Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PMFJI, I have only just picked up this thread, so excuse me if this is a repeat. Are the 2 drives bus powered (usual for portable 2.5" drives) or self powered? Not all computers have enough capacity on their USB power supply to use 2 drives at once. cheers, Frank Dernie On 28 Aug, 2010, at 19:31, James Laird wrote: > Frank, > > Sounds like a hardware problem. Have you had Windows check the drives? > Also, I had one of my USB cables get flaky on me, it just wore out and > eventually the WD wouldn't even connect. Have you tried a different > cable? > > Jim Laird > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at > earthlink.net> wrote: >> I have tried to copy ( backup using Windows COPY Command) one external USB >> HDD to another without luck. The copy stops, as if the feed drive is not >> keeping up with the other. >> >> Have others had the same luck or is there a trick to doing this? >> >> Note: Vista, plugging the usb directly into the computer ( not using a >> bridge) >> Drives are a mix of WD (500 + 640GB ) and Seagate (1.5GB ) >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at earthlink.net >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information