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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
Hi,
Anyone any experience of getting Vista to recognise a Buffalo DriveStation Combo? Vista won't recognise mine whether I connect it via the USB or the FireWire cable. The drive is supposed to be Plug-and-Play under Vista - no such luck!!! I haven't had any problems with any other devices ... plug-and-play has always worked before. I'm about ready to give up and return the drive to the retailer - spent the last two days trying to find a solution and not sure I have much hair left to pull out. All help appreciated Thx Tom |
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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
did it come with driver disk.
if not ask the manufacturer about vista drivers. "TomnJo" wrote in message ... Hi, Anyone any experience of getting Vista to recognise a Buffalo DriveStation Combo? Vista won't recognise mine whether I connect it via the USB or the FireWire cable. The drive is supposed to be Plug-and-Play under Vista - no such luck!!! I haven't had any problems with any other devices ... plug-and-play has always worked before. I'm about ready to give up and return the drive to the retailer - spent the last two days trying to find a solution and not sure I have much hair left to pull out. All help appreciated Thx Tom |
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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
Buffalo does list a June 2007 firmware update that supports Vista.
"TomnJo" wrote in message ... Hi, Anyone any experience of getting Vista to recognise a Buffalo DriveStation Combo? Vista won't recognise mine whether I connect it via the USB or the FireWire cable. The drive is supposed to be Plug-and-Play under Vista - no such luck!!! I haven't had any problems with any other devices ... plug-and-play has always worked before. I'm about ready to give up and return the drive to the retailer - spent the last two days trying to find a solution and not sure I have much hair left to pull out. All help appreciated Thx Tom |
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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
Hmmm - are you still able to find this firmware update on Buffalo's Web Site? I can't find it. I have already contacted Buffalo but their Technical Support Team are slow to respond. The drive did come with a software and drivers disk but neither the software nor thw drivers would install under Vista. Tom -- Nigel |
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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
I have a Sony laptop running Vista. I bought a Buffalo DriveStation Combo recently and got it working with the supplied Memeo AutoBackup. It seemed to be running fairly slowly and had a problem transferring an iso file and reported that the backup was complete even though there were quite a number of folders not copied. I upgraded to v3.5 and eventually with a bit of fiddling I was reasonably happy with it. Then the Drive Station stopped connecting. The system would check for the drive about once a minute - find it - then it would drop it. I did spot a Windows message saying "Could not load driver software". I checked and the USB drivers were up-to-date. I switched off TurboUSB but that made no difference. After a couple of days it is now working again - I don't know why.... Occasionally a system message will pop up saying that I am using USB 1.1 with the DriveStation and that it would run faster if I connected it to USB 2.0. Well of course, but my 3 USB ports ARE 2.0 so I wonder does the DriveStation itself inhibit the USB speed. Overall I am nervous about my backup system when really I need to be super confident with it. If anyone has any similar experiences I would be grateful to hear from them. Many thanks John -- JohnFitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnFitz's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/johnfitz.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/893162.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
Is your drive station USB 2.0 compliant?
Does it use special drivers because they have made some modifications that they wish to implement. Some/most external drives use the system USB drivers. One or two don't. I sold one that didn't (can't remember the brand) because I didn't want the hassle. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "JohnFitz" wrote in message ... I have a Sony laptop running Vista. I bought a Buffalo DriveStation Combo recently and got it working with the supplied Memeo AutoBackup. It seemed to be running fairly slowly and had a problem transferring an iso file and reported that the backup was complete even though there were quite a number of folders not copied. I upgraded to v3.5 and eventually with a bit of fiddling I was reasonably happy with it. Then the Drive Station stopped connecting. The system would check for the drive about once a minute - find it - then it would drop it. I did spot a Windows message saying "Could not load driver software". I checked and the USB drivers were up-to-date. I switched off TurboUSB but that made no difference. After a couple of days it is now working again - I don't know why.... Occasionally a system message will pop up saying that I am using USB 1.1 with the DriveStation and that it would run faster if I connected it to USB 2.0. Well of course, but my 3 USB ports ARE 2.0 so I wonder does the DriveStation itself inhibit the USB speed. Overall I am nervous about my backup system when really I need to be super confident with it. If anyone has any similar experiences I would be grateful to hear from them. Many thanks John -- JohnFitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnFitz's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/johnfitz.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/893162.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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Buffalo DriveStation not recognised by Vista
Features: No need to install drivers Supports USB 2.0/1.1 Technical Specification: Port: 1 USB Series A Data Transfer Speed : Max 480 Mbps (USB 2.0 Mode) Max 12 Mbps (USB 1.1 Mode) I haven't seen anything about special USB drivers........ John -- JohnFitz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnFitz's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/johnfitz.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/893162.htm http://forums.techarena.in |