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Well, it's up to you, but the options come down to;

1: IF you can see the device in Device Manager;
. plug the drive in to the machine
. goto start, control panel,system,device manager
. scroll...

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E980-E325 11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

There should be a upperfilter in this directory, but there isn't. What is wrong?'

There 'might...

'There's one laptop (mine) where nothing works, it just says that the drivers were installed perfectly and it's ready to use.'


So, start with that one ONLY!

First, no drivers are required, so...

And it still works on the 1 laptop?

'It did show up in Diskmanagement on my brothers comp, but I couldnt initiate it, so no luck there.'

Is that the computer you mentioned that it 'did work on'?

It is possible the USB cable is...

It may not even have one, but if it does it is apparent and should be addressed in your manual.

Start with one of the other laptops that won't recognize it in DM.

Disconnect anything else from...

Why would that be funny - I have 2 drives that DO NOT need an external supply.

However, when you said 'works on 1/3 computer' what did you mean? You have 3 comps and that drive works OK on 1 of...

Are you using the power adapter?

You can try also turning OFF the comoputer, pulling the plug, pressing the power button and then leaving it sit for an hour and then powering up again.

Apparently this works on occassion (some...

IF the mobo is an Asus from Asus and not an Asus bought from Asus for use in a non-Asus computer, then the drivers from Asus should be the correct drivers.

My Asus shows the ICH drivers rather...

Well, your last possibility, now that you have what should be ALL the correct settings and drivers, is to uninstall ALL the USB controllers from Device Manager and reboot. Full shutdown.

Check the procedure here; http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt-2000-xp/235959-cannot-find-file-specified-during.html

AND, set the USB Legacy to Enabled, NOT auto.

Have you verified in Bios that USB Legcy is set as Enabled, USB 2 is set Enabled, and USB high speed is set ?

Then, re-install the chipset and reboot and then re-install the USB drivers.
...

I cannot see any system info posted for you - need complete specs for the computer.

kleefarr, on these installs, are you installing the chipset drivers FIRST?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844

DO NOT attempt to change the system drive letter (can be done but you don't want to).

Just change that drives' letter.

I don't know about 'fixing' the problem BUT you could Google for 'xp vista file transfer' and the first 2 entries (now anyway) cover the specifics of getting your data (ie, get it into XP and...