No problems reading the drive but the Maxtor1-Touch software is useless. I
use Retrospect HD 2 as backup software and it works fine. As long as I
don't need the touch button then all is OK.
Vista will install the correct drivers to enable the drive to be seen.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

"Yammii" <Yammii.2my711@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2my711@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Hi...
>
> I upgraded to Windows Vista last night... I've had all sorts of little
> problems but the one that concerns me the most is my external hard
> drive... I installed all the drivers and my computer is not recognizing
> the drive correctly.
>
> Only once did it recognize it - I was able to get some files I had
> backed up. But after a reboot, it stopped working again. I have not
> been able to get it to work.
>
> This is how it registers under Device Manager:
>
> [image:
> [url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Yammii/Mixed%20Pictures/Maxtor.jpg][/url]
>
> I went to the Maxtor Website which is now Seagate and they offer no
> help/drivers forvista what-so-ever...
>
> Can anyone here help?
>
> thank you... :(
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

I think you are going to have to remove the password protection.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2myfg2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2myfg2@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Thank you Leo & Peter..
>
> I did exactly as Leo suggested - the only thing that changed after
> Windows installed its own drivers, was that in the Device Manager,
> Maxtor One touch is now listed under disk drives... However, the drive
> is still not accesible. I don't see it under "Computer" as one of the
> Drives - I only see the C drive.
>
> I went into the properties of Maxtor through Device Manger and clicked
> on Volumes Tab, after clicking POPULATE iy shows the drives storage
> capacity but says the drive is unreadable...
>
> I password protected this drive - could this be the problem? With
> their regular software through XP; I had no problem unlocking the
> drive... But now, since their software is useless, don't know what to
> do...
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

I think you are going to have to remove the password protection.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2myfg2@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2myfg2@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Thank you Leo & Peter..
>
> I did exactly as Leo suggested - the only thing that changed after
> Windows installed its own drivers, was that in the Device Manager,
> Maxtor One touch is now listed under disk drives... However, the drive
> is still not accesible. I don't see it under "Computer" as one of the
> Drives - I only see the C drive.
>
> I went into the properties of Maxtor through Device Manger and clicked
> on Volumes Tab, after clicking POPULATE iy shows the drives storage
> capacity but says the drive is unreadable...
>
> I password protected this drive - could this be the problem? With
> their regular software through XP; I had no problem unlocking the
> drive... But now, since their software is useless, don't know what to
> do...
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]

That's great!

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate fully updated
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 4.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Yammii" <Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Yammii.2n077f@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Ok, so I took the drive to my children's computer which runs XP and
> installed it there with the Maxtor software... The drive worked
> perfectly fine...
>
> I removed the password. I then brought it here to my PC and plugged
> it... Vista recognized it - it works perfectly... :)
>
> Thank you all for your help... :p
>
> Now I'm off to the software forum - I have some iTunes problems... lol
>
> Thank again... ;)
>
>
> --
> Yammii[/color]