"ICTag" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi,
> whenever I connect new hardware to the pc (xp pro sp2) the hardware wizard
> appears and fails to find a driver when I select the automatic search. But,
> usually if I can find the inf file on the cd then I can force that file to be
> used by the wizard by specifying that location.
>
> Now I've got a new mp3 player and an external hard disk and neither can be
> installed automatically by the hardware wizard but neither has an xp driver
> on the cd that accompanies the hardware. In fact the external hard drive
> doesn't even have any cd.
>
> How can I get plug&play to work for memory devices or failing that where is
> the inf file and what is it called?
>
> Thanks, Tom
>
>
The answer is - force the wizard to install from c:\windows\inf
It was Ben's post in the hardware forum at
10/31/2005 1:56 AM PST
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware&tid=db7d938b-f0b1-4790-965d-e86e6df5e37e&mid=d7b6de75-9987-4421-ae6d-99b34cbe8cfb&rmid=d7b6de75-9987-4421-ae6d-99b34cbe8cfb&helpful=1&p=1&stgxml=http%3a%2f%2fwww.microsoft.com%2fwindowsxp%2fexpertzone%2fnewsgroups%2fsettings.xml
A billion thanks to Ben :-)
Tom
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