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ignoramus asked in Computers & InternetHardwareOther - Hardware · 1 decade ago

Firewire hard drive problem in new pc, can you help?

Two out of 3 of my external FireWire Hard Drives do not work when plugging them into a different PC. Original PC is a HP d530 and all three drives work. Other (newer) PC is a HP Pavilion m7680n (Media Center). Two of the 3 drives do not work in it. Both PC's have XP SP2. Neither Drive has drivers to install, they are plug n play in XP. One of the 2 "bad" drives is seen by the PC in explorer but says it's got an i/o error. The 3rd drive is not seen at all. But when you put the drives back on the original PC they are both fine. Have been working on this for 3 hours. Help ?

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  • Maggs
    1 decade ago
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    Not sure, but don't you need specific equipment for firewire? It might be in the old PC but not the new.

  • john h
    1 decade ago

    have you ck the jumpers on hd its got to id it in os to format it or getting power to hd or cables start with the easy first..good luck

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