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External USB drive dies!
Paul_VW
Posts: 131 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
I have a 160gb USB drive (partitioned into 3) plugged into a USB2 PCI card (no hub)
when I try to transfer a large file(s) £100mb+ it gets about halfway then all the lights on the drive go off, and a couple of mins later windows will tell me that the drive has become unplugged.
Anyone know why? and if it can be sorted?
when I try to transfer a large file(s) £100mb+ it gets about halfway then all the lights on the drive go off, and a couple of mins later windows will tell me that the drive has become unplugged.
Anyone know why? and if it can be sorted?
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Is it powered, apart from one usb connection?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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it has got an adaptor plugged into the mains (not sure what voltage)0
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Thats that theory blown out of the water then (assuming that the adapter is working).. Have seen similar symptoms if you don't power them properly, and just plug it into a usb port.
You could run chkdsk on it..Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0 -
ah yes, chkdsk might be worth a try0
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Check USB Drivers too.. Update to the latest!0
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