USB hard disk

My USB 20GB hard disk, which works fine with any standard
Win 2000, does not work with Win XP.

With Win 2000 it required no additional driver files to be
loaded. I could just plug it in and it worked fine.

In Win XP, it is simply not recognized and makes a funny
noise ( as if continuously seeking the hard disk platter)

This is an IBM hard disk with a unbranded casing which
connects externally to the USB and is automatically
recognised as E drive in Win 2000.

"nav4538@hotmail.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:04a001c3cdcc$a31dd690$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> My USB 20GB hard disk, which works fine with any standard
> Win 2000, does not work with Win XP.

On same machine?

- PA

>-----Original Message-----
>"nav4538@hotmail.com"

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>news:04a001c3cdcc$a31dd690$a101280a@phx.gbl...

standard

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>On same machine?
>
>- PA
>Yeah, the same machine. I have used this USB HDD on

various Win 2000 machines (successfully). I have tried
this on this XP m/c and on another LAPtop which came
preloaded with XP (both attempts unsuccessful)

Nav

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