Vista - please help with maxtor basic external hd & vista(newb)

I tried the ext hard drive on an old XP of my mates & it works, but still not from the start up. I bought a new Vista 32bit PC, hooked everthing up & it still won't work on start up. I tried reinstalling XP on the old PC, but it gets stuck in a loop of restarting & now it just has half of XP sp1 installed.....so i threw it out of my window, thus insuring I bought a new one & stopped screwing around with it & getting more & more frustrated. Still wondering why Maxtor products seem to have so much difficulty running from start up? I have no problems with any of my other ext hard drives & after reading various forums, it appears that many others are experiencing the same sort of problems. Surley Maxtor should do some kind of product recall for these, or at least some support.

Thanks for the effort guys.

Jimmy

Hi. . .

No problem w/ Maxtor ext HDDs (NTFS or FAT32) here - whether Vista SP1 (x64 or x86) or XP SP3 (Pro, Media, Home). Do not under any circumstance install any software that comes with it.

jcgriff2