On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >> >> Here's the deal.... >> >> I have a 160gb hard drive external that I needed to partition then do >> a secure erase.... not even 15 minutes into the erase, the warning >> window comes up saying that I disconnected the drive! aAAAH! I > > > Something caused the drive to drop off the bus. Flaky USB interface in > the drive? > > Just curious, the drive enclosure has a Y-usb cable for power from the usb ports on the macbook, if the "power side" was not plugged in, would that have anything to do with it? I've never had to use the "power side" yet? hmm... Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
