Hi Patricia, Both of my externals are ones that I built with a kit, and they have power switches on them. If you don't have a power switch on the external drive, but it uses AC power, consider plugging it into a power strip and then useing the switch on the power strip. It's a good idea to have a habit of turning off devices that the computer will not. This will help prevent leaving them on, which could be considered a fire hazard, when left unattended. If the drive is powered by USB, then it should power off when the computer shuts down. HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question > How do you turn it on/off? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 5:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question > > >> Hi Ginger, >> I leave my external drives connected to the computer, >> but I do not leave them turned on. >> HTH, >> Richard Q. Justice-website owner >> www.blind-computing.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ginger Roe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question >> >> >>> Hi, is it ok to leave my external hard drive plugged in all the time? >>> >>> >>> Ginger Roe >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit my website: >>> >>> http://www.withtheblindinmind.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lennie >>> Rinaldi >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:08 AM >>> To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question >>> >>> Hi Nimer, >>> >>> That's not good! I think that a hard drive whether internal or >>> external should have a longer life than 1-1/2 or 2 years. >>> >>> You did not mention the size of your failed Hitachi hard drive. I do >>> think that the larger hard drives have the tendency to fail sooner >>> than smaller ones. >>> >>> As I have mentioned, my Western Digital internal hard drive was 500 >>> GB. and it failed within two years. I was told that the master file >>> table which I believe keeps track of all the files on the hard drive >>> was corrupted. Since I had many, many MP3 files on that old hard >>> drive, I(I don't remember how many) it was probably too many for the >>> master file table to keep up with it. >>> >>> I was told that the solution with large single hard drives is to >>> split the hard drives into two drives. This could be done before any >>> data is stored on a new hard drive using a function in Window to >>> split the hard drive (I think it has to do with formatting). If data >>> is already stored on the hard drive, then you need something like >>> partition magic to split the hard drive. >>> >>> The advantage of splitting a hard drive (so I was told) is that it >>> will create two master file tables which should handles the large >>> number of files spread over the two areas. >>> >>> I have two external hard drives and one internal hard drive and all >>> are 500 GB. each. So, the three are split to prevent failure. Each >>> one has its own drive letter and each is split about 250 GB. each. >>> >>> I hope that this information is useful for you. >>> >>> Lennie >>> >>> At 06:08 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>>>Actually, it was an internal, and it was about a year and a half. >>>>Thanks >>>>Nimer J >>>> >>>>Lennie Rinaldi wrote: >>>> > Hi Nimer, >>>> > >>>> > I also have a Hitachi 500 GB internal hard drive. I use this one for >>>> > all my MP3 music and recordings. So far, that one is working just >>>> > fine. >>>> > >>>> > I had a bad experience with my previous internal hard drive that died >>>> > on me after 2 years. That one was a Western Digital and also was 500 >>>> > GB. >>>> > >>>> > I use the Hitachi external hard drive which is also 500 GB. to back >>>> > up anything that I saved on the internal hard drive. So far, that one >>>> > has been working fine. Both drives are 5 months old. How old was your >>>> > Hitachi external hard drive when it died on you? >>>> > >>>> > Lennie >>>> > >>>> > At 11:55 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> By the way, how do you like hitachi? I just had one die on me. >>>> >> thanks >>>> >> Nimer J >>>> >> >>>> >> Lennie Rinaldi wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> Victor, >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I think that most new external hard drives come already in NTFS >>>> >>> format. I recently bought a Hitachi external hard drive and it was >>>> >>> formatted that way. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> One of my older external hard drive which I purchased a couple of >>>> >>> years ago was FAT32 and had to be reformatted to NTFS. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Just thought that you might want to know. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Lennie >>>> >>> >>>> >>> At 06:12 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Patricia, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You've got it, that's exactly what it should say, which is >>>> very uncommon. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Any drive I've ever gotten has always been formatted as FAT or >>>> >>>> >>>> >> FAT32 so they >>>> >> >>>> >>>> will plug into a Windows 98 machine, but it's a nice surprise that >>> yours >>>> >>>> isn't. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the drive. 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