USB device issues

[abudabu12]

I have 2 external USB HD's that my pc is not recognizing or assigning a letter/address to. They work fine on my XP pc.

Also I noticed that when I have USB devices connected I do not have a safely remove hardware icon in my Sys tray. I currently have a USB camera hooked up and there is no icon to safely remove it.

Anyone know what gives?

 

[abudabu12]

Forget it, they work now. Once I accessed and disconnected them on my XP pc, they became recognizable on my Vista machine.