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External Hard Drive Case pauses while copying data in it

by alvirani May 7, 2005 7:56PM PDT

i have a external case USB 2.0 which contain a segate 80 GB HDD [wt fire wire] the prob i face is it pause for a sec or two when i copy a data in or when i play movie driectly from the removable HDD.. currenty m working on intel P4, win XP(SP1) but i did tried this on other OS like 2000 and ME, but the prob remain the same.

i do have some small pen storage [256 MB] but they seems to work fine on the same PC

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When does it pause
by AussiePete May 7, 2005 9:35PM PDT

If it pauses when you first start to use it, this is maybe due to your power saving settings - internal hard disk do this as well.
One other thing, apparently there is a problem with the DMA setting in XP (although I am not sure if this applies to your external drive) - however, to make sure it is set - goto devices manager turn DMA transfer off then type apply, then reset DMA and then apply.
Being a fire wire model it will be a high speed USB connection so make sure you have the latest drivers from Microsoft as well as drivers for your motherboard.
Goto Seagate web site and download there disk diagnostics program - this will tell you if there is a hardware problem with your drive. Also have a browse of the Seagate web site for clues.
Hope this helps,
Peter

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Bottom line.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 7, 2005 10:19PM PDT

It's on firewire. With far too many reports of issue of a firewire connected drive, my only cure is to connect it with USB 2.0.

-> Outlook? Grim. I have heard of no cure for this and the data loss issues.

bob

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tried using usb 2.0
by alvirani May 21, 2005 2:06AM PDT

i tried usb 2.0 cable but the prob remains the same .. so it means i have to trash my external drive .. no other solution

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Further notes.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 21, 2005 5:40AM PDT

Once the drive is corrupted, switching to the other interface may not cure the original issue since the drive contents are now suspect.

I'd had to move to USB, then start over on such drives. If you are lucky, you can save the files you can't lose.

Bob

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