Re: Failing external drive
- From: "Walt G" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:27:29 +0100
Try Spinrite (www.grc.com/sr/spinrite)
"Dale Franks" <no-email@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You are absolutely correct, but I don't believe he has pinpointed what the
actual problem is to begin with in his post. I figure the utilities I
mentioned may not be able to correct them if they are indeed present, but
would certainly "identify" any sectors as "bad". Personally, I would try
re-formatting the disk to all zeros, if my other suggestions fail.
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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From: "Dale Franks" <no-email@xxxxxxxxxxx>
| I own a Maxtor external drive (USB), that I use to backup data, then
keep
| of-site.
|
| This may sound really dumb, but it simply WILL NOT function correctly
unless
| it is fully connected up and powered-up to my pc BEFORE my pc is
booted-up!
|
| Also, if you have a descent utility (which you should) like Norton
| Utilities, System Mechanic 7, etc., scan the disc for errors, then
"defrag"
| it. You will probably find your external disc 98% fragmented, which will
| slow any kind of file-transfer to a crawl..
|
But those utilities don't fix bad sectors which manufacturer utilities do.
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
.
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