Upgrading to Vista does not mean motherboard drivers and USB ports will function automatically. There was no words about your PC but a recent Toshiba Vista install had us update the BIOS twice because Toshiba issued a new bios a day after the update.
This is not an offer to hunt down your machine's updates but that you need to do that.
If there are none I suggest you go back to what worked and ask for your refund on Vista as quickly as possible.
Bob
Just wondering if anyone can help me? I have recently upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate. I backed up alot of my data onto a Maxtor 200GB OneTouch II external drive. I have installed the drivers and the device is seen in the Device Manager and reported to be working properly. When I look for the drive under Computer, however, the drive is not shown and as such I can't access it to retrieve my data!
Has anyone else had this problem, or any ideas how to get around this problem? I note that Maxtor don't support Vista, something I should have checked prior to the upgrade!
Cheers,
Nick

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