Re: External USB hard drive problems

From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/17/05


Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:58:57 -0600

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:29:02 -0800, "Jamie"
<Jamie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I recently purchased an Iomega 80GB USB 2.0 external hard drive & upgraded my
>PC with a USB 2.0 card. Everything worked well until about Feb 8. Since then
>I have had problems with both the hard drive & my printer. The Iomega hard
>drive is recognized when I fisrt plug it in, but soon I get messages saying
>that there are problems writing to it. Does anyone have any idea what may
>have happened? I've tried uninstalling it & re-installing it to no avail.
>
>Jamie

Could well indicate problems with the USB port or USB add on card if
you're using one. Try moving the printer or the Iomega drive to
another USB connector. If that doesn't work, open device manager and
check the status of your USB to see if it's working properly. You may
have to remove the USB device and reinstall if it's not.



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