anyone good with computers?

[jayhawker08]

ok, so I have a hard drive (40gb) out of my old zen mp3 player. I know it works fine. I put in an external usb enclosure. now for the weird part: when I plug it into my computer (XP) is shows up as a DVD drive :-? Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[wooooooolazer]

This might be best to move to offtopic.

...lazer... ;D ;D ;D

 

[jayhawker08]

it's a pretty general topic how would i move it anyways?

 

[BlueFusion]

YOU wouldn't. c0ld would.

Try Logical Disk Manager (control panel - classic view - administrative tools - computer management - disk management tab) and reformat the drive. If it still shows as a DVD drive, well I have no idea. Did the enclosure its in come from a dvd drive?

 

[Things]

Erm, it still shouldn't register as a DVD drive in a DVD enclosure, cause how would you hook it up? I would do as blue said, its just a prob with windows, it has done that for one of my mp3 players before.

 

[jayhawker08]

It doesn't even show up in disk manager, cause it thinks it's a DVD drive. idk, i'm stumped.

 

[amkdeath]

It doesn't even show up in disk manager, cause it thinks it's a DVD drive. idk, i'm stumped.

make a new driver for it

 

[jayhawker08]

how would I make a driver for it?

 

[BlueFusion]

amk, you can't just MAKE a driver... I'd consult Windows tech support.

 

[divindavid]

delete the driver then plug it in again

 

[amkdeath]

amk, you can't just MAKE a driver... I'd consult Windows tech support.

i made a driver for the CVS camera I hacked....

I also f***ed up the rest of my USB ports, and had to do a whole bunch of replacing parts..... :-/

 

[spyrorocks]

amk, you can't just MAKE a driver... I'd consult Windows tech support.

You can if your really good with low level stuff... like asm.

 

[nikokapo]

what if u format the drive first?

 

[goldfingerfif]

Try another HD in the enclosure if possible. It should register as a mass storage controller when the enclosure it plugged in.