maxtor drives and vista

[Lenny]

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.

 

[Gary G. Little]

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.
>

 

[Richard G. Harper]

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.
>

 

[John Barnes]

and check your cable and connection.

"Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news9idnZkg5JttjhHbnZ2dnUVZ8q6unZ2d@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.
>

 

[Cyberbear]

"Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news9idnZkg5JttjhHbnZ2dnUVZ8q6unZ2d@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.
>

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.

 

[ray]

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.

 

[Frank]

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

 

[ray]

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.

 

[Frank]

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

 

[Lenny]

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

 

[Hertz_Donut]

"Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news9idnZkg5JttjhHbnZ2dnUVZ8q6unZ2d@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

 

[Adam Albright]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:09:45 -1000, "Hertz_Donut"
<somewhere@outthere.com> wrote:

>
>"Lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
>news9idnZkg5JttjhHbnZ2dnUVZ8q6unZ2d@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.