usb hard drive not responding
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Name: RED DOG
Date: January 11, 2007 at 19:08:52 Pacific
Subject: usb hard drive not respondingOS: xp mediaCPU/Ram: pent D2.80Ghz/1GBModel/Manufacturer: Dell/Dimension |
Comment: hey you all! i'm having problems with my maxtor 3200 USB hard drive. it takes a long time to open when i right click on it. then when it does,i click on either-name-album-artist,to arrange the files.the computer stops responding for about 1 to 2 mins. according to the Task Manager,then it starts working again. sometimes i can't safely remove it. it won't let me. i did a check disk on it,everything o.k. i defrag the usb drive also. i check the device manager no problems there. it is a NTFS system. this is a brand new computer. anybody got any ideals!
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Response Number 1
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Name: lurkswithin
Date: January 11, 2007 at 19:58:01 Pacific
Subject: usb hard drive not responding |
Reply: (edit)Check your log files and see what they show! start > control panel > admin tools > viewer>
check all three log files and see if anything shows up. more than likely it is going to be a security issue. Some program is blocking it or scanning it or it could just be a bad external drive (either the drive or the case) In The Matters Of Style,
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Response Number 2
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Name: Doctor1954
Date: January 11, 2007 at 21:15:45 Pacific
Subject: usb hard drive not responding |
Reply: (edit)Try the USB HDD on another computer and see if you experience the same or different behavior.
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Response Number 3
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Name: rrlyon
Date: January 11, 2007 at 22:07:43 Pacific
Subject: usb hard drive not responding |
Reply: (edit)Get a drive test program from Maxtor and run it on the drive. Extreme access times can be caused by drives with bad sectors, but still can be read until they fail completely. I replace lots of Maxtor drives (not my current favorite brand) frequently for bad sectors. Richard
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