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This jsut started a few weeks ago... I have 2 external HDs, one's 150gb (the one having trouble, of course) and the other is 80gb.
Both are standard IDE drives in ULTRA IDE-USB cases (and both have fans in the case to keep the HD cooler) Both are USB 2.0 and pluged directly into the root USB ports, NOT into hubs.
When I'm watching a video or listenign to music the file becomes unavalible, I hear the dissconenct-hardware sound, then the connect hardware sound, immediatly, one then teh other, then autoplay pops up.
The drive is less than a year old, probably only 6 months, 10 at the most, while all my other drives are >1year so I know it's not the drive.
Any ideas what might be wrong? Right now I've turned off the power to the external drive and teh system is runnign fine.
2.97ghz, 1gb ram, XP Pro.
Both are standard IDE drives in ULTRA IDE-USB cases (and both have fans in the case to keep the HD cooler) Both are USB 2.0 and pluged directly into the root USB ports, NOT into hubs.
When I'm watching a video or listenign to music the file becomes unavalible, I hear the dissconenct-hardware sound, then the connect hardware sound, immediatly, one then teh other, then autoplay pops up.
The drive is less than a year old, probably only 6 months, 10 at the most, while all my other drives are >1year so I know it's not the drive.
Any ideas what might be wrong? Right now I've turned off the power to the external drive and teh system is runnign fine.
2.97ghz, 1gb ram, XP Pro.