t work on SP2?

holt · Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 194

I donâ€™t believe that your SP2 is the issue. More likely your USB jack is the problem. In most of cheaper machines, usb ports arenâ€™t strong enough to handle the power that flows thru them. Hard disks use a lot of energy, and your USB port might be just too weak.

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