Connecting a USB HD via IDE Adapter

[johnnymk]

I bought a USB to IDE adapter with an external power supply (no case) and then hooked it to a WD 160 GB HD which is nearly full.

The computer recognizes it for a second but then doesn't. Is the jumper to be set for Master? I have tried Master, Slave, Cable Select and Master with Slave present..same problem.

I believe the problem is that the hard drive is formatted NTFS, Windows XP Professional and the computer is Windows XP Home (FAT).

I reconnected the HD to the computer which it came from to check if static could have done something to it, but thankfully it's OK.

[MikeD]

I bought a USB to IDE adapter with an external power supply (no case) and then hooked it to a WD 160 GB HD which is nearly full.

The computer recognizes it for a second but then doesn't. Is the jumper to be set for Master? I have tried Master, Slave, Cable Select and Master with Slave present..same problem.

I believe the problem is that the hard drive is formatted NTFS, Windows XP Professional and the computer is Windows XP Home (FAT).

I reconnected the HD to the computer which it came from to check if static could have done something to it, but thankfully it's OK.

I've got one of those, picked it up from NewEgg for about $25. As an IT guy, those things are LIFE SAVERS.

Yes, the jumper should be set to Master. If CS or Slave, it won't work. And not all drives seem to be detected; about 25% or so of mine don't work. It does seem to be older drives most of the time, though. The newer stuff detects pretty well.