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External Hard Drive
Name: LimoBar Date: July 6, 2009 at 03:36:35 Pacific OS: Windows XP Product: Western digital / My book 1tb external hard drive Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Comment:
When I use my WD 1TB external hard drive with my computer (Connected through eSATA, USB or Firewire) the boot up times are much slower. It stays on the BOIS screen for minutes sometimes. It boots up fine without it.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: July 6, 2009 at 07:34:01 Pacific
Reply:
That's normal.
LIR
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Response Number 2
Name: T-R-A Date: July 6, 2009 at 07:59:34 Pacific
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As Jennifer says, that's typical for external drives (especially large ones). My "solution" was to put each drive (I have 4) on individual switches (power-strips) and switch them on only as I need them. Turn off "auto-play" and you won't get the annoying messages when you turn them on...
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: July 6, 2009 at 08:18:14 Pacific
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Curious - did the 1TB EUHD ever loaded faster when you first started using it?
i_Xp/VistaUser
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Response Number 4
Name: LimoBar Date: July 6, 2009 at 14:47:29 Pacific
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It only really does it on one of my computer though
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Response Number 5
Name: wizard-fred Date: July 7, 2009 at 03:48:42 Pacific
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It is slowest on the slowest computer with the least memory. The computer has to read the configuraton of each partition and do a small amount of testing. I have a drive that takes more than 15 minutes to be properly identified, If it is shut down in the identification cycle, it may take a very long time the next time as it tries to fix the errors it may have.
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Response Number 6
Name: LimoBar Date: July 7, 2009 at 04:26:24 Pacific
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Really? Cos it works better on my cheap computer than my good one.
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Response Number 7
Name: aries espinosa Date: July 7, 2009 at 17:51:42 Pacific
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Response Number 8
Name: aries espinosa Date: July 7, 2009 at 17:54:51 Pacific
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Response Number 9
Name: LimoBar Date: July 7, 2009 at 20:20:18 Pacific
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