Vista - Seagate IDE to USB drive in Windows Vista

In message <B81A0B0F-520E-4EA1-AF31-0BA6FE7387D9@xxxxxx> Ehab
<Ehab@xxxxxx> wrote:
Bingo, we have a winner (and sorry I didn't reply last night, I left my
message on this topic as a draft)

You absolutely need an external power source with one of these units. If
you're comfortable working inside your computer, you can tap the power
from an available 5V/12V connector inside your computer, although I
wouldn't recommending plugging or unplugging the drive while the system
is hot unless your power supply has a dedicated rail for the output
you're using.

(In other words, shut down before connecting or disconnecting the drive
if you do this)

Buying a external 5V/12V power supply to power up IDE and SATA drives
should run you under $10 at Fry's Electronics (or other similar store)

I am having the same problem with USB IDE devices in Vista Business. I have a Mac and run Fusion and have both Windows XP and Windows Vista Business installed. The IDE devices work on the Mac OS and Windows XP but not with Vista Business. The devices appear to be connected without any error messages but when you look in my computer they are not there so you can't access the drive(s).

Since the drives work on the Mac OS and Windows XP on the same machine my conclusion is this is another flaky problem with Windows Vista.

If anyone comes up with a solution, I certainly would be interested.

I'm also having the same problem. I used the internal adapadapter to SATA and
also the external enclosure via USB with all the different switch settings on
the drives.
When I hook up the USB the usual popup with trying to find a driver but
can't find one. This is a Vista Ultimate desktop.

"currensb" wrote: