Help! My Buslink external hard drive is not responding!

Question

Can anyone help me gain access to my Buslink Model L40/40GB external USB portable hard drive?  Recently I purchased a Dell 9100 with Windows XP home addition.  I was was formerly using an older Dell with Windows 98 SE.  My software CD for the Buslink is only good for Windows 98, etc., so I downloaded the driver for XP from the Buslink site, and should have been ready to go...  No such luck, my new computer will still not recognise the hard drive... and I have all of my family photos on there.  Any tricks to get this hard drive up and running?  Thanks!

fireberd · Answer

Do you even need a driver?  Most USB devices are automatically detected by Windows XP.  Have you tried both the front and rear USB ports?

Triumph57 · Answer

Thanks for the reply, Fireberd.  Your comments got me 'back to the drawingboard', and I began to play with the device manager.  The hard drive did need a driver, but the device manager was able to make it work this time.  Thanks again for your help in saving my family pictures!

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