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I pucrhased this external hard drive about 2 months ago:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144429
As soon as I bought it I backed up all my the data worth saving ( pictures, mp3s, movies, docs, etc ) but I remember something about it didn't go smoothly. I'm not sure if it was the software installation that seemed weird, or what, I just remember having an unsettled feeling after it was all done.
Fast forward to last night, I'm planning on reformatting again so I'd like to backup my data before doing so. I plug the power to the external drive in, plug it into the USB port, turn the power button on, the blue light turns on and I follow the instructions per the manual to get the backup process started and nothing happens. There's no "bling" sound when I plug in the cord to the USB port as normally happens when you plug in a Digital Camera or MP3 player into a USB port. Then, I try to restart the drive by pushing the power button and nothing happens. I had to pull the power cord all three times after trying to get it working.
Racking my brain all I could think of was that I had disabled a bunch of services AFTER backing up my data last time, I thought maybe I had disabled the Plug and Play service, or some other relevant service, but no.
Anyone else have any experience with this drive? I'm sorta furious at the thought that I might have blown $300 on a drive that doesn't work and is now past the RMA period.
I'm considering reformatting anyway as all my sensitive data is on a backup partition and wouldn't be erased in the reformat. This external drive is a backup of a backup, but...that is why I got it and it's not performing it's intended duty...
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144429
As soon as I bought it I backed up all my the data worth saving ( pictures, mp3s, movies, docs, etc ) but I remember something about it didn't go smoothly. I'm not sure if it was the software installation that seemed weird, or what, I just remember having an unsettled feeling after it was all done.
Fast forward to last night, I'm planning on reformatting again so I'd like to backup my data before doing so. I plug the power to the external drive in, plug it into the USB port, turn the power button on, the blue light turns on and I follow the instructions per the manual to get the backup process started and nothing happens. There's no "bling" sound when I plug in the cord to the USB port as normally happens when you plug in a Digital Camera or MP3 player into a USB port. Then, I try to restart the drive by pushing the power button and nothing happens. I had to pull the power cord all three times after trying to get it working.
Racking my brain all I could think of was that I had disabled a bunch of services AFTER backing up my data last time, I thought maybe I had disabled the Plug and Play service, or some other relevant service, but no.
Anyone else have any experience with this drive? I'm sorta furious at the thought that I might have blown $300 on a drive that doesn't work and is now past the RMA period.
I'm considering reformatting anyway as all my sensitive data is on a backup partition and wouldn't be erased in the reformat. This external drive is a backup of a backup, but...that is why I got it and it's not performing it's intended duty...