Losing USB drive when copying

[Guest]

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I have recently added a 160Gb Maxtor 6 P160PO drive in an external
hi-speed
USB housing connected via a 4 port USB-2 card. I have tried copying
large
amounts of data (13-20Gb) but after a few minutes, I get "The drive is
not
ready" and it disappears from My Computer. If I disconnect it and
re-connect
it, it will reappear. The same happended with a 20Gb drive I swapped
in, so
it seems that it's not the drive. I have tried a different port to no
avail. Have SP2 installed

Any ideas?


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Bargue

 

[Malke]

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Bargue wrote:

>
> I have recently added a 160Gb Maxtor 6 P160PO drive in an external
> hi-speed
> USB housing connected via a 4 port USB-2 card. I have tried copying
> large
> amounts of data (13-20Gb) but after a few minutes, I get "The drive is
> not
> ready" and it disappears from My Computer. If I disconnect it and
> re-connect
> it, it will reappear. The same happended with a 20Gb drive I swapped
> in, so
> it seems that it's not the drive. I have tried a different port to no
> avail. Have SP2 installed
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
How are you powering the external hard drive? Is it connected directly
to a wall socket?

Malke
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