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Hi there,
I would like to know if Iomega external drives are detectable by windows XP and if they are plug and play. I have a client that gave up a drive and indicated that it only works with window 7.
Is that true? sorry I still trying to get the model and type of the drive as it was sent to another location and i have not seen it yet.
Thanks, Habib
I would like to know if Iomega external drives are detectable by windows XP and if they are plug and play. I have a client that gave up a drive and indicated that it only works with window 7.
Is that true? sorry I still trying to get the model and type of the drive as it was sent to another location and i have not seen it yet.
Thanks, Habib
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Most external drives work with XP/Vista and Win7 with not issues
I don't think there would be a generic issue that would stop the Iomega working with **all** XP machines.
However, conflicts with certain external USB drives and certain motherboards are not unheard of, so your client may have one "good" w7 PC that sees it, and one "bad" XP machine that doesn't, but there could be any number of reasons for this apart from the OS.
Sometimes, to fix these kinds of problems, you can update the mainboard drivers or flash the BIOS, but sometimes there are just conflicts....
However, conflicts with certain external USB drives and certain motherboards are not unheard of, so your client may have one "good" w7 PC that sees it, and one "bad" XP machine that doesn't, but there could be any number of reasons for this apart from the OS.
Sometimes, to fix these kinds of problems, you can update the mainboard drivers or flash the BIOS, but sometimes there are just conflicts....
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Thank you for the response so far.
The drive is imega ultramax plus HD with so many ports.
Shall I just have the user plug it in to his Dell laptop D630.
How can I have multiple and fast transfer of the data.
Will it ask for driver ? If it is plugged to xp professional PC.
Thanks
The drive is imega ultramax plus HD with so many ports.
Shall I just have the user plug it in to his Dell laptop D630.
How can I have multiple and fast transfer of the data.
Will it ask for driver ? If it is plugged to xp professional PC.
Thanks
It probaly has a usb hub built in
xp should ask if it doesn't need a driver as some dont I put in a link to the xp drivers earlier
xp should ask if it doesn't need a driver as some dont I put in a link to the xp drivers earlier
smartmanwin--This is an expensive unit, but it is silent (under Tech Specs) whether it can be used with Win7
http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/external-hard-drive-desktop/ultramax-minimax/ultramax-plus/?partner=4760
http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/external-hard-drive-desktop/ultramax-minimax/ultramax-plus/?partner=4760
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Excellent.
see
http://xpdrivers.com/storage/iomega/_3_2145.cfm?gclid=CPOMnd6ZzKcCFdFX4QodMVXiDA
hope it helps