I'm trying to install an external hard drive (Western Digital IDE 3.5" disk) in a 
combined USB/Firewire external enclosure. But the enclosure is not being recognised 
by Windows ME on any of the USB ports.

The computer has both USB 1.1 ports (on the motherboard) and USB 2.0 ports (on a 
PCI Card). All the USB ports are working: they recognise all the other USB devices. 
It doesn't currently have a Firewire port.

The enclosure is powering-up (the drive spins, and the cooling fan spins), and I've 
swapped the USB cable with a spare that definitely works. I think it's a driver file 
issue.

The enclosure kit came with a driver CD, but the driver is for Win 98SE only. According 
to the kit's manual, Windows ME uses its built-in drivers (which is what I had assumed).

In Device Manager, the USB universal host controller (for USB 1.1) and the enhanced 
host controller (for USB 2.0) show up, as do the USB root hub and USB 2.0 root hub 
entries, and the Open Host Controller (E13+) entries. But there is no "USB Mass Storage 
Device" entry, and I'm wondering if this is where the problem lies?

Where do I find the necessary driver file? It's presumably supplied with Windows 
ME, in one of the CAB files. But I have an OEM version of Win ME, and I think it 
did not come with all the Win ME drivers pre-installed. Which driver file should 
I look for in the CABs?

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