[SOLVED] external harddrive: Windows fails [Archive]

conehead77

March 8th, 2008, 11:22 AM

EDIT: I formatted the harddrive with ext3, thats why windows cannot detect it ](*,)

I am using a Philips 500GB external harddrive for quite some time now.
Everything worked just fine, but then i wanted to access it from Windows. I didnt see a "mass storage device" or something like that.
Hm, i plugged the drive out and in again and out and in again with no luck.

Then i thought maybe i need some drivers for it?
Quickly i found the Philips support site: http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?slg=ENG&cat=PC_STORAGE_CA&sct=EXTERNAL_HARD_DISKS_SU&grp=PC_PRODUCTS_GR&session=20080308050643_141.26.70.218&ctn=SPE3051CC/00&mid=Link_Software&hlt=Link_Software
Drivers are only available for Win98 or ME ](*,)

Well, i will just reboot to Ubuntu as it works fine there.
But let this be a lesson for you: Never buy hardware for Windows before checking if it works with your system!

Actually it isnt Windows fault as Philips need to make a proper driver, but come on, its just a stupid USB device!

JacobRogers

March 8th, 2008, 12:33 PM

500 GB, it can't be that old can it? I'm surprised it doesn't have xp drivers

jetsam

March 8th, 2008, 06:28 PM

The documentation on the site you linked to says the drive supports xp and vista. I think it doesn't need extra drivers for those operating systems, so they aren't available for download.

Did you format the drive to ext3? That could prevent Windows from mounting it. Maybe this (http://www.fs-driver.org/) would work if you have.

Joeb454

March 8th, 2008, 06:41 PM

I'm thinking along the same lines as jetsam - what file system did you use to format it?

conehead77

March 9th, 2008, 02:24 AM

The documentation on the site you linked to says the drive supports xp and vista. I think it doesn't need extra drivers for those operating systems, so they aren't available for download.

Did you format the drive to ext3? That could prevent Windows from mounting it. Maybe this (http://www.fs-driver.org/) would work if you have.

Omg, i feel stupid now! How could i miss this? I dont even remember formatting the harddrive. Maybe 2 operating systems are too much for me :lolflag: