HELP!! i just bought a new external drive. i had no problems trasnferring 700MB files to it for the past week or so but suddenly i can't transfer files to it today. I keep on getting an error message even before the transfer is completed....... either i get a message saying "transfer cannot be completed, cannot read file from source" or my screen turns blue and i get this message saying "disk write error". ahhh..i'm going crazy! :cries: :cries:
I tried transferring files from my external back to internal and there was no problem. But when i tried to transfer the file back to the external drive, it errors again.
does anybody know what the problem is? thanks!!
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 10:38 AM
you might have a bad sector on one of your drives, in which case, that drive is pretty much garbage, basura, ssu reh gi, la ji
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 10:39 AM
Use the installer cd that comes with your external drive.
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 03:23 PM
I'm guessing you are getting read/write, I/O errors.
Run a full scan disk on both your source drive and your external drive- it'll look for bad sectors and mark them as bad.
The drive isn't garbage as far as I know though..
Run a full scan disk on both your source drive and your external drive- it'll look for bad sectors and mark them as bad.
The drive isn't garbage as far as I know though..
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 07:59 PM
Yeah, you should still be able to use the drive okay.
But can you try to play the file you are trying to transfer out? Tab around the video and see if it plays okay.
Consider downloading http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php or a similar SMART utility. Those will tell you how the "drive health" is. It basically reads what the drive has suffered from recently.
But can you try to play the file you are trying to transfer out? Tab around the video and see if it plays okay.
Consider downloading http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php or a similar SMART utility. Those will tell you how the "drive health" is. It basically reads what the drive has suffered from recently.
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Posted 05 November 2005 - 01:40 AM
yeah, have you tried scandisk?
were you trying to transfer a file larger than a few GB to a FAT32 disk?
loose/dodgy cable?
that's all i can think of right now...
were you trying to transfer a file larger than a few GB to a FAT32 disk?
loose/dodgy cable?
that's all i can think of right now...
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Posted 05 November 2005 - 06:30 PM
ok guys...thanks for the replies.....i brought the drive to my office and it worked perfectly at work......so out of desperation..i ended up reformatting my pc at home..and wallah!! it fixed my problem!
phew!!! i'm so glad that my drive wasn't basura yet....hehehe..if it was..i'm going back to the shop where i bought it and hit the salesman on the head w/ it...
phew!!! i'm so glad that my drive wasn't basura yet....hehehe..if it was..i'm going back to the shop where i bought it and hit the salesman on the head w/ it...
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