Sorry, I too forgot to mention that the WD has to be run with jumper off as a single in a drive enclosure...
(when the 100 gig wouldn't work like that, I jumpered it, 'just in case' ;o)... and still no joy.
The only other differences in the drives that I can think of, other than the size, is...
Thanks for taking the time to reply
The kit is an ADS Technology USB 2.0 Drive Kit - apparently it should handle the 100 gig drive no problem
The laptop has a usb2 pcmcia card (but I did try it on the regular usb port as well) and the desktop system has only the lower speed usb ports..
Both drives WDigital. Both work on win98se desktop system, but when installed in the USB 2.0 Drive Kit, the 100 gig will not install and work.
Put the 40gig into the kit, instantly loads and is visible on the xp laptop, and on the win98 desktop system.
Both systems using Fat32, both drives...
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