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Subject: [Leica] USB HDD Question.....
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:26:52 -0500
References: <012a01cb46b8$b0e5ad40$12b107c0$@earthlink.net><AANLkTikXqF=ta1=cijVm+LNabqdHm7VQAoCYpPxtVsQY@mail.gmail.com> <D6FE05D6-8C31-48CB-BBB3-8EEEC5C7129F@btinternet.com>

I asked the same question, Frank, but haven't seen a response.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] USB HDD Question.....


> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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