Western Digital 120 problem

[iMav]

weird problem here i bought a western digital 120gb external hdd today the freaking problem is taht it is not working on my desktop but works fine on laptops

i tried xp & vista both on my desktop it doesnt work but it works on both xp and vista based laptops ... no drivers are required and are not bundled with the hdd i searched the net and couldnt find em either

[DigitalDude]

what is u r desktop USB version ??

even if it is 1.1 external HDDs have support for that too I guess.

are other USB devices working well ??

[iMav]

everything was working i even got this thing to work ... charan thanks

i connected it to the back of my desktop ... thats a really very weird solution

[fun2sh]

^^then ur front usb ports r not workin

[iMav]

^^ they are front usb ports dont have enough power to drive the hdd imusing the front usbs for pen drives and ipod

[DigitalDude]

hmmm nice I did not know this

[gaurav_indian]

acha hua problem solve ho gayi warna kuch log aake windows ka badnaam karte.

[vish786]

offtopic:

wah re gaurav_indian tere shakal surat to teri avatar se milti julti hai.

no offence... [/jk]

[gaurav_indian]

Originally Posted by vish786

offtopic:

wah re gaurav_indian tere shakal surat to teri avatar se milti julti hai.

no offence... [/jk]

yeh toh mirror lagaye laa hai

[chicha]

Originally Posted by iMav

front usb ports dont have enough power to drive the hdd

but how can that be? can any one explain?

^ i had the same problem.
and also tell me one thing does your windows detect them as individual removable drives??
mine does all the time.