On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

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> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
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>> 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?
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>

Also, I've had this happen before on high quality drive enclosures  
hooked to my, then, powermac G5 2.0ghz.... J.

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