Hi,

I have recently removed vista off my machine and reinstalled XP and since i have done this it cant find my external HDD on start up. To get it to find the HDD and have to disconnect the power cable from the HDD and put it back in so it restarts. Any ideas on how i can resolve this?

Thanks in advance

Mezza

Hi Mezza and welcome to D-A-L.

Did you install all the XP drivers for all your hardware, especially the motherboard? They are often different than Vista drivers.

Thanks. Yes i did install all the drivers. The HDD drivers installed automatically as it was plug and play.

I think I would try a different pair of USB ports, and a different computer too and see what happens.