Can't work new external drive

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Mark461

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I've just bought a Buffalo Just Store 1.0TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive. The sparse instructions say it will install automatically when I plug it into the mains and connect to the pc..but it doesn't.

I open up My Computer and select HD-EU2 (J:) where there are 4 folders contained:-

1. User Manuel has an AdbeRdr920en_US_.exe and the same sparse instructions in various languages.

2. Autorun.inf Setup information. A notepad window comes up saying (autorun) icon=icon1.ico

3. Icon1.ico

4. System Volume Information folder > _restore folder > RP1558 > change log1 and restore point size but I have to choose a program to use with this.

What do I do (going to bed now)
 
Autoplay ?

Mark461 said:
I've just bought a Buffalo Just Store 1.0TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive. The sparse instructions say it will install automatically when I plug it into the mains and connect to the pc..but it doesn't.

I open up My Computer and select HD-EU2 (J:) where there are 4 folders contained:-

1. User Manuel has an AdbeRdr920en_US_.exe and the same sparse instructions in various languages.

2. Autorun.inf Setup information. A notepad window comes up saying (autorun) icon=icon1.ico

3. Icon1.ico

4. System Volume Information folder > _restore folder > RP1558 > change log1 and restore point size but I have to choose a program to use with this.

What do I do (going to bed now)
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XP ?
I am not sure what you want it to do but if you want it to Autorun or Autoplay then a recent Microsoft update has disabled that feature for XP.
If you have your XP computer set to automatically download and install updates then you got it.

In Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003, AutoRun entries were populated for all devices that had mass storage and had a validly formatted AutoRun.inf file in the root directory. This included CDs, DVDs, USB thumb drives, external hard disks, and any volume that exposed itself as mass storage. This update disables AutoRun entries in AutoPlay, and displays only entries that are populated from CD and DVD drives. Effectively, this prevents AutoPlay from working with USB media.
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Read all about it @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029
 
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