External hard disk

[allen_jose663]

I bought the GCS62 thinking I could also transfer data, but now I realize I cant. Then since I wanted to put a higher capacity hard disk for my laptop.

I removed the hard disk of my compac HP laptop and put new one with higher capacity. Made the old hard disk 80gb into an external one. Now when I am trying to connect it to my old PC (from which I needed to transfer data to the new one) it is not recognizing it. The red light appears on the hard disk but no luck. I tried thru devise manager ect but no luck. However the new PC (acer) recognizes it. Please help

 

[hang-the-9]

Your old PC may not be outputting enough power to the USB ports to power the drive. Get a dual-head USB adapater cable http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=usb+power+cable&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=5175227973842904156&ei=e9EYTfPcEILGlQeZo6nnCw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CEcQ8gIwAw# , or plug the external enclusure into a power outlet.