Sorry, I didn't think that anyone really used usb for ext drives ;) on 12/10/02 7:49 AM, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) at Wayne.Wilkin at Staples.com wrote: > FireWire or USB? >> >> My friend (def. Not a newbie) just got a new E Mac running 10.2.2. He >> can't >> get it to mount or even see his external hard drive or CD-RW no matter >> what >> combination of plugging in or turning them on, etc. The disk utility >> doesn't >> even see them to mount them. The cables are fine and they work on another >> Mac running os 10. Also his DV camera mounts and works fine in iMovie. I >> know nothing about X so I can't help him but it seems that there is a >> driver >> problem to me.