That makes sense. The files are transferring much faster to my new external now that it's hooked directly to the computer than they were when it was hooked to the hub. I'll keep that in mind next time for sure.
On 8/5/11, Don Marang <donald.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have read and it is my experience that external hard drives, > especially powered external hard drives, should be connected to their > own port. I think this is due to both power and data transfer rates. > Putting a hard drive on a hub with any other device will slow down the > transfer rate at best. Ideally, a powered USB device should be > connected directly. If powered devices, like printers and scanners, > must be connected d to a hub, it is better if it is a powered hub. Hubs > work best for devices like keyboards and mice. > > *Don Marang* > Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org > <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> > There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any > real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I > am working on things that matter. > -- Dean Kamen > > On 8/5/2011 5:44 PM, Desiree Oudinot wrote: >> Hi, >> Well, I plugged the drive into my laptop and it recognized right away. >> I formatted it on the laptop and now things seem to be working fine. I >> now have both external drives plugged into the back of the computer. >> Thank you guys for your help. >> Now, I have a related question. The hub does have a power cord, but it >> didn't start giving me trouble even when it wasn't plugged into the >> wall until today when I tried to plug my headphones into it. I asked >> this same question on another list and someone responded back by >> saying that plugging an external drive and a pair of headphones into >> the same hub is a bad idea. Why would that be? I thought the point of >> a hub was so that you could plug multiple devices into it at once and >> not have to worry. >> >> On 8/5/11, Mike& Barbara In Arcadia<mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: >>> Hi Desiree, >>> >>> Is this USB Hub only plug into the computer to get its power or, is it a >>> powered USB Hub and plug into a wall outlet socket to have AC / 120 volt >>> power as well? If it is not a powered hub, the USB port might not be >>> providing enough power to the Hub to sufficiently run the external drive. >>> Have you tried plugging the 2nd external drive into a USB port by itself >>> to >>> see if it will work that way? Hope you get this issue figured out! I >>> know >>> just how frustrating it can be when things quit working for no >>> explainable >>> reason. Take care. >>> Mike >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Desiree Oudinot >>> To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com >>> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:48 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] what to do when USB devices won't >>> recognize >>> >>> >>> I did try that with no luck. Thanks for the suggestion though. >>> >>> On 8/5/11, David Goldfield<dgold...@asb.org> wrote: >>> > Hi. >>> > Have you tried unplugging the actual USB hub from your computer and >>> then >>> > plugging it back in? Maybe if it rerecognizes the actual hub >>> things may >>> > work properly. >>> > >>> > Just a thought ... >>> > David >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com >>> > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of >>> Desiree >>> Oudinot >>> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:34 PM >>> > To: blind-computing >>> > Subject: [Blind-Computing] what to do when USB devices won't >>> recognize >>> > >>> > I bought a 2tb Western Digital external hard drive yesterday. I had >>> another >>> > one, but I bought a second one for backup purposes. I had it >>> connected >>> to >>> > the computer via a USB hub, and the old one connected to the back >>> of the >>> > computer. I was copying files from one to the other. >>> > The folder was quite large so it was taking a very long time. >>> People >>> started >>> > doing work outside my house so I then plugged my USB headphones >>> into the >>> > hub. I have had problems with this hub ever since I got it in that >>> often >>> > when you plug more than one device into it, it tends to not >>> recognize >>> the >>> > new device. Of course I couldn't disconnect the hub, so I >>> disconnected >>> the >>> > headphones, figuring I'd just turn up my speakers since it was loud >>> outside. >>> > Unfortunately, unplugging the headphones had an adverse effect. It >>> also >>> > somehow stopped recognizing the external that I was copying files >>> to. >>> Now I >>> > can't get it to recognize the drive at all. Once, when I plugged it >>> in, >>> it >>> > said I needed to format the drive to continue, but I hit cancel and >>> > restarted the computer, hoping that it would just recognize again >>> as I >>> had a >>> > similar problem before and that fixed it. But no--no matter where I >>> plug >>> it >>> > into the computer now, it says the device has malfunctioned and >>> Windows >>> does >>> > not recognize it. 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