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Lacie External Hard Drive
Hi all-
Question about some recent interesting behavior I experienced with an external Lacie hard drive... It is a USB 60 GB model. I inherited it from someone who didn't want it. So here's the deal. It worked fine for two weeks. After shutting down my computer to connect a wireless logitech mouse, the drive would not work. It would not show up in "my computer", nor would it show up in the Disk Management tool. It was in the device manager, however, with an exclamation mark and an error saying "The Device could not start." The drive was fully plugged into the wall at all times, was not shut down inappropriately, and did not get bumped or anything like that. I tried removing it, and the adding new hardware again. I tried a different USB port. Removed new wireless mouse. No difference. Moved it to another computer, and it worked just fine. Moved it back to the first computer, and same problem. I got fed up with it that day, and left. Upon returning the next morning and turning on the computer, the drive decided to work. No problem. SO... Anyone have any ideas what may have happened? And should I worry about it happening again? Thanks! Carl |
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"carlsunder" wrote in message oups.com... Hi all- Question about some recent interesting behavior I experienced with an external Lacie hard drive... It is a USB 60 GB model. I inherited it from someone who didn't want it. So here's the deal. It worked fine for two weeks. After shutting down my computer to connect a wireless logitech mouse, the drive would not work. It would not show up in "my computer", nor would it show up in the Disk Management tool. It was in the device manager, however, with an exclamation mark and an error saying "The Device could not start." The drive was fully plugged into the wall at all times, was not shut down inappropriately, and did not get bumped or anything like that. I tried removing it, and the adding new hardware again. I tried a different USB port. Removed new wireless mouse. No difference. Moved it to another computer, and it worked just fine. Moved it back to the first computer, and same problem. I got fed up with it that day, and left. Upon returning the next morning and turning on the computer, the drive decided to work. No problem. SO... Anyone have any ideas what may have happened? And should I worry about it happening again? Maybe it got too hot and cooled off enough overnight. Doesnt explain why it worked on the other PC when hot tho. Maybe there is something flakey about the design so its not completely bulletproof. |
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