Somewhere on teh intarweb "Calab" typed:
> "~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.

Feel good Calab? I realised my error and posted a retraction and apology a
full 16 minutes before you chose to ignore it and reply to my previous post.

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

So you disagree then agree in the same sentence. Properly jumpered being
master at the end, slave in the middle. If you change the jumper
*or*connector around without changing both then it's not "properly jumpered"
so you're in fact saying nothing at all.

What a 'complicated' person!
--
Shaun.