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Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-25-2007 19:37:

External HD issues

My external hard drive has more issues than a 15 year old chick. Well..only 1 problem and theres not blood running down it's leg.

When i turn it on it says that the drive is not ready check to see if door is open and all that crap. Did it die? This thing topped off and its 250gb i really would like to get all that data.

THAAANX

Posted by Dervish on Oct-25-2007 19:42:

Door open on a HD?

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-25-2007 19:43:

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Originally posted by Dervish
Door open on a HD?

Ya I been scratching my head...i dont see a door.

Posted by Dervish on Oct-25-2007 19:46:

Hmm could you take a screen shot of the message? Cheers

Posted by Zild on Oct-25-2007 19:50:

This is just like when the ATM machine asks you to feed it a stray cat.

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-25-2007 19:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
This is just like when the ATM machine asks you to feed it a stray cat.

I hate when that happens.

quote:
Originally posted by Dervish
Hmm could you take a screen shot of the message? Cheers

Yeah. I'm waiting for the messege to pop up. It takes like 5 min to realize whats going on...

Posted by Dervish on Oct-25-2007 20:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
This is just like when the ATM machine asks you to feed it a stray cat.

LOL!!! Ace film that.

Have had a windows error trying to use a ATM. It ate my card. "how long will it take to get my card back? I need money for my holiday" "ehhh..........they cut up the cards when they fix it" "oh no I'm feather plucked!"

Posted by UWM on Oct-25-2007 20:02:

Re: External HD issues

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Originally posted by gwrmarines
When i turn it on it says that the drive is not ready check to see if door is open and all that crap.

If you blow into it like the old NES maybe it will work again.

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-25-2007 20:07:

Re: Re: External HD issues

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
If you blow into it like the old NES maybe it will work again.

It's one of these.

Now the messege doesnt pop up but still doesnt recognize it. The little light flashes between dark orange and light orange every few min.

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-25-2007 20:15:

I'm about 10 seconds away from beating this thing to smithereens.

Posted by smakmagik on Oct-25-2007 20:17:

ironically, im having the same problem with my Seagate 250 gb external.
Shows up sometimes, doesnt show up most of the time. When it does read the drive, it stops functioning after 10 minutes, cant copy anything to or fro.

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-25-2007 20:22:

quote:
Originally posted by smakmagik
ironically, im having the same problem with my Seagate 250 gb external.
Shows up sometimes, doesnt show up most of the time. When it does read the drive, it stops functioning after 10 minutes, cant copy anything to or fro.

I'm starting to think having a backup is pointless when external HD don't last longer than your internal...

Posted by biznology on Oct-25-2007 20:25:

one of my issues with my big drive is that if you fill it up, it starts acting strange and being a pain. you may have other issues but if i try to fill my drive up past 35GB on a 320 things start going south.

then again, if you cant recognize it, you cant delete anything either...|

Posted by Dervish on Oct-25-2007 22:34:

To be honest sounds like *it doesn't know what type of drive it is. Just guessing (and been drinking).

Check device manager (or it's eqiv.) to make sure it is detecting it properly.

Posted by Beatflux on Oct-26-2007 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by smakmagik
ironically, im having the same problem with my Seagate 250 gb external.
Shows up sometimes, doesnt show up most of the time. When it does read the drive, it stops functioning after 10 minutes, cant copy anything to or fro.

Eek. I just bought a 120 GB one. I might have to baby it from now on and leave it at home.

Posted by Xenocreator_PG_ on Oct-26-2007 03:13:

Re: External HD issues

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Originally posted by gwrmarines

easy, how many terraflops does it have?

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-26-2007 03:19:

Re: Re: External HD issues

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Originally posted by Xenocreator_PG_
easy, how many terraflops does it have?

Don't you mean Petaflops MUAHAHAHAHAH!! ZING!

Posted by UWM on Oct-26-2007 14:52:

Re: Re: External HD issues

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
If you blow into it like the old NES maybe it will work again.

So have you tried this yet? Did it work?

Posted by Chris Crossland on Oct-26-2007 17:14:

Re: Re: Re: External HD issues

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
So have you tried this yet? Did it work?

I got a can of Dust Off and blew it in the vents on the bottom. No go.