I recently bought an external enclosure so I could reactive an old IDE hard drive. It connects to the computer via USB 2.0. The enclose also has its own power supply.
When I initially connected the external HDD to my laptop all seem ok at first: New device detected, being installed, pop-up window asking me what I would like to do with the new drive. When I accessed the HDD under explorer I noticed that some folders could not be accessed and I got a "unknown I/O error".
I rebooted the laptop and when I connected the external HDD, no pop window appears and the drive does not show under explorer. When I open up device manager, I see the drive listed and as working properly
Any idea what is going on, or how I can access my HDD with my laptop? A second computer is not an option for a couple of days
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Edit: Am using Windows Vista (still
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