I have recently purchased a Dell Latitude laptop that came with Windows XP service pack 2 preinstalled. On this delivered laptop, everything was working fine except if I try to plug an external hard drive then Windows will crash. When I connect any device like Memory stick, iPod, mouse, etc then everything will be working like a charm. Anyone of the 2.5" drive without power adapter or 3.5" with power adapter external hdd wont work. The hard drive seems to be detected in Windows since I can hear a sound when I connect the usb device. In the quick launch area also Windows tells me the device has been detecetd and installed properly and I am able to move the mouse pointer. I am also getting the below error::
Event Typ: Warning
Event Source: PlugPlayManager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 257
Date: 06.03.2008
Time: 10:13:18
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP_ST
Description:
While sending a notification of a target device change to the window "WndClass_CWinDrivesNotifyerHelperWindow" a time limit has been exceeded.
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