system not picking up my hard drive

[tybert7]

got an acomdata drive from walmart (had a 100 dollar gift card there - that is why I ordered it from there - don't judge me harshly!)


And sometimes when I hook it up to my system, it picks it up, other times it says the installation failed, when it does pick it up, it seems schizo, to date I have not been able to transfer a single file to the drive, as it gets to the end, it hangs.



And here is the rub.

I hook it up to my netbook (XP), it picks it up and works flawlessly.

I hook it up to my notebook (windows 7), it works flawlessly.

I hook it up to my desktop system (windows 7), it has all the problems listed above.



Could it be an issue with my motherboard? wrong driver on my system? I am at a loss.

 

[DangerIsGo]

Could be multiple things. I have a HDD from Seagate that if I plug into a USB hub, it makes noises and windows doesn't see it but as an unknown device. If I plug it directly into the PC, it works fine.

Regarding your issue, it could be a device/controller issue (wouldn't be the first time) which is why it's acting up on your desktop but not your note(net)books. What you can try is taking the drive out of the case (if that's at all possible) and connecting it directly to your MB. If everything works fine, then its a device controller issue.