I have a 1TB that does the same thing. It will randomly drop off and reconnect. I got it second hand and am only using it as a dump area, so nothing critical for me goes on it.
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:56 -0400, "John Sessoms" <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> > wrote: >> From: "Brian Walters" >> > G'day all >> > >> > For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit >> > 'flaky'. >> > >> > The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots >> > there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about >> > 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating >> > system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive >> > continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the >> > process starts over again. >> > >> > My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk >> > hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or >> > could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive >> > from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about >> > three and a half years old. >> > >> > Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, >> > but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to >> > why the drive would be behaving like this. >> > >> >> Is this perchance a Western Digital MyBook external drive? > > > Perchance, it is. A My Book 500GB. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
