cyrnel

Cypress is the maker of the USB->IDE adapter inside the enclosure. AT2LP is the series of adapter and they've made several versions. There do seem to be quite a few people having the problem.

Who makes the enclosure? It's likely they've heard about this already. Microsoft, too, since XP certainly knows about USB mass storage devices. This chipset must provide additional functionality and one of the updates woke it up. One of them (MS or enclosure vendor) will come up with an update.

Last ditch you could try Cypress' reference driver. It's 3yrs old but might get you access temporarily. <a href="http://www.cypress.com/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=209&PageID=418&r_folder=Software%20and%20Drivers&r_title=Windows%20Mass%20Storage%20Driver%20v.6.01">ReallyLongURL</a>

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