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USB casing with SATA HDD not detectable
Just got a USB casing & an (think it's mSATA) HDD : after assembling & insert into a few
PCs/laptops, though I can heard the disk spinning & the casing's LED lighted up, all the
laptops Win 7 could not detect it.
Q1:
For the common brands like Western Digital, Toshiba, usually Windows will auto-
install some sort of driver. Is there a way to activate a generic USB driver for this
setup in a manual way to be able to use this USB casing with HDD?
Q2:
What are the common USB casings for HDD that are known to be detectable by
Win XP & Win 7 with drivers auto-install?
Can always get another casing that will auto-install driver as this one is really cheap at US$11
PCs/laptops, though I can heard the disk spinning & the casing's LED lighted up, all the
laptops Win 7 could not detect it.
Q1:
For the common brands like Western Digital, Toshiba, usually Windows will auto-
install some sort of driver. Is there a way to activate a generic USB driver for this
setup in a manual way to be able to use this USB casing with HDD?
Q2:
What are the common USB casings for HDD that are known to be detectable by
Win XP & Win 7 with drivers auto-install?
Can always get another casing that will auto-install driver as this one is really cheap at US$11
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nobus
this can help us : "do you have a link to the product? " if yes, post it
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I don't have the product's link : rather dubious item which the
dealer even refused to issue a receipt. It comes with one USB
head to the casing & 2 USB heads at the other end (presumably
to be able to draw enough voltage/current when plugged into
2 USB ports).
Yeah, can't even detect in "Disk Management" & Just got another
one for about double the price & this one works: could see it in
the Disk Management & now prompts whether to format the disk.
Q3:
So essentially, there's no specific driver for USB casings? Windows
will just install a generic USB driver? I ever get yellow question marks
when a USB device fail to install, do I need to uninstall any such failed
driver installation (that's auto-installed by Windows) or no harm to
just leave the yellow question marks there (under "Manage" devices) ?
Q4:
Curious, does mSATA SSD work with such a USB casing? I have
an mSATA SSD shipping on the way
dealer even refused to issue a receipt. It comes with one USB
head to the casing & 2 USB heads at the other end (presumably
to be able to draw enough voltage/current when plugged into
2 USB ports).
Yeah, can't even detect in "Disk Management" & Just got another
one for about double the price & this one works: could see it in
the Disk Management & now prompts whether to format the disk.
Q3:
So essentially, there's no specific driver for USB casings? Windows
will just install a generic USB driver? I ever get yellow question marks
when a USB device fail to install, do I need to uninstall any such failed
driver installation (that's auto-installed by Windows) or no harm to
just leave the yellow question marks there (under "Manage" devices) ?
Q4:
Curious, does mSATA SSD work with such a USB casing? I have
an mSATA SSD shipping on the way
are there no brand -or model numbers on it?
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