freecom usb hardrive xp update problem persists

Im fed up of going around in circles and getting nowhere, i have two freecom usb external hardives , i have stopped updating xp as if i do install latest patches my freecom hardrives stop working ie the pc freezes and locks up totally if i do and attempt to copy anything to my external drives, by doing a ghost reinstall minus the new updates my pc including the external 80gb/160 usb drives work fine , im in the unfortunate position if i update i lose my extra storage , ivce had all sorts of advice from people including from engineers suggesting i start upgrading drivers etc but im only relatively new to pcs and dont know enough yet to attempt things like motherboards etc, i even bought an old pc and got it working in a fashion only to find it hadnt got any modem thinking old pc foor the internet and xp leave working as it is , so despite my best efforts im stuck any ideas as to how to resolve the problem with the freecom drives? ive tried freecom to no avail Thanks

 

i had that problem on xp..but not on win-2000.
if i were you i would get a usb pci card,like from Adaptec .and see if that solves ye problem..it fixed mine.

 

Thanks for your reply, sorry about late reply couldnt get my pc to allow me to access forum so came library instead! anyway thanks though ive never heard of the cards you mention, i have bought a beat up old packard bell installed memory new cd drive soon a 6gb hardrive hopefully i can sort the modem issues out as it aint got one! and appears to have no slots either! i thought it better to take my xp off line and sod the updates , i can hopefully surf the net using the old beat up one instead it can only run 98se but its better than nowt