they had pkg it with an external case. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it or not. I'm running xp pro. I hope someone can help.. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () When I try to "safely remove" my external hard...

PCMCI - USB 2.0 card and after connection External Case via USB 2.0 I hade encontered the problem my PC asking the hard (red LED is lighting on the External Case), but then some frizing with RED LED and External Storage divice disapeared from dialog box...

an EIDE hard disk, which you can remove from the external case and simply replace the disk. If the drive is a standard one, and you've managed to get the data off it before it starts throwing errors, you could take the drive out of the external case, put...

the performance of any program accessing it. Normally, when I have to check an external drive, I remove it from the external case and temporarily mount/connect it to my internal IDE controller, in your case, a 120GB drive runs for about 3-4 hours with...

def movies and TV- about 200GB left, but I'll be adding to it as time goes by. The Raptor and Barracuda are new, while the FreeAgent Drive is internal, as I removed it from it's external case for faster speeds and minimal hang ups watching HD media. I'd...

to mount, be prepared to get the data off immediately, because you may not get a second chance. :sweat: By obscure chance, is it possible the WD HDD unit you removed from the external case is a SATA II unit, but your mobo ports are only the older slower SATA...

100 gig is the largest available drive, and (b) the largest available drive of any kind is 400 gig. There are some 500s announced but not yet available in stores. The terabyte external drives that you see advertised are not single drives in a box, they...

External drive problem. Good Day, i need help in my problem in external hard drive (120gb SATA) this came from an old computer and works fine, but when i insertit in an external casing to become an external drive via USB2.0, it seems that it cannot be detected...

purposes. Anna Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () Good point - just one more time can I mention that it's not external that is the criteria - but removable. There has been SCSI and now SATA-IO "External" drives that can support...

it. You need like 5 to 10 plastic bags to do it, and condensation *can* make it worse (vs better). Try removing the HDD from the external casing, and installing it in a machine, then use the manufacturer suppplied utilities to confirm the drive is OK...