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Technical External Hard Drive Problem.. (pg. 2)
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| bidor |
| quote: | Originally posted by KilldaDJ
well u say u reinstalled windows and still have that problem, then wouldnt that suggest a hardware problem? |
i was thinking that aswell.. i thought id might need to format the drive, bcs ive never formatted it since i bought it the beginning of this year. the only problem is its 250Gb and 100 is in use.. thats 21.2 dvd's.. how the am i gonna backup that lol :p my master harddrive is 20Gb and only have 1.3 left.... |
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| EXTREMUM |
| Whoa whoa whoa...wait a minute...you never formatted the drive? *slaps you upside the head* :haha: |
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| bidor |
| quote: | Originally posted by EXTREMUM
Ok, it's a hardware issue. Either junk it, or eBay the crap, and get a different one. |
the error message says something about "explorer.exe"... so its still fixable, just figuring out how..:confused: |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | Originally posted by bidor
the error message says something about "explorer.exe"... so its still fixable, just figuring out how..:confused: |
After you saying you've troubleshooted by reinstalling Windows and such, Windows is not the issue. You will get Explorer.exe issues, when you have hardware problems. If the Explorer.exe was a software issue, Windows wouldn't be working at all. It sounds as though your external hard drive is generic, with very little tech support. Speaking of which, is there a tech support number for the unit? If so, I bet if you call them, they'll tell you it's a problem with Windows, just to get you off the phone. :whip: |
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| jdat |
FFS!
have you tried the hard drive on another computer? |
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| KilldaDJ |
it, im going to hijack this ing thread
FEED IT SOME MOTHERING OREOS |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by KilldaDJ
well u say u reinstalled windows and still have that problem, then wouldnt that suggest a hardware problem? |
it suggests that okra is missing in the equation!
The issue here could very well be hardware but if he keeps testing it on the same machine it is impossible to establish if it is the computers hardware or the hard drives hardware that is at fault!
MUST TEST ON ANOTHER COMPUTER!!!!!!!!! |
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| KilldaDJ |
MUST TEST ON A MAC!!!
THE HORROR!!! |
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| bidor |
| quote: | Originally posted by EXTREMUM
After you saying you've troubleshooted by reinstalling Windows and such, Windows is not the issue. You will get Explorer.exe issues, when you have hardware problems. If the Explorer.exe was a software issue, Windows wouldn't be working at all. It sounds as though your external hard drive is generic, with very little tech support. Speaking of which, is there a tech support number for the unit? If so, I bet if you call them, they'll tell you it's a problem with Windows, just to get you off the phone. :whip: |
yeah there probably is a company but its all in german..
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
FFS!
have you tried the hard drive on another computer? |
yup ive tried that, and there wasnt any problems with it.. :conf:
| quote: | Originally posted by KilldaDJ
it, im going to hijack this ing thread
FEED IT SOME MOTHERING OREOS |
id like some to! :p
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
it suggests that okra is missing in the equation!
The issue here could very well be hardware but if he keeps testing it on the same machine it is impossible to establish if it is the computers hardware or the hard drives hardware that is at fault!
MUST TEST ON ANOTHER COMPUTER!!!!!!!!! |
yeah its a bit hard stuffing a Okra in a harddrive's ass:gsmile:
the drive however seem to have no problems working on other computers.
| quote: | Originally posted by KilldaDJ
MUST TEST ON A MAC!!!
THE HORROR!!! |
Omg! noooo! :wtf: |
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| sensorium |
There's nothing wrong with the hard drive. You only need to kick your PC a couple of times and it should work as good as when it was new. Show it who's the boss.
If that doesn't work, threaten to unplug it. That'll show it! |
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| kid nyce |
you shoulda posted this in the Tech Forums, you probably would have gotten better non-bull responses.
Did you try plugging it into a different usb port? I wouldn't go as far as formatting your computer just yet, but if you are in need of a reformat, then I say go for it.
Try troubleshooting it by throwing another USB device (flash drive) and see if that reads fine. |
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