Maxtor External 5000DV, Vista

[CHAoS_NiNJA]

Hey all, I just got a USB Maxtor Personal Storage Ex. HDD, model 5000DV. I can't seem to get it to work in Vista though...and I REALLY need the space. Does anyone know what I can do to get this thing working?

 

[engiNURD]

Does any other external USB HDD work on your Vista system?
Does that Maxtor HDD work on an XP system?
Is the drive formatted?
Does the drive spin up?

 

[CHAoS_NiNJA]

Don't have any others to try
Don't have an XP system to test it on, although it works fine on am old ME machine
Don't know
Yes