USB 2.0 hard drive problems

Posted: 01-17-2004, 03:31 PM

A. Linn

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I purchased a Fantom 120 G external USB hard drive for my
HP Pavillion 5300 notebook. The drive is distorting all
the clip art on the drive and all music on the drive is
distorted also. I have tried using a powered hub and
reformatting but no joy. I have heard that camera
drivers can interfere with USB hard drive but one is not
connected at this time and there are no conflicts in the
device manager. Before I formated and lost quite a bit
of data, the drive was duplicating folders and deleting
others. It was also creating folders with strange
symbols in the name that could not be opened and either
had 0 bytes in them or deveral Gigs. Thanks in advance
for any help.

A linn

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Shenan Stanley

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Re: USB 2.0 hard drive problems

Posted: 01-17-2004, 03:42 PM

A. Linn wrote:

> I purchased a Fantom 120 G external USB hard drive for my
> HP Pavillion 5300 notebook. The drive is distorting all
> the clip art on the drive and all music on the drive is
> distorted also. I have tried using a powered hub and
> reformatting but no joy. I have heard that camera
> drivers can interfere with USB hard drive but one is not
> connected at this time and there are no conflicts in the
> device manager. Before I formated and lost quite a bit
> of data, the drive was duplicating folders and deleting
> others. It was also creating folders with strange
> symbols in the name that could not be opened and either
> had 0 bytes in them or deveral Gigs. Thanks in advance
> for any help.

Does it do this on JUST your computer or any computer?

The reason I ask is because it is entirely possible it is a USB Hard Drive
problem and nothing to do with your PC.

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<- Shenan ->
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A. Linn

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Re: USB 2.0 hard drive problems

Posted: 01-17-2004, 05:19 PM

It is just on my computer. The drive works ok on my Dell
desk top at home. I get the following error when
accessing the drive...
Mircosoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
Runtime error!
Program: c\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
abnormal program termination

>-----Original Message-----
>A. Linn wrote:
>> I purchased a Fantom 120 G external USB hard drive for

>> HP Pavillion 5300 notebook. The drive is distorting

all

>> the clip art on the drive and all music on the drive is
>> distorted also. I have tried using a powered hub and
>> reformatting but no joy. I have heard that camera
>> drivers can interfere with USB hard drive but one is

not

>> connected at this time and there are no conflicts in

the

>> device manager. Before I formated and lost quite a bit
>> of data, the drive was duplicating folders and deleting
>> others. It was also creating folders with strange
>> symbols in the name that could not be opened and either
>> had 0 bytes in them or deveral Gigs. Thanks in advance
>> for any help.
>
>Does it do this on JUST your computer or any computer?
>
>The reason I ask is because it is entirely possible it

is a USB Hard Drive

>problem and nothing to do with your PC.
>
>--
><- Shenan ->
>--
>
>
>.
>

A. Linn

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USB 2.0 hard drive problems

Posted: 01-17-2004, 06:34 PM

It only happens when I use it with the notebook. I get
the following error when i access the drive.

Microsoft Visual C++ Rintime Library
Runime Error!
Program:C\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
abnormal program termination

>-----Original Message-----
>I purchased a Fantom 120 G external USB hard drive for

>HP Pavillion 5300 notebook. The drive is distorting all
>the clip art on the drive and all music on the drive is
>distorted also. I have tried using a powered hub and
>reformatting but no joy. I have heard that camera
>drivers can interfere with USB hard drive but one is not
>connected at this time and there are no conflicts in the
>device manager. Before I formated and lost quite a bit
>of data, the drive was duplicating folders and deleting
>others. It was also creating folders with strange
>symbols in the name that could not be opened and either
>had 0 bytes in them or deveral Gigs. Thanks in advance
>for any help.
>
>A linn
>.
>

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