On Nov 7, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Macs R We wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2011, at 4:30 AM, Rudolf O.Durrer wrote: > >> I recently bought a external HD (Freecom mobile drive classic II, 500 GB, >> connected with USB 2). >> Nice device, so far, but: each time any of my macs (mini, MBP 2010, MBP >> 2011, all with Snowleopard) goes to sleep mode, this HD seem to be cut off. >> When reactivating the computer, the HD is gone and a message appears telling >> to throw out the HD correctly by moving the icon to the trash.... >> Is that a failure in the HD's construction or what else? >> Does anybody observe similar behaviour with external Freecom HD's >> Thanks for a hint > > Sounds like it does not start up, or starts up too slowly, when power is > reapplied. If it's too slow, OS X will just abort the connection on you. > > What I would do is try it on a Windows machine and see if you see the same > behavior. I suspect you will. Windows 7 not only won't precipitously abort > the connection if the drive doesn't respond, it will also give you that > "be-doop" sound when it finally does, so you will even be able to gauge how > late the drive is in responding to the wakeup. Try to have the "My Computer" > window open when you sleep the machine.
I would recommend getting an app like Jettison to manage this. It can automatically unmount and mount external drives as a computer goes to sleep/wakes up. I use it on all my laptops and recommend it. --Larry_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
