Hi Everybody , any help much appreciated
I have purchased from a local electronics store, an after market HDD drive housing to enable me to use a surplus 450GB IDE hdd from a now defunct computer.
Once assembled I plugged it in ( it comes with its own power pack , and uses a USB cable to connect to the computer )
Win8 knows it is there and installed a driver called - USB to IDE bridge. there the problem starts
I am unable to see the drive in explorer or anything . either as a mass storage device or an external drive.
Do I have to register the drive or anything , and if so how - shouldnt win8 do this automatically ?? I have another HDD ( more modern one ) and windows see's that straight away.
Any help much Appreciated
I have purchased from a local electronics store, an after market HDD drive housing to enable me to use a surplus 450GB IDE hdd from a now defunct computer.
Once assembled I plugged it in ( it comes with its own power pack , and uses a USB cable to connect to the computer )
Win8 knows it is there and installed a driver called - USB to IDE bridge. there the problem starts
I am unable to see the drive in explorer or anything . either as a mass storage device or an external drive.
Do I have to register the drive or anything , and if so how - shouldnt win8 do this automatically ?? I have another HDD ( more modern one ) and windows see's that straight away.
Any help much Appreciated
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Hp p6030a
- Memory
- 2mb
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Nortons