Thank you all for your help! I checked out all of the below and I believe I have one or more damaged USB ports, this is totally out of my leap, no clue how to fix that I have 4 USB ports, are they repairable and should I bother calling my computer manufacture for help?
Thank you, Ginger Roe -----Original Message----- From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Help with external hard drive It could be various things, but if it literally happens with every single file on the drive, it could be something like the USB port it's plugged into, the cable that has an issue, the hard drive housing, or even just the actual physical drive itsself. Like Aiden said, firstly, try unplugging it, and maybe connect it to another port to see if that makes a difference, and check whatever connections you can find to make sure they're properly connected. If that doesn't make a difference you could either try checking the disk for errors, but that might not really be of any use/work if the problem is either a physical/hardware problem, and the other way to check that one would be to try connecting your drive to another computer and seeing if it does the same. Either way, to check drive for errors - and not sure how different this is in some versions of windows - but in windows explorer, in my computer, when focused on drive, but not browsing it as such, hit keystroke of alt + enter to bring up the properties dialogue, ctrl + tab to the tools page, and hit space bar on check for errors, and maybe you'll find something there that helps. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Roe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:14 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Help with external hard drive > Hello, I have a problem with my external hard drive, I have no problem > opening it and viewing the files. When I go to open a file it tells me > file > cannot be found. > I did get a message the other day, that something like: one of the USB > devices is damaged or something like that, I missed that message and > never > seen it again. > I have tried to open zip files on that drive and it tells me the zip file > is > damaged > > So if any one can help I would appreciate it very much! > > Ginger Roe > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4896 (20100225) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4896 (20100225) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
