"~misfit~" <misfit61nz@yahoot.com.au> wrote in message
news:47a52ace$1@news2.actrix.gen.nz...
> Somewhere on teh intarweb "Calab" typed:
>> "jay lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:y5Hoj.7$l_3.3@newsfe02.lga...
>>> HP desktop PC with Vista Home Premium
>>> I do not know if my problem is with the PC, Vista, or my HD.
>>> Bought the HP a few weeks ago and, today, got around to moving my
>>> Western Digital USB HD to the new PC. Or, I tried to.
>>> It was working perfectly in the old PC. Disconnected it and moved it
>>> to the new PC. Nothing. Vista does not seem to detect I plugged a
>>> device in a USB port. It 'found' the wireless mouse adapter when it
>>> was plugged in and the bluetooth dongle when it was plugged in. But
>>> with the USB HD . . . nothing.
>>> Tried Control Panel|Add Hardware. No new Hardware Detected.
>>> How do I troubleshoot this?
>>
>> Any encryption on this drive? It may not let you move it to a new PC
>> to protect the content.
>>
>> It's also possible that it found it without even showing any
>> notification. If you go into Drive Management do you see the drive
>> there?
>> Unfortunately not sure of where to find this in Vista, but in XP you
>> do:
>> Right click "My computer" -> Manage -> Disk Managment
>>
>> Each drive will be shown on the right side, with drive letters and
>> status.
>
> Wrong.
>
> First question in this situation is; "Did you set the master/slave jumper
> to the correct setting and is the drive on the right connector on the IDE
> cable."
>
> It's great that you're trying to help people and all that but it requires
> a certain knowledge to do that...

Wrong.

First question is "did you actually read their posting?"

It's a USB drive that was functional on another PC. No master/slave settings
involved. No IDE connector involved.

BTW, there is no "right connector on the IDE cable". A properly jumpered
drive will work equally well on either plug.