dsktp won't recognize portable HD

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dsktp won't recognize portable HD

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Started 5 months ago by fent623
Latest reply from deFlasher
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fent623

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I bought a Simple tech 250 gb portable HD. My laptop recognizes it but my desktop will not. The desktop is probably close to 6 years old, but works well on XP.

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whs

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Probably a matter of driver. Your laptop is probably Vista where the driver is being installed automatically. No such luxery in XP. You have to install the driver first.

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fent623

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No, My laptop is XP also, I updated my usb ports, so this should not be a problem.

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deFlasher

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Install the latest XP service pack... That would be SP3.