Thread: Fixing a remote HD

It's because utorrent is starting before your external hd.

Change utorrent to not run on start up

Is that the wireless one?
The connection software is shit.
That's why.

no its not the wireless one,it just a regular HD calleded MY book. USB 3.0
will try yr 2nd option dilly

Originally Posted by peterpan

I got a WD hard disk about 2 TB. works perfectly except if the power goes out as did 1 hour ago, it won't read the HD. I can still access files but it wont reset seeding and it has a message.
Error: former volume not mounted. I can highlight each and restart, then it resumes seeding and downloading.

Normally I wait till marmite come around and he gets it right. But I think Marms tolerance for the elderly is wearing a bit thin.
I thought a Remote PS might help, it didnt.

is there a question here ? or just some random technical non-sense ?

buy an iPad, at your age you shouldn't be left alone with a computer

Originally Posted by peterpan

I got a WD hard disk about 2 TB. works perfectly

Luckier than I was. Had one - 1TB - had problems, basically went bang but still under warranty so I took it back and they were kind enough to replace it. A couple of months later it too went bang.
No more WD for me

I have found that intermittent external HD mount problems can sometimes be from power under-supply from the PC or the HD trying to draw too much power.

You can sometimes sort it by using a double power supply USB cable.



It uses 2 USB ports instead of one but one of them is just a parallel power draw.

i can confirm looper...
i have an external USB hub (3 dollar or so), with own electricty supply, and put the external HD there... in case it fails when plugged into the pc, what can be random...

^
do they work usb 3 or just 2 ?

blue, i dunno... but its the slow one, so i think usb 2.0, on hub and pc

Faulty USB port? If it worked before on USB maybe you have added USB devices that are drawing more power than before? How does that work Harry?

What happens when you plug the drive in to another PC?

Originally Posted by Bazzy

Faulty USB port? If it worked before on USB maybe you have added USB devices that are drawing more power than before? How does that work Harry?

you sound like a fucking IT genius,

after everything was discussed, maybe he can try a restart?

Butters, it is 100% guaranteed that I am further up the food chain than you.

Originally Posted by Bazzy

^ 100% guaranteed that I am further up the food chain than you.

what food?

maybe he can try a restart-done that
have separate power.

Maybe I just run it on the lappy only, see how that goes,

For torrents I always use the local hard drive to avoid external HD issues and then copy them onto the USB drive when they are finished downloading and I am finished seeding them for a while.

Originally Posted by Looper

For torrents I always use the local hard drive to avoid external HD issues and then copy them onto the USB drive when they are finished downloading and I am finished seeding them for a while.

I always prefer to DL to an external HD as torrenting works the hell out of a HD and I'd rather use one I can unplug and throw in the bin when it dies (which it will as we get low grade pieces of shit here).

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I always prefer to DL to an external HD as torrenting works the hell out of a HD and I'd rather use one I can unplug and throw in the bin when it dies (which it will as we get low grade pieces of shit here).

Bollox, you get the quality you pay for.
Only a rich man can afford to buy the cheap models.

Originally Posted by lom

Bollox, you get the quality you pay for.

3rd tier models by QA results are sold in Thailand. Fact.

This is from a former Western digital QA engineer that used to post of here.

Probably right but my one is the exact same model sold in OZ for what that is worth, anyway I plugged it into the laptop and it runs without a problem.

Originally Posted by peterpan

Probably right but my one is the exact same model sold in OZ

It's not about the model, but the level that it reaches during QC.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Looper

For torrents I always use the local hard drive to avoid external HD issues and then copy them onto the USB drive when they are finished downloading and I am finished seeding them for a while.

I always prefer to DL to an external HD as torrenting works the hell out of a HD and I'd rather use one I can unplug and throw in the bin when it dies (which it will as we get low grade pieces of shit here).

Well how about that, within 3 days of Marmite's timely torrenting heads-up my faithful media centre laptop, which I use for DLs, has, after 5 years of faithful service, developed the dreaded HD death rattle. I give it 2 days tops. So looks like I am up for a new HD and a day fucking around installing the OS and all the software.

Anyway, thanks again for the heads-up Marmite. Tried to green you but system won't let me.