Phil's msg.

<<< I didn't load the software till after I saw the drive wasn't  seen.>>>. 

from my experience most of the time this does not help. whenever i had forced the installation of drivers without xp detecting the device i have found that the drivers get installed somewhere BUT THE DEVICE JUST DOES NOT SHOW UP IN DEVICE MANAGER AND IS JUST NOT ACCESSIBILE.

FWIW and good luck----Venkat 

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