Thanks

Just like to introduce myself as I have just joined. Google steered me to this site as I was searching for an answer as to why I was having trouble getting my new (christmas present) external hard drive to work. You suggested that in an old computor there may be various old USB mass storage drivers which can confuse the situation. I am NOT a techie in any way...and opening the command prompt and "leaving" the safety of windows is not normally something I would dare to do. But...the instructions looked simple enough and I took the plunge....and to my complete astonishment the external hard drive now connects perfectly and despite the alarming deletion of dozens of drivers everything else seems to work fine!! Thank you very much whoever wrote that (LookinAround?) I hope I will become more confident about fixing probnlems myself in future!
All the best,
Chips

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