Re: Event ID 51, USB 2.0 HDD not responding properly (internal WD 160


"Pavel A." <pavel_a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As you already can guess yourself, there was an i/o error on the usb-attached
disk.
Close all apps that can access it and reconnect the disk.
Run chkdsk /F on it to fix possible errors.
If you see these errors often, replace the USB cable. Get the highest
quality cable (in a thick rigid metallic mesh coating. not el cheapo, thin
black plastic coating)

Regards,
--PA

Would I likely get this kind of error when using Win XP Home?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885352
System event ID 11 is logged when you cancel an I/O operation to a raw USB
2.0-attached hard disk drive in Windows 2000 Server SP4

"CAUSE
The System log error occurs because, when an I/O request packet (IRP) is
correctly canceled, the Usbstor.sys driver cannot translate the cancel operation
to a SCSI error, and therefore the operation is marked as an error. The error is
not valid, because no data destined for the hard disk drive is lost, and there
is no device error.
RESOLUTION
No action is required. The System log error is informational only and can be
safely ignored.
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by
companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty,
implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these
products."



I'll try a powered USB 2.0 hub plugged into a USB 2.0/Firewire PCI card and use
a different USB cable between the HDD and the hub.
The HDD is currently in RAW form since formatting cannot be completed in either
FAT32 or NTFS, and the last partition couldn't be completed either.

I'm wondering now if I can format the USB 2.0 drive on a Windows 98 SE machine
without a PCI controller card, but with a USB 2.0 PCI card? I'll still be stuck
for the last partition not being any good at all (the last 47 GB of a 160 GB
HDD). Maybe I could repartition, so I lose less space on the last partition? How
much space should I have left in the unallocated space of the last partition? At
least in Windows 98 SE I could format to something bigger than 32GB per FAT32
partition!? I would guess that all would work on a WinXP machine if I could do
it.


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