usb and hard disk problem

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hi, i have a big problem. i'm using couple of external usb hard drives
.... almost every time when i use one of those disk (they are in
diffrent cases so i belive that the problem isn't in the drive or usb
case) my computer crashes and i losse all my data on the partition
where the windows 2k + sp4 where installed, i also used my friend
win2k3 and the same thing happend on that OS also (2 times, and on
win2k 4 times). please help me or at least tell me what do you think
where the problem is ... thank you!

P4 3.0 HT (enabled) presscot
sata 160gb segate
intel 925bcx motherboard

 

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"NiXa" <nikola.kapraljevic@os.t-com.hr> wrote in message
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Date: 13 Jun 2005 13:46:17 -0700

hi, i have a big problem. i'm using couple of external usb hard
drives ... almost every time when i use one of those disk (they are
in diffrent cases so i belive that the problem isn't in the drive
or usb case) my computer crashes and i losse all my data on the
partition where the windows 2k + sp4 where installed, i also used
my friend win2k3 and the same thing happend on that OS also (2
times, and on win2k 4 times). please help me or at least tell me
what do you think where the problem is ... thank you!

I'm not sure, but I believe that Windows Update that has to do with
networked hard drives just might fix that problem. Too long ago to
recall anymore.


Cheers!


______________________________________________
Bill (using a Toshiba 2595XDVD & Windows 2000)
-- written and edited within Word 2000

 

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hmm, i haven't tryed that, but i belive that if there was an error that
has something to do with that, then i wouldn't even be able to read
those usb disks. i can read all those disks, but the only bad thing is
that during the copy proces sometime (not every time) windows start
reporting a lot of error about mft table problems, and finally they
crash. after that everything that you try to get you data from the
windows installation partition is usless ...

nixa

 

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"NiXa" <nikola.kapraljevic@os.t-com.hr> wrote in message
news:1118695577.141409.12110@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> hi, i have a big problem. i'm using couple of external usb hard drives
> ... almost every time when i use one of those disk (they are in
> diffrent cases so i belive that the problem isn't in the drive or usb
> case) my computer crashes and i losse all my data on the partition
> where the windows 2k + sp4 where installed, i also used my friend
> win2k3 and the same thing happend on that OS also (2 times, and on
> win2k 4 times). please help me or at least tell me what do you think
> where the problem is ... thank you!
>
> P4 3.0 HT (enabled) presscot
> sata 160gb segate
> intel 925bcx motherboard
>

Have you made the 48-bit LBA registry change?
It is NOT done automatically and it is required for HDs larger than 128GB.

Here are instructions for enabling 48-bit LBA:
http://www.48bitlba.com/enablebiglba.htm