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FishinGuy
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_ 		26. March 2008 @ 20:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wrote in a week or so ago about my external hd. It was wd250 passport. I had to run a recovery app to save the data. I got wd320 passport and now it is all of a sudden saying it needs to be formatted. I restarted and reaatached the drive (usb 2.0) and all the data came back.Anybody know why this might be happening?

Thanks
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Indochine
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_ 		27. March 2008 @ 03:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
USB hard drives do this a lot. That's why I don't like them.


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scorpNZ
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_ 		27. March 2008 @ 04:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
More likely to do with software bugs or drivers either way it's a quirk one of my computers has where by it un-detects the hdd then re-detects it every so often,yet the other comp which is the same model just a bit later with a diff mobo never has that issue,also when i run linux on this comp it won't un-detect & it will do as it should.

It might pay to run thru your drivers list & delete any old or unused or outdated drivers,i saw an article on it a few days ago,just gotta figure out how to tell which drivers are obsolete..lol..
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LOCOENG
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_ 		27. March 2008 @ 09:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to relevant forum.
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