Portable hard drives.

[Excalibur]

My oldest hard drive, a WD 160Gb portable is no longer seen by any PC's. Light comes on, and nothing happens.

It was working fine when last used. Am I going to have to dip my hand?

[Megamix]

although I don't know whether your hard drive has failed - my understanding is that any drive will eventually fail - its just a matter of time. I usually go by the sound - if there is no sound, its clicking or generally sounds unhealthy that would ring alarm bells to me.

[ppentertainments]

Had the same with one of mine last month. Every now and then comes to life then goes back to sleep.

With the price of them (and not coming from Yorkshire ) I went out and bought and exchanged three £10 notes for a nice new one in Staples clearance bin.

PS - Peter, York in August Will let you know details. Last 2 have been postponed for various reasons.

[Totally Plucked]

Pete

Pm sent

http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/...impletech_250/

[discomobiledj]

Have you tried changing the USB cable?

[Excalibur]

Have you tried changing the USB cable?

Update: Yes. Surprisingly, a change of cable sorted it.

[Dynamic Entertainment]

If its one that draws power from the USB then they are notoriously tempermental when it comes tob the cable, and will only operate over short cable runs as the draw gets lost alongb the cable.

[Excalibur]

If its one that draws power from the USB then they are notoriously tempermental when it comes tob the cable, and will only operate over short cable runs as the draw gets lost alongb the cable.

Indeed so, it would appear.

[CRAZY K]

Update: Yes. Surprisingly, a change of cable sorted it.

Silly boy

What happened to fault finding in Yorkshire

Good job you werent on a gig--

The spare back up would be sitting on the shelf at home to comply with
Pro dub rules obviously, so you would have to drive home for it.



CRAZY K

[Larry B Entertainment]

although I don't know whether your hard drive has failed - my understanding is that any drive will eventually fail - its just a matter of time. I usually go by the sound - if there is no sound, its clicking or generally sounds unhealthy that would ring alarm bells to me.

I have a nice bit of freeware that monitors and takes serveral readings from the hard disk and will flag up a warning if a critical error occurs or the hard drive is about to pack up.