[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Tracy Carcione]

The thing is, it doesn't have a drive letter.  It just has a name in
Device Manager, under Disc Drives.

It is a Speedano 2.0 USB external disc drive.
My USB ports are active--I have things plugged in to all 4 of them.  As
per Gary's suggestion, I unplugged one device, and move the disc drive's
cable to that slot.  As I said, the computer makes the USB turning on
noise when I turn on the disc drive, and the off noise when I turn it off.
 I just can't get at the darned thing.

I have the disc that came with the drive, and I can try reinstalling the
drivers, once I figure out which ones I want from the several selections. 
I remember it being hard to do though, when I did it years ago, the first
time I tried to get this drive to work.
Tracy

> hi,
>
> you may be able to tickle it by changing the drive letter in computer
> management.
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:51 AM
> Subject: [nfbcs] External disk drive
>
>
>> Hi guys.  I am having a problem, and I'm not sure what to do.  I have an
>> external disc drive with a USB connection.  When I turn it on, the
>> computer makes the USB on sound, but I don't see the drive under My
>> Computer.  When I go to System/Device Manager/Disc Drives, I see it, but
>> the Properties button is unavailable.  I tried the Populate button under
>> Volumes, but it didn't seem to do much.
>> I think perhaps I need to start over from scratch and re-add the drive,
>> but I don't know how to take it off first.  A friend says I can re-scan
>> for hardware, but I don't see where to do that.
>> Any ideas for how I can get this drive to show up under My Computer?  I
>> am
>> running Windows XP Pro.
>> Thanks.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
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