I got a 2.5" external drive for a notebook drive. The hard drive apparently wasn't booting up properly anymore, so it was replaced. I plugged the drive into a laptop running XP and after plugging it in and unplugging it, XP finally reconized it. The hardware was installed but it was not given a mapping, and I couldn't get XP to get the properties(Size of drive, etc).

Any ideas on what to do?

 

plug it into your Ubuntu machine?
I tried to plug in a laptop hd via external case, didn't quite work for me and I lost patience within 5 minutes

 

It wasn't recognizing it. I'm going to try it on a desktop and see if it works at all. I doubt it.
There are four extra pins, for jumpers I'm assuming, but there isn't one on. There are no markings on the drive to tell what position to put a jumper on.

 

no mapping?

right click my computer, manage, disk management.

look for the drive/partition, right click it and assign a leter to it.

 

It doesn't show up at all. Under Devices it says the model and model number of the hard drive, but it doesn't show up anywhere else.

 

hmmm.

i guess its an issue with the external case. h:

regarding those 4 pins... usually no jumper = master.

try unplugging and replugging it several times

can you hear the drive spinning up? some drives need external power to start up

 

I guess I'll go buy a case from the store or something.
I can hear the drive spinning up. The case has two usb cables, one for data and one for power.

 

I recommend one of those external hookups.... it's the whole thing minus the external case. For $20 you can at least test the drive to see if it works.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812189169

 

I think I remember reading that you have to format the drive via my computer and assign it a letter after to make it show...

 

how can you format if the drive doesnt show. :doh: