freddy

Theo M,

You have so many issues it's hard finding a place to start. I have only one
suggestion, and it relates to your problem with Vista not recognizing your
external USB drives. The following is the officially recommended procedure
for connecting external USB drives:

IMPORTANT: Failure to connect the drive using the procedure below may result
in your system not recognizing the drive. Also, not disconnecting the drive
correctly could result in data corruption or data loss.

To connect your external hard drive to your PC computer:

Turn on your computer and allow Windows to load.

Plug in the power to the external hard drive and let it spin up.

Connect the data cable to the drive first and then to the computer.

You should see a new icon appear in the system tray and the drive should
appear in the Device Manager

If you haven't tried doing the connection in the way indicated, try it to
see what happens. Other than that, that's all I have for now. I'll review
your other items to see what I can do. I'll post back if I have something to
contribute.
--
freddy


"Theo M" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am running Vista Business OS now since January this year. So far there are
> goods things about Vista and there are definatelt bad things occurring that i
> need help with.
>
> My PC is Pentium 4, 3.06Ghz, 4G Ram, Nvidia 7600 Card, Creative Audigy ZS VE
> External Sound Card.
>
> I also have the following Storage Devices which worked fine with XP but
> Vista cant seem to recognise these drives at all. I have un-installed drivers
> and re-installed many times, ive done everything i can possibly think of
> reading every forum site all over the world. Still getting no where.
>
> 1. 160GB Sata External USB Hard Drive
> 2. 400GB NAS Drive with USB Combo
> 3. 320GB External USB Hard Drive
> 4. 200GB External USB Hard Drive
>
> basically whether these hard drives are connected via the LAN or via USB,
> Vista doesnt recognise it, ie, when i go to my computer, they arent there.
> Funnily enough, when i first hooked up the 200GB External Device, Vista
> recognised it, but then vanished after a few weeks, what tha!. Have been
> trying to sort this issue and others out since February, so you can imagine
> my frustration.
>
> - Secondly, for some reason, Vista doesnt recognise my HP Wireless 7410 All
> in one Printer either, i can only print if its directly connected to my LAN,
> this doesnt help my other 2 PC's that are connected to the LAN.
>
> - Everytime i turn or re-boot my pc, all i keep getting is, please
> re-install drivers, why arent these drivers saving themselves so it can stop
> this prompting.
>
> - My Creative Audigy 2 ZS VE card, is having major issues with Vista, dont
> have full functionality, but am taking this up directly with Creative, which
> let me tell you all is a full on challenge to say the least.
>
> - Vista is also making it very hard for me to forward my ports on my linksys
> WAG54G.v3 Gateway, this is also a major challenge, not sure what to do here
> at all.
>
> - When i extend my monitor to my 42" LG Plasma, this is very difficult to
> do, plus the fact that my movie viewing pleasure is now crap because the
> sound and picture are all out of sync, this mind you never occured with XP
> Pro nor XP Media Center. Dont know what to do here either.
>
> - Nero Burning, well where do i start with this one, sometimes it works and
> other times i cant even open the software, this has been installed correctly
> mind you. Its just that Vista sometimes does and sometimes doesnt allow me to
> use it.
>
> My Other PC which is running Vista Business too, isnt allowing Limewire to
> work either, something to do with the firewall, but when i check firewall
> settings, i have allowed for Limewire to go through, funnily enough, i have
> the same settings on 2 different PC's. yet one is allowed to be used and the
> other isnt. Go Figure.
>
> - I am running Nortons Internet Security 2007 and Symantec Enterprise
> Edition Security on all 3 PC's. On one PC i have the Vista firewall on and
> the other i have it off (currently testing both ways), also using Windows
> Defender on all the PC's.
>
> Some one please help out with a solution. This is driving me insane to say
> the least.
>
> i can be emailed at the following email address.
>
> IT8@aapt.net.au
>
> Regards,
> Theo M
>
>