External HDD on Win2000.....

OK... I'm new to Windows 2000 (just loaded it on my laptop), and I have an old external HDD that I want to backup some information to. The external HDD connects through a centronics connector (back of external HDD) to a parallel connector, which connects to the back of my laptop. How do I get the PC to recognize the external HDD? I got it to work on my Win98 minitower box, but I honestly don't remember what I did to get it to recognize. All I know is that I didn't need drivers for it. Any ideas?

Thanks!
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I do not believe that what you are asking is possible without a driver?

After doing my research, I finally remembered that I did use a driver. This driver was for the centronics cable, which I believe is a SCSI I cable, and it has an adaptec driver (I had to dig around on my Win98 to see what the heck was making this thing work). I have found an adaptec driver, but the only one I could find was for a SCSI I SCSI card. I'm not certain if this will work, but I guess I can give it a shot. It this doesn't work, I guess I'll have to get an external CD-R. The data I need to back up needs to come from this PC to an older IBM PS/2 (the "micro-channel," non-upgradeable piece of $&#@ )!!!! Unfortunately, there is no other way to move the data to the PC.

What model is the drive enclosure you are using? Is it a Backpack drive or just a scsi hard drive in a generic external case?

If it is a specific manufacturer you should be able to search the driver database for windows 2000 drivers for your enclosure.

The case that I am using is just a generic case. I've even tried opening it to see if I could find the vendor name. The HDD on the inside is an IDE 3.5GB Seagate.
I've tried using the drivers, that I previously mentioned, for the SCSI I card, but it didn't work. I guess I'll just have to keep fooling around with it to see what I can figure out.

Thanks for the help!

There is a generic parrallel port ide driver, I will try to find it.

Thanks for the help!! I have been doing a lot of searching (for drivers, advice, etc.) trying to find a way to get this thing to work, but I've come up short! :(
I'm certain there has to be a SCSI I to Parallel driver out there somewhere, but I can't seem to find it!

Thanks again for the help!

Here is the link to the one we use here. http://www.scmmicro.com/downloads.html?PID[0]=3&PID[1]=4&PID[2]=17&PID[3]=36&PID[4]=35&PID[5]=16&s1=8&s2=13]

Thanks for the link. I have just downloaded it and I will give it a try. Thanks for all the help! I will keep you posted to let you know if it works or not.

Thanks Again for all the help!!!