I was going to sell this computer (but may not right away) so I took apart my DVD burner, a LaCie Firewire enclosure with a basic 2x DVD-R drive in it. The enclosure was nice, and came off smoothly, leaving me with an average, run of the mill IDE drive, which I put in my box, swapping out a 56x CD reader.
However, Windows (XP, Sp1a) does not recognize the drive in My Computer. It's not in Computer Management/Device Manager either. It has power; the tray opens and closes and the LED light(s) work.
I know it's a Panasonic 2x DVD-RW drive.
Any suggestions?
Oh yeah, now that I have an empty enclosure (it has a power supply, fan, and Firewire to IDE converter), what if anything stops me from buying an internal 300GB hard drive with a 16MB cache spinning at 7200RPM and putting it in that enclosure, BAM! instant external hard drive, very high capacity, Firewire (400MB/s) interface.
However, Windows (XP, Sp1a) does not recognize the drive in My Computer. It's not in Computer Management/Device Manager either. It has power; the tray opens and closes and the LED light(s) work.
I know it's a Panasonic 2x DVD-RW drive.
Any suggestions?
Oh yeah, now that I have an empty enclosure (it has a power supply, fan, and Firewire to IDE converter), what if anything stops me from buying an internal 300GB hard drive with a 16MB cache spinning at 7200RPM and putting it in that enclosure, BAM! instant external hard drive, very high capacity, Firewire (400MB/s) interface.