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External Hard Drives with Old Laptop Hard drives?

post #1 of 5
10/19/06 at 8:23pm
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I just got an external hard drive enclosure and a new hard drive for my notebook and I want to access the files I have on my old hard drive. The problem is that when I plug the USB cable in, I can't access the files. Is there something special I have to do to make my external hard drive accessible? I thought it would be like plugging in a flash drive and going into my computers and opening it like a folder but I guess it's not like that.

If someone knows what I should do, please let me know.


Thanks!
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post #2 of 5
10/19/06 at 8:40pm
Does the drive exist in My Computer? If not, have you connected the hard drive to the enclosure correctly? Sometimes they need to be jumpered to master.
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post #3 of 5
10/19/06 at 9:04pm
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Oh I figured out the problem. My USB wire has 2 USB connectors as well as one that connects to the hard drive. I guess it needs both USB connects to power the thing.
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post #4 of 5
10/20/06 at 6:54am
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Originally Posted by Hendlefe
Oh I figured out the problem. My USB wire has 2 USB connectors as well as one that connects to the hard drive. I guess it needs both USB connects to power the thing.
some do some dont, better to use both in case, the vantech nexstar i had needed just 1 in my laptops thus far, but in my desktops somtimes it needed both, was odd

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post #5 of 5
10/20/06 at 8:14am
Reason for the 2 USB plugs is that there isn't always enough power available to power a HD from a single USB port (esp. on older computers). Therefore, they give you 2 (or a power plug for the external case).
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