budman@suckeggs.ca wrote:
> I have purchased Gibson Research Spinrite. However, it will not recognize my
> USB external backup drive. Gibson Research is rather vague on the solution,
> saying that:
>
> " However, there are DOS drivers available for USB and FireWiwe devices that
> will allow you to run SpinRite. If you can get your USB or FireWire device to
> "seen" by DOS, then SpinRite will have no problem testing the drive."
>
> That being said, I have no idea how to install such a driver. I have an Intel
> m/board with "USB Legacy Enabled". I have Windows XP Home, two 80 Gig internal
> drives and the USB 250 Gig external drive.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the external
USB device from whom you obtained the DOS USB drivers. (Hint: the
drivers would need to be installed on the DOS-bootable disk from which
you're running SpinRite, not on the PC's hard drive.)


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