does an external hardrive (HD in an enclosure) have to be on jumper?

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  1. bell9440

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    does an external hardrive (HD in an enclosure) have to be on jumper?I boght a Mad Dog 2.5" HD enclosure and put my old laptop HD in it.I can't get windows to recognize it.
     
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    mine doesn't & i've used other makes of 2.5" hd's with no problem. are you using 1 usb cable from enclosure to pc or 2? if using 1 cable then are you using external power? what size is the drive in gigs?
     
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    I have tried 1 wire and 2.it is a 60 gb.
     
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    1 cable is not enough power for the 60gig as i need 2 cables for my 40gig. have you tried your back ports as found those to have a better chance to work?
     
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    plugging in the back worked. thanks a lot man.
     
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    no problem, teach & learn.
     
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    can you tell me how to repartition it.it has 2 partitions I would like to make it one.
     
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    does it have data on it that you want saved?
     
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  9. tripplite

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    you can simply delete a partition,

    go start icon> right click on mycomputer icon> and select the Manage option...you can then delete a partition by right clicking on the partition and selecting "delete" under the disk management area
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    -tripplite
     
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    trip, what happens to the info that is in that partition as it goes bye bye & if not saved then bell is s.o.l.
     
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  11. tripplite

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    LOL whoops! bell dont forget to backup any data you have on that partition all data on that partition will be lost once deleted!

    -tripplite
     
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