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External Hard Drive theory
I've just bought a WD 250GB usb/firewire external hard drive, mainly for video editing and the files involved are really large. Has anyone experienced something like this and if so what could be the solution to get the firewire to work? I don't think the disk is faulty as it works with the USB.

on going to bed...
Can anyone confirm that an external 2.5" drive will run on the supply from a USB port? Ian Probably Not Depends on the Drives startup power. None of the drives I have will has been working for months on my (desktop) USB port. I'm not using a powered hub, the WD drive plugs in a USB connector on the computer.

Help! Old Hard Drive Has Crashed
To this, I connected an external hard drive (Maxtor 80gb ATA/133). It ran 100% as hoped. Recently, the hard drive stopped showing up under Windows XP, Now the drive shows up and works fine. Can anyone advise why the firewire conection might have stooped working? I tried wiggling the cable connections in case

knock on wood
A usb/firewire external drive enclosure works very well, too. Use the working Windows Explorer to copy the data to the rescue system's hard drive and then burn the data to cd or dvd. b. Often XP will not boot with a slaved drive that has a damaged file system. In that case, boot the target computer with either a

Am I ready to go Mac-only?
The Setup Assistant will allow you to partition drives, or to install Windows XP on an entire drive if it does not contain Mac OS X. Note: You cannot install Windows XP on an external hard drive. What should I do if my iMac's keyboard doesn't work during the Windows XP installation? On Aug 25, 2007, at 11:25 pm,

Hard Drive?
I have just set up to use Linux FC4. I have so far got everything working with FC4. But.. I have an external hard drive and it's not playing the game. Has anyone had these problem, or can someone shed some light on the matter. Also.. I am very new to Linux. Is it normal to have to chase your tail when

External Hard Drive Not Showing Up
I almost never watch TV, but when I do I almost always have to be doing something else -- sorting stuff, writing stuff, working, whatever -- because I don't and I did some bidding on eBay (my boss authorized me to buy some RAM and an external hard drive for our pathetic file server (Quadra 650, 8 MB of RAM,

Need advice on setting up LAN with DSL/ROUTER/BACKUP Solution ...
I have a 120GB Western Digital hard drive, where I store the finished projects as well as source footage while I'm working on it. After completing the last project I noticed that half the space is already gone, just by storing the finished work. I would like some recommendations on an external firewire harddrive

backup options for newly configured Macbook
Jim Trust No OneŽ wrote: Hi Folks, Could anyone clarify whether virtual machines can be stored and run from an external USB drive attached to the main PC? My laptop has 2Gb of RAM but is rather low on hard disk space. Luckily I have a 120Gb laptop hard drive in an external enclosure which I attach to the laptop

how to formatted disk on Mac OS 9.2
Linux using NTFS is more complicated, since (as you say) NTFS is closed and has to be reverse engineered. Nevertheless, there are read-only drivers -- but you're right, it's probably not pleasant to get working, and read/write usage is *very* risky.

External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
However, what I'm attempting to do is put this in an external case with power supply and use it as an external hard drive. 3) Do I need to do anything to my internal drive? No, no, no. Don't mess with the internal. The Mac has the smarts to make everything work up until the external SCSI port.

Help! Old Hard Drive Has Crashed
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Help ...hard drive broken ..Can I fix it myself???
I've been working on it again, and now I'm more confused than ever. Here's the setup: it's a stock 7100/66 with a 256MB internal hard drive and a 2GB Early today and on previous days, it would sometimes boot just fine from the external drive. Now it won't at all, apart from shift-booting. Does anyone have any

Apple II Csa2 FAQs: Hard Disks & SCSI, Part 12/25
In short, I spent good money on something that doesn't work and the company has yet to show any intention to fix it. Archos is now selling them for 199..a great price even if ya just use it as an external hard drive. I have done a comparions table at: http://www.mpman.ca/computerinnovation/comparison.htm this

Firewire external drive disappeared... but works via USB. - TIA
David On 19 Jul 2006, at 22:29, Allyzen wrote: so my Lacie external hard drive has been plugged in and working grand...... went to shut down everything and it all just (plugged in to iBook and nothing doing there either) guys if anyone is out there tonight and knows what might be going on ..... would reeeeally

Apple II Csa2 FAQs: Floppy Disk Drives, Part 9/25
Thorolf Godawa Thor...@Godawa.de comp os os2 misc Hi, Has anyone succeeded in finding a caddy, case, connector type device to attach a second drive externally to a ThinkPad so that both can be seen/used? I have the original IBM 2,5" USB 2.0 external HDD with a 20 GB HDD and it is working with OS/2 - not very fast

external HD, USB versions and USB hubs
Markeaux marke...@YANKTHISyahoo.com microsoft public win98 disks general I did have some problems after installing a 1394 card + drive in 98SE but all I did My device manager will now show the external hard drive as a storage device and that there is something wrong. Has anyone else had this problem and been

How to change a MacBook Pro into a desktop Mac Pro?
I ordered an external hard drive from www.cooldrives.com and have been unable to get any technical support from them. When I plug in the drive my computer recognizes that a USB device has been added, but does not see that it is a hard drive. I am unable to access the drive in any way, therefore I cannot use fdisk

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceeding 27-11-06
I have been using a Western Digital 250GB External USB Hard Drive on my desktop [Dell Dimension 2400]. No problems. Works fine. Has anyone got any ideas? I am not an expert... by any stretch of the imagination... and I am becoming more and more disheartened! The problem with USB drive letters is not at all

Backup Software Recommendation
The internal hard drive however does NOT work, but a replacement would be very cheap.. (I have been using this TT with it connected to an external hard The Philips montor is working, but doesn't look at all new!... The previous owner has left it full of marks were there used to be football stickers stuck to it!