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external 1 TB drive getting recognized sporadically

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  • Hard Drives
  • External USB
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October 6, 2014 7:32:33 AM

I have a 500gb and 1TB internal hdds. when I attach a 1tb external USB hdd, it does not show up consistently and goes offline intermittently. using 32 bit win 7.

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a b G Storage
October 6, 2014 7:51:25 AM

First thing - try a different USB port - the ones on the back of your PC should be solid...?
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October 6, 2014 10:36:12 AM

tried that...no difference..
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a c 100 G Storage
October 6, 2014 7:58:19 PM

Have you tried using different USB cables? Do these external drives have their own power adapters?
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October 10, 2014 2:21:51 AM

Tried with different cables. This particular iomega external hdd does not have a seperate power adapter. it has 2 usb connectors and I believe one of that is used for power and other for data. I can think of 2 possible issues - 1. not sufficient power supplied to the external hdd. 2 (and more likely) the OS is not able to recognize the >2TB consistently...I see lots of posts on hdd addressing limitations.
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a b G Storage
October 10, 2014 4:37:19 AM

Time to try it on a different computer... one with a 64bit OS
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