- Oct 30, 2018
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I have an external HDD from Seagate and whenever I copy a lot - or bigger - files it randomly keeps ejecting during the process and reconnects a few seconds later. Sometimes it even ejects every USB device that's plugged into my computer. Another related problem is, that the copy process slows down to 0 Bytes/s every few seconds, remains that way for a couple of seconds and then speeds up again, just to repeat the process. I can clearly hear my internal HDD slow down, stop and speed up again when that happens. It doesn't do that when I copy files internally, so it's the external HDD, that creates the problem.
Now, the thing is, by now I've figured out that it actually works when I plug the drive into an externally powered USB 2.0 hub which is a little strange to me. So my question is, doesn't the hard drive get enough power and would a y-cable be the solution?
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Edit: Ok, so for everyone that encounters the same problem, a y-cable definitely fixes it! The copy process STILL slows down every couple of seconds though, at least when copying large files. I don't know the reason for that though.
Now, the thing is, by now I've figured out that it actually works when I plug the drive into an externally powered USB 2.0 hub which is a little strange to me. So my question is, doesn't the hard drive get enough power and would a y-cable be the solution?
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Edit: Ok, so for everyone that encounters the same problem, a y-cable definitely fixes it! The copy process STILL slows down every couple of seconds though, at least when copying large files. I don't know the reason for that though.
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