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| 10-15-2007 | #1 |
| | External Hard Drive works with USB but not Firewire I have a BUSlink external hard drive which supports both USB 2.0 and Firewire. When I hook it up as USB it works perfectly fine. When I hook it up as firewire, the device manager sees it, I am even given the option to safely remove it. But it does not show up in my computer and when I go to disk management, it is not seen at all. That is the general problem, if you need any specifics just ask. I just want to know how to get the external hard drive to work on firewire. Also, it worked fine before on the same machine when I was running XP. I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate, and poof, I run into the problems listed above. |
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| 10-15-2007 | #2 |
| | Re: External Hard Drive works with USB but not Firewire "TargetPractice31785" <TargetPractice31785@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6B308B9D-48E7-49FD-895D-0CF8A7D14D12@xxxxxx Quote: > I have a BUSlink external hard drive which supports both USB 2.0 and > Firewire. When I hook it up as USB it works perfectly fine. When I hook > it > up as firewire, the device manager sees it, I am even given the option to > safely remove it. But it does not show up in my computer and when I go to > disk management, it is not seen at all. That is the general problem, if > you > need any specifics just ask. I just want to know how to get the external > hard drive to work on firewire. Also, it worked fine before on the same > machine when I was running XP. I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate, > and > poof, I run into the problems listed above. to supporting Firewire 1394 devices. Have you looked at BUSlink website to see if there are any updated drivers for your model? Rob -- Red meat isn't bad for you....Blue, Green fuzzy meat is bad for you. Dell Dimension 8300 Desktop P4 3.0GHz 1GB RAM Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit ATI Radeon 9800 XT Creative SB Audigy 2 |
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| 10-15-2007 | #3 |
| | Re: External Hard Drive works with USB but not Firewire i did some research through HP, and they finally pointed me towards a Microsoft KB article referring to firewire devices not enumerating properly with vista. It had me attempt a registry edit to fix the problem, but it still did not fix the problem. "Rob" wrote: Quote: > > > "TargetPractice31785" <TargetPractice31785@xxxxxx> wrote > in message news:6B308B9D-48E7-49FD-895D-0CF8A7D14D12@xxxxxx Quote: > > I have a BUSlink external hard drive which supports both USB 2.0 and > > Firewire. When I hook it up as USB it works perfectly fine. When I hook > > it > > up as firewire, the device manager sees it, I am even given the option to > > safely remove it. But it does not show up in my computer and when I go to > > disk management, it is not seen at all. That is the general problem, if > > you > > need any specifics just ask. I just want to know how to get the external > > hard drive to work on firewire. Also, it worked fine before on the same > > machine when I was running XP. I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate, > > and > > poof, I run into the problems listed above. > This sounds like a driver issue. Vista is a bit hit and miss when it comes > to supporting Firewire 1394 devices. Have you looked at BUSlink website to > see if there are any updated drivers for your model? > > Rob > > -- > Red meat isn't bad for you....Blue, Green fuzzy meat is bad for you. > > Dell Dimension 8300 Desktop > P4 3.0GHz > 1GB RAM > Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit > ATI Radeon 9800 XT > Creative SB Audigy 2 > > |
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| 10-15-2007 | #4 |
| | Re: External Hard Drive works with USB but not Firewire "TargetPractice31785" <TargetPractice31785@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:69FED470-0F66-4DFA-8DDA-1E0AC9ECD6F9@xxxxxx Quote: > i did some research through HP, and they finally pointed me towards a > Microsoft KB article referring to firewire devices not enumerating > properly > with vista. It had me attempt a registry edit to fix the problem, but it > still did not fix the problem. > Like I said Vista doesn't support Firewire 1394 very well, if at all. There are various reports that people have managed to fix some problems but even more that haven't. Luckily you have the USB connection to fall back on. Rob -- Red meat isn't bad for you....Blue, Green fuzzy meat is bad for you. Dell Dimension 8300 Desktop P4 3.0GHz 1GB RAM Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit ATI Radeon 9800 XT Creative SB Audigy 2 |
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