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| Thread ID: 87427 | 2008-02-21 00:19:00 | Seagate External Hard Drive inaccessable | jmcnicol (8199) | Press F1 |
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| 642282 | 2008-02-21 00:19:00 | Hi can anybody help? I have an Acer Aspire 5310 running Vista Home Basic, with a Seagate 300GB external hard drive connected through a USB hub. I have the majority of my work files on this drive. After about 20-30 minutes, the drive goes to sleep and becomes inaccessable, necessitating switching it off then on again. This becomes a nuisance as I have lost data through this process. What can I do to sloce this? Regards John |
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| 642283 | 2008-02-21 10:07:00 | Do yo have the same problem if the drive is connected directly to a USB port on the PC? I have had similar problems with non powered USB hubs in the past. |
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| 642284 | 2008-02-22 06:17:00 | I have found that USB hubs often do not support USB2, the drive feels disconnected :stare: | mzee (3324) | ||
| 642285 | 2008-02-22 06:43:00 | Hi jmcnicol. Have you considered changing the power plan to stop the USB device from sleeping? I have switched off all "sleep" function as I found the damn thing a real nuisance. While in there I did notice that under Advanced Power Settings, on the Power Options dialogue box, there was an option for USB Settings. I did not try it and am not too sure what it does as I did not wish to activate the process on my external hard drive - which runs sweet as..... :D . | Scouse (83) | ||
| 642286 | 2008-02-22 07:27:00 | The double post is here (pressf1.co.nz) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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