IDE Internal to External USB ...

Hi there everyone,

I was trying to make use of one of my older dvd writers so I slapped it into the external 5.2" converters and now it won't work.

Problem is that the xp won't find a driver on which it'll work on. It says i gotta MASS STORAGE device installed but no drivers. I tried the drivers i had and the ones i got with the external box and the one that came with the DVD Writer nothing works. The funny thing is i can boot up with the same drive but when i am in the windows it wont work. On start-up boot menu it shows USB DVD-RAM Drive and it boots perfectly.

I thought it might be because i had the jumpers wrong but i tried M,S and Cs all 3 settings but it still won't get recognized.

It's an LG GSA 4081B in an external 5.2" bay via USB and on XP.

Thanks to those who help .. and to those who don't