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Originally posted by bishop375:
It didn't ask us for drivers, either. It saw the USB mass storage device, but would do nothing with it.
We had to install the drivers manually, and it immediately gave us access to the drive.
This was also on a brand new Win XP Dell laptop recovering data from his old hdd.
Then I would say that's a first for me. Anytime I see "USB Mass Storage Device" and it continues without asking for drivers, it has always worked. Never had to load anything after if it didn't ask for them.
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Did you make sure the drive is assigned a disk letter manually, through disk management, as I suggested?
Ray
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Believe me, it was a first for me, too. I didn't believe the kid who'd used it before me- he warned me about installing the drivers first, but, he was right. Nothing like having the new guy show up the manager. 
1998 SVT Contour Silver Frost for sale in Classifieds.
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Well I reimaged the HDD last night on the old computer I'm using until the motherboard comes in. It's all back to normal now and the USB ports are factory set.
I'm not going to screw with this one good working computer! I'll just wait until my motherboard comes in.
Actually, I need to start saving for a mulitmedia pc. I want:
1: TV tuner built in with MPEG2 or higher compression for recording
2: Dual Layer DVD burner & CD burner
3: USB ports galore!
4: Surround sound
5: Best graphics card
6: Best sound card
7: Huge HDD or maybe two HDD's
8: 3.0 Ghz or higher
9: wireless mouse & keyboard
That'll do me just fine!
On a side note;
HAS ANYONE EVER BOUGHT A PC OFF EBAY. IS THAT A GOOD IDEA??? I SEE SOME REALLY COOL SYSTEMS ON THERE IN EBAY STORES THAT ARE A LOT CHEAPER THAN RETAIL???
"Fear is the little death."
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E-bay isn't my favourite place to buy PC hardware from ... it's pretty hit and miss. Follow the general rules for buying from e-bay and you'll be fine though.
A couple of thoughts I have about your list.
1: TV tuner built in with MPEG2 or higher compression for recording
ATI & Matrox both make some decent cards.
2: Dual Layer DVD burner & CD burner
Watch out for escalating costs for DVD burning software ... try and find a 'complete package' to save yourself some cash.
3: USB ports galore!
The easiest part .. USB hubs are dead cheap.
4: Surround sound
Tip ... run cables to your sound system ... will save you the cash you would spend on PC speakers.
5: Best graphics card
Tip ... don't go for the 'best' go for the 'second best' and buy it off e-bay ... many power-gamers rotate their graphics cards constantly and you can pick up some awesome deals!!
6: Best sound card
Best for what ... are you planning to do studio work?
7: Huge HDD or maybe two HDD's
8: 3.0 Ghz or higher
AMD with ABIT motherboard
9: wireless mouse & keyboard
One answer ... logitech, always make sure you have spare batteries handy though ... get bluetooth too, less interference.
1998.5 T-Red on Midnight Blue SVT
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