"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> That just does not sound right.
I know!
> Check with the manufacturer of the enclosure.
I will do. FWIW, the USB hard disk enclosure also works perfectly when
connected to my Mac Mini...
> I know a lot of the recent boards have PATA turned off in the BIOS. Check
> your board manual or the website for the right settings and give it a try.
> But I still don't see how anything IDE on the board could matter. I don't
> care whether the connector in the enclosure is for an IDE or SATA drive,
> if you are using the usb connector on the enclosure you are connecting to
> the usb bus on the computer.
PATA isn't turned off.
> A puzzler.
You're telling me! This is an example of what I'm seeing:
http://www.markrae.com/USBHD.jpg
Obviously, that's a WinXP machine, but it's the same sort of thing in Vista.