[SGVLUG] FW: Hard drive question

[Claude Felizardo]

Sorry, I should have made it clear that I was replying to Stephen's
reply saying he had had a problem with a USB drive and had gotten a
solution from the maker.

claude


On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Matt Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Claude,  thanks for your response.
>
>  It is a LaCie external USB drive.  The drive seemed to be working properly,
>  but after removing many small files from it I decided to do a quick format
>  to clean out the filesystem.  The format failed about half way through due
>  to 'an unknown error'.  I have not been able to get it to format under
>  Windows since.  It works fine under Linux, some may ask 'so what is the
>  problem?'.
>
>  The device has external power.  There is no solution yet as I am slammed at
>  work (working to 4:00am and back to work by 10:00 with 2 hours of commute in
>  there somewhere) and haven't had a chance to look at it.
>
>  Matt
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf
>  Of Claude Felizardo
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:17 AM
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>  Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] FW: Hard drive question
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>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:56 PM,  <serross at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >  Have you tried to contact the drive maker? I was having trouble with a
>  USB drive and contacted the maker and they had a solution.
>  >
>  >  Stephen
>
>  [snip]
>
>  What was the nature of the problem with the USB drive?  Was it a
>  problem with the hard drive itself or the enclosure?  Was it a problem
>  with the device driver or power supply, ie, it needed external power
>  vs a powered USB port or what?  Was this on windoze or Linux?  What
>  was the solution?
>
>  claude
>
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