I recently put into use, some external harddrive enclosures to recover information off older harddrives I had (1 each from 95, 98 and M.E. operating systems).

Of the 3 harddrives, 2 of which were able to be read and used (98 and M.E.) in my current Windows XP system. The system, as expected, recognized them right away.

However, the 3rd, from the Windows 95 system is not recognized at all by my current system. I TRIED to manually format/add the "new" drive through "my computer", but to no avail. The drive sounds just like the other 2, so I doubt there is a mechanical difficulty. I have had issues trying to use 95 software on the XP system before, so I assume this is an inherent issue with XP where it can't use 95 software.

Can anyone GIVE me some SUGGESTIONS? Is there a way to get the XP system to recognize the 95 drive or maybe a software download somewhere?When you turn on the external enclosure power, do you hear the hard drive startup and run?This would emphatically not be related to Windows 95 specifically. Windows XP can read FAT16 and FAT32 filesystems (Win 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98 & ME) as well as NTFS (NT, 2000, XP). It is more likely to be a problem with the drive/connection (SEE soybean's post above).the drive does start up and run and sounds just like the other 2so, does anyone have any suggestions?