Perhaps my problem has to do with the enclosures. I often put in different drives without out any trouble, and don't remember having any problem until the segate drives. There were two different enclosures involved; three seagate drives failed, which I think was due to overheating.
--- In [email protected], Darryl Huffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paal, > > I have about 8 external hard drives and have not had problems with any of > them yet. > > Darryl Huffman > 12020 Old Seward Highway > Anchorage, Alaska 99515 > > Interested in learning more about easy backdrop painting? For this link for > information about my Easy Backdrop Painting videos: > > http://www.darrylhuffman.50megs.com/photo5.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paal T Nygaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:16 AM > Subject: Re: [AP] external usb drives > > > Hi! > > We bought 2 Maxtor Onetouch 200 Gb. > First one broke, the fw-controller in it burned. > Got a new one, same happened after two weeks. > Had to keep on working this time, so I took out the disk from the Maxtor > FW-case, mounted the disk inside PC like an ordinary HD. Worked well. > > Now only one out of three Maxtor Onetouch still works, this is a revised > model, but still I´m too scared to use it as a FW disk. Always use the USB > 2.0 connection instead, hoping that this will keep it from burning. > > I wonder if I should conclude that external disks is a bad idea? > > Cheers, > > Paal > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
