Re: Copying large files to USB external drive enclosure - Freezes

On Wednesday 01 March 2006 08:17 am, Mark Minnie had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

I have an Adaptec USB external drive enclosure with a WD 140GB drive.
XP freezes most of the time when I copy a large file to the external
drive (~1.4GB).

This is my second external drive enclosure. I bought an off brand that
did the same thing. I thought I would spend twice as much on a name
brand (ie. Adaptec) to solve the problem. No dice.

Any ideas on how to prevent the freezing?

I am running XP with service pack 2.

Wait for Fista to come out and maybe Microsoft will finally get USB2 working
properly. Or if you're impatient and have started to lose faith in
Microsoft ever getting anything right, take a look at an alternative o/s
like GNU/Linux. The latter is stable, easy now to install, is secure and
just keeps on working problem free once installed.


--
From a Wintard helping another Wintard with his Windoze Problem:
"You might also want to try one of the numerous EXCELLENT
registry cleaners, and perhaps a ram washer."

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