Anthony Marsh

DP wrote:
>
> "Anthony Marsh" <anthony_marsh@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> My barebones computer pre-installed with Vista Home Premium had only
>> one IDE port which now has the DVD burner and one HD attached. No
>> secondary.
>> So I bought a couple of USB external enclosers, but I have not been
>> able to get them to be recognized by Vista, although they show up in
>> the BIOS.
>> The included drivers on the CD say Windows 98!
>> Is there a trick I am missing to get Vista to recognize those drives?
>> No, I am not going to reformat those drives to do it. I want to copy
>> off all my old files.
>
> Just to clarify: You took old internal drives and put them in external
> enclosures, connected by a USB port, correct?
> What kind of drives were they? SATA, IDE, etc?
> I don't have an answer for you, but with more clarity about the devices,
> I'm sure someone can help.
>
> I assume you've tried "install new hardware"? What about going to the
> website of the company that makes the enclosures?
> Do you have any workable computers with XP on it? You might be able to
> get the drives to work there, which may be a step toward getting them to
> work on Vista.

Thanks. These are old internal IDE HDDs.
I will try Cable Select first. The manual said to set it as Master.