200gig wd on ide to usb2

red777red777
edited July 2004 in Hardware
hi recognised in disk managment try to initialize saays it has but it aint,
cant partion or format it tried on master and on cable select on jumpers
any advice plz thanx

Comments

  • JChretienJChretien Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited July 2004
    didja try WD Data Lifeguard? its WD's own disk utility... i used it and my 200gb WD works fine.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited July 2004
    some USB ports wont support hdd's the front usb ports on my machine wouldnt recignize my usb 2.0 hard drive
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited July 2004
    If its a wd they have a special jumper setting for single drive. A lot of controllers don't like the WD's without that setting on the jumpers. Thats not master or CS but single drive. In my experiance this usually happens on the 8mb cache WD's. Don't know what it is you have.

    Tex
  • red777red777
    edited July 2004
    hi works ok on me 160 gig maxtors set at master tried the same but no look
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