My 500gb external hard drive works on one PC but not on the other

[Ryaninator 54]

First PC specs (hard drive works on it)
HP 2000-2b09WM notebook pc
RAM doubled
Windows 7
Internet
Second PC specs (hard drive not working in this one)
160gb Seagate Barracuda (failing)
MSI motherboard
Slight-OCed AMD CPU
GeForce video card
500w PSU
1.5gb ram
Windows XP
No Internet connection

 

[laviniuc]

windows xp doesnt support exfat by default:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19364

 

[Ryaninator 54]

Not exfat, NTFS

 

[GorfTheFrog]

I'm assuming this is a USB HD? Some older USB ports do not provide enough amperage for external HDs. If this is the case, you'll need to get a USB Y cable. This will allow you to provide power from 2 USB ports to your device. Search Amazon for "USB Y Cable," and you'll get several options.

Hope this helps.

 

[laviniuc]

what version of xp? home edition doesnt support dynamic disks.
you probably need sp2 installed too

 

[Ryaninator 54]

XP pro SP2. The hard drive plugs in to the wall too.

 

[laviniuc]

look for usb drivers for your motherboard... or for any not detected items in device manager

 

[Ryaninator 54]

I will try. It just wontdetect as storage.

 

[Ryaninator 54]

I have to go be back at 11:30am mountain time