WD Essential 2TB Hard Drive disconnects and reconnects on its own while plugged into USB jack, help?
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it could be several things. perhaps your table isn't completely straight so the cable moves, or the connection is not great in the port you are using, or your usb jack is starting to fail, the hard drive cable is going bad, or windows itself decided to start randomly ejecting things. in any of these cases the one thing I wouldn't recommend is relying on this hd alone as your backup, and even less if you are going to keep it connected to your computer all the time. they are NOT stable... they are NOT made to last... they WILL fail at some point.
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It used to happened to me when the laptop when to hibernation. I disabled the time to set the computer on hibernation.
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I don't use my that often and I don't leave it connected, just when I want to copy or move items. I haven't had any problems with my.
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The drive came with a USB cable and a power adapter. I already had a WD 3TB HD for my mac. It has worked so well that I decided to get another one. Haven't had any problems with either.
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Has anyone tried to connect an external HD to the USB port and saved their files?
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I would compare this drive to the current one you own. If the size or type of connector is different then that it's where your problem lies
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If you are talking about a hard drive, I'm kinda partial to WD. I've had a few and none have given me any problem. If LG optical dvd - same comment
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I don't know what the WD hard drive calls for but I doubt it. This has the "micro" USB plug on one end, which is smaller than most external hard drives I've used have.
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I'm sorry, I don't know what that is. I use the USB connection and the WD Smartware shortcut and allow the hard drive backup to occur. I use it for backup protection against a crash or the re-activation of a file I deleted from my hard drive when I thought I wouldn't need it anymore. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Well, a USB back up? SO you have turned it into a external hard drive? If so it most likley just needs to be configured into what you want it to do. Odd though, never had this problem with any hard drive I have ever worked with or bought.
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I have a diskless version. I did buy the disk separatly and did not have any problem.i idid buy wd red label hd.
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OH no problem... just connect one of the other provided cords to the 2nd port on WD drive 1 to either port on the 2nd drive. It automatically shows up on your desktop as a second WD icon. Works great.
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I use my external hard drive without problems, but my external DVD drive will not work properly -- keeps losing connection. Both are USB powered. My work around for the DVD drive is to attach it to my USB hub that has its own power cord.
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you may check 1)hard drive should be self power- it should not getting power from usb that is connected to tablet2)hard drive should be in FAT32 formati have tried but i have different issue as it recognize it and immediately it says - external drive is dismounted unexpectedly.and cant see data of hard disk. I have 40gb Dragon drive 2.5 external harddisk.
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i'll be trying a WD 4TB drive later this evening, i called Sabrent tech support and they were useless ! all he could do is read what was on their web page.
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So far, for me, when the computer sleeps, it disconnects the drive. When it wakes, it mounts it again. Sometimes, it just disconnects and reconnects for me while I am working. :(
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I rec'd my WDTV a couple of days ago and have been playing with it a lot. I have 2 different hard drives connected (400gb western digital passport and 500gb freeagent portable). I had the same problem...hard drives wouldn't shut off even when ejected and turning off the WDTV. I updated the firmware this morning and now, my seagate freeagent portable turns off when ejected. The western digital passport however, didn't shut off. I will be exchanging the passport for another freeagent portable drive for that reason.
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I've moved on to 4TB drives. There is no switch - I eject the drive from the desktop and then unplug power in the back of the drive. I only use it as an external drive for backups.
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hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).