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Hi,

Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

again.

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    Have you tried another USB port?

     

    Gary G. Little

     

    "Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

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    > Hi,

    > Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    > Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    > dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    > again.

    >

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    Mine hums along with no problems. Try a different USB port, or a powered

    hub.

     

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    "Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

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    > Hi,

    > Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    > Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    > dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    > again.

    >

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    and check your cable and connection.

     

    "Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

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    > Hi,

    > Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    > Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    > dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    > again.

    >

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    "Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

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    > Hi,

    > Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives

    > and Vista? Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally

    > the computer keeps dropping the connection and then recognising

    > it again only to drop out again.

    >

     

    Likewise, mine is working fine. Check USB ports on the PC, make

    sure the cables are plugged snugly, and make sure the power cord

    to the external drive is snug.

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    On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:40:55 +0100, Lenny wrote:

    > Hi,

    > Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    > Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    > dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    > again.

     

    That really sounds like a hardware problem. Nothing like checking cables

    and maybe trying some other USB ports. Always look for the simplest

    solutions first.

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    ray wrote:

    > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:40:55 +0100, Lenny wrote:

    >

    >

    >>Hi,

    >>Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    >>Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    >>dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    >>again.

    >

    >

    > That really sounds like a hardware problem. Nothing like checking cables

    > and maybe trying some other USB ports. Always look for the simplest

    > solutions first.

    >

    >

     

     

    Actually, it's always look for the obvious solution first! :-)

    Happy 4th ray.

    Frank

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    On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:39:00 -0700, Frank wrote:

    > ray wrote:

    >> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:40:55 +0100, Lenny wrote:

    >>

    >>

    >>>Hi,

    >>>Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    >>>Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    >>>dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    >>>again.

    >>

    >>

    >> That really sounds like a hardware problem. Nothing like checking cables

    >> and maybe trying some other USB ports. Always look for the simplest

    >> solutions first.

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

    > Actually, it's always look for the obvious solution first! :-)

    > Happy 4th ray.

    > Frank

     

    Pretty much variations on a theme.

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    ray wrote:

    > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:39:00 -0700, Frank wrote:

    >

    >

    >>ray wrote:

    >>

    >>>On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:40:55 +0100, Lenny wrote:

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>>Hi,

    >>>>Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    >>>>Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    >>>>dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    >>>>again.

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>That really sounds like a hardware problem. Nothing like checking cables

    >>>and maybe trying some other USB ports. Always look for the simplest

    >>>solutions first.

    >>>

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >>Actually, it's always look for the obvious solution first! :-)

    >>Happy 4th ray.

    >>Frank

    >

    >

    > Pretty much variations on a theme.

    >

    Not really.

    It's the first rule of trouble shooting anything.

    Frank

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    Thanks for all the posts. I have checked and tried all the obvious things,

    USB connections and Cables before I posted. The reason I mentioned this is

    because the drive has been working perfectly for the last 6 months on a XP

    machine but struggles on this laptop.

    Thanks anyway.

    Lenny

    "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message

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    > ray wrote:

    >> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:39:00 -0700, Frank wrote:

    >>

    >>

    >>>ray wrote:

    >>>

    >>>>On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:40:55 +0100, Lenny wrote:

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>>Hi,

    >>>>>Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and

    >>>>>Vista? Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the

    >>>>>computer keeps dropping the connection and then recognising it again

    >>>>>only to drop out again.

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>That really sounds like a hardware problem. Nothing like checking cables

    >>>>and maybe trying some other USB ports. Always look for the simplest

    >>>>solutions first.

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>Actually, it's always look for the obvious solution first! :-)

    >>>Happy 4th ray.

    >>>Frank

    >>

    >>

    >> Pretty much variations on a theme.

    >>

    > Not really.

    > It's the first rule of trouble shooting anything.

    > Frank

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    "Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

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    > Hi,

    > Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    > Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    > dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    > again.

    >

     

    Possibilities:

     

    Bad USB Port

    Bad USB Cable

    Bad Power supply for the drive

     

    FWIW, Maxtor is a generally reliable brand.

     

    Honu

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    On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:09:45 -1000, "Hertz_Donut"

    <somewhere@outthere.com> wrote:

    >

    >"Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

    >news:D9idnZkg5JttjhHbnZ2dnUVZ8q6unZ2d@pipex.net...

    >> Hi,

    >> Is there a known problem with Maxtor USB 2 external hard drives and Vista?

    >> Mine seems to work most of the time but occasionally the computer keeps

    >> dropping the connection and then recognising it again only to drop out

    >> again.

    >>

    >

    >Possibilities:

    >

    >Bad USB Port

    >Bad USB Cable

    >Bad Power supply for the drive

    >

    >FWIW, Maxtor is a generally reliable brand.

    >

    >Honu

     

    Not to knock Maxtor, (they were recently taken over by Seagate so

    hopefully their quality will improve) but I know of many people

    including myself that have had terrible luck with their early models,

    and I'm talking years ago, when external drives were first introduced.

     

    The issue then was Maxtor external drives had extremely flimsy tiny

    and I do mean tiny very fragile circuit boards inside the enclosure

    which of course you weren't suppose to open that were not much bigger

    than a postage stamp that the external power cord and the firewire

    cable were connected to this. The problem was if you yanked the power

    cable out of the drive several times, in about a month this cheesy

    little circuit card could fail. I went through not one replacement,

    but two in about six months time because at the time I was using this

    so-called "portable" drive, (how it was marketed) not just an external

    to lug it around with me. I finally opened the case, breaking the

    warranty and saw what I described above.

     

    Note to the wise, what's inside was just a plain IDE drive (may have

    changed now) that had a cable similar to the end of a IDE cable that

    just pushed on to this circuit card. After undoing the cable and

    removing the drive it worked fine, in other words there was absolutely

    nothing wrong with the drive itself, the problem was this piece of

    crap circuit card that obviously was not designed well and couldn't

    stand up to even gentle handling.

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