NX 3.5 drive enclosure is USB 2.0 - but windows doesn't re..

I have purchased a NX 3.5 inch drive and have a hard drive connected
to it. When it boots into Windows, WinXP tells me that it would
function faster if connected to a USB 2.0 port and shows me a list of
unused ports.
When I click on one of the unused port (which is all I am able to do,
right click has no menu), nothing happens. The hard drive does not
show up in explorer. Not sure what to do at this point. The drivers
that came with it say it already has built in drivers for XP and
doesn't need the CD.

Any way to test if this is a driver problem or a HD or the enclosure?
Thanks

The date and time was 1/12/2008 12:04 PM, and on a whim, Victory pounded
out on the keyboard:

> I have purchased a NX 3.5 inch drive and have a hard drive connected
> to it. When it boots into Windows, WinXP tells me that it would
> function faster if connected to a USB 2.0 port and shows me a list of
> unused ports.
> When I click on one of the unused port (which is all I am able to do,
> right click has no menu), nothing happens. The hard drive does not
> show up in explorer. Not sure what to do at this point. The drivers
> that came with it say it already has built in drivers for XP and
> doesn't need the CD.
>
> Any way to test if this is a driver problem or a HD or the enclosure?
> Thanks

Older computers may not have USB 2 ports, and would require an add-in
card. Sometimes the motherboard supports USB 2 but you need a driver
update from the manufacturer of the motherboard (possibly wasn't
available when the mb was released).

You could plug the external drive into another computer that you know
has working USB 2 ports to verify the drive is working properly.

--
Terry R.

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