Getting my ASUS Mother Board to see the USB 2.0 Harddisk

After being very frustrated and disappointed with Windows Vista RC2 (it's like marriage: nice in the first several days, and then go downhill afterward), I was so ready to get back to Windows XP.

Actaully I would like to go for Ubuntu, but I got some native app that needs to run on Windows natively.

So I unplug to network cable (ultra important for the sake of not getting spyware), put in the pre-SP1 WinXP installation disc to go thru the install, and then put in the SP2 disc. Right away I experienced something shitty:

- The system didn't see the wireless keyboard and mouse right away, so I have to yank out the old school PS2 mouse and USB keyboard.
- The SP2 takes super ultra long to run. I don't know why. BUt I partly blame the motherboard and the fact that I didn't run installation disc to update all the motherboard driver and video driver before starting SP2 installation.
- The USB 2.0 hard disk was not being recognized. This is ultra frustrating, because all my app were in the USB hard disk. I didn't know exactly which item solved the problem, but after I did the following two, the system was started to recognize my hard disk:

1. Install the Intel Chipset Inf Update Program from the installation disc.
2. On the harddisk profile, right click on "Intel 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD" and did an update on the driver.

I just finished adding Traditional Chinese support on the system. Right now I am waiting for the sixty something Windows Update got completed.

Reinstall the system is never a simple point and click task.