Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question

, September 06, 2010 11:21 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question One of my external hard drives has quit working. When I unplug the USB cord, it lights up for just about 30 seconds and then it quits again. Is there any way I can get the stuff I have on it off before

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-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]on Behalf Of TJ McElroy gMail Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 8:47 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hello Donnie, Here are two ideas that might help you with your external hard drive problem. 1

[Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question

One of my external hard drives has quit working. When I unplug the USB cord, it lights up for just about 30 seconds and then it quits again. Is there any way I can get the stuff I have on it off before it completely quits working. I can't even open it at this point. Thanks, Donnie Have a

[Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question

Here I am again with another hard drive and a question.. We exchanged the SeaGate for a Western Digital My Book with it's own power supply hard drive. I did Victor's steps to determine the formatting and found that it was saying File System Fat32 and then I started to format this and while I

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continue. It's fat32 right now. Thanks Nimer J Patricia Dunbar wrote: Here I am again with another hard drive and a question.. We exchanged the SeaGate for a Western Digital My Book with it's own power supply hard drive. I did Victor's steps to determine the formatting and found that it

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Where do I find the codes for websites I visit? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nimer Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:46 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question continue

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-Computing] External Hard Drive Question continue. It's fat32 right now. Thanks Nimer J Patricia Dunbar wrote: Here I am again with another hard drive and a question.. We exchanged the SeaGate for a Western Digital My Book with it's own power supply hard drive. I did Victor's steps

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] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question continue. It's fat32 right now. Thanks Nimer J Patricia Dunbar wrote: Here I am again with another hard drive and a question.. We exchanged

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PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nimer Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:46 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question continue. It's fat32 right now. Thanks Nimer J Patricia Dunbar wrote: Here I am again with another hard drive

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ok. But why not do a quickie? - Original Message - From: Nimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question And yes, after it finishes, you can be guaranteed

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-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question And yes, after it finishes, you can be guaranteed that it will be ntfs, as long as you have ntfs selected as the file format. Thanks Nimer J Patricia Dunbar

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Hi Patricia, As has already been mentioned, your drive is still formatted as FAT32, so you'll have to do a full format in order to change it to NTFS. You can't do a quick format, as this will simply erase all the data on the drive, and will not change the file allocation table on the drive, so

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, Patricia - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, As has already been mentioned, your drive is still formatted

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Hi Patricia, Do not, under any circumstances keep it standing on one end, not unless it comes with support bases to keep it up in case you bump the desk. I have heard of drives being totalled when they fall from such a short distance as a tip over. In terms of keeping it plugged in, there

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Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Where do I find the codes for websites I visit? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nimer Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:46 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject

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Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, Do not, under any circumstances keep it standing on one end, not unless it comes with support bases to keep it up in case you bump the desk. I have heard of drives being totalled when they fall from such a short

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@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, Do not, under any circumstances keep it standing on one end, not unless it comes with support bases to keep it up in case you bump the desk. I have heard

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, September 03, 2008 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Patricia, Each of my three external hard drives have a power on and off switch. Lennie At 01:11 PM 9/3/2008, you wrote: How do you turn it on/off? - Original Message - From: Rick Justice [EMAIL PROTECTED

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-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Patricia, I would follow Rick's suggestion. I do use power scripts (surge protectors) for not only for computer devices, but also for my stereo system. If you can place the script

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-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Patricia, I would follow Rick's suggestion. I do use power scripts (surge protectors) for not only for computer devices, but also for my stereo system. If you

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Yes to all your questions.. - Original Message - From: Lennie Rinaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Patricia, how is your external hard drive driven? Since

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Hi Patricia, What you said for formatting the drive is exactly right. Good luck with it. Victor Co-moderator Blind Movie Buffs List Guidedogs List Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com

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Thanks, it's almost finished.. Wonder why I had to do it? - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, What you said

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: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Thanks, it's almost finished.. Wonder why I had to do it? - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing

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Hi Patricia, If the drive is under warranty, you may have to take it back to the store you purchased it at. If it isn't under warranty, you're probably looking at a new enclosure that's needed, or the drive has fallen over, or been dropped. The only reason this would happen is if the drive

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and some plugs for headsets. - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, If the drive is under warranty, you may

[Blind-Computing] EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE QUESTION

Hi Patricia, If you are experiencing problems with this drive, don't bother playing with it, take it back. HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at:

Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question

PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Patricia, Each of my three external hard drives have a power on and off switch. Lennie At 01:11 PM 9/3/2008, you wrote

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6:51 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

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I haven't removed mine in almost 1.5 years. David Ferrin - Original Message - From: aiden gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Ginger, I don't see why

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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

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Hi Patricia, It really isn't daunting at all. If you've ever formatted a three and a quarter inch floppy, then you know how easy it is to format a hard drive. It really is that simple, and you don't have to have any confusing switches or anything like in the old DOS days. No, I think you'll

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] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question 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

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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

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On the other hand, I just purchased a western digital and it came as FAT32. It may depend on the manufacturer. 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

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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

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yourself to answer questions and offer help/suggestions... Thanks so much, Patricia - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 5:12 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi

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Ok, guys. I have a question: I went to my computer to see what's up there in regard to my macster external hard drive. It isn't listed so where else could I go to find it? marilyn Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at:

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Did you just plug it in? You may need to restart. If this doesn't help, see if it is recognized in device manager. Thanks Nimer J Marilyn Walker wrote: Ok, guys. I have a question: I went to my computer to see what's up there in regard to my macster external hard drive. It isn't listed so

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Nimer, where do I go to find device manager? marilyn Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to

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PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Gouveia Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 3:06 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Marilyn, It's in your control panel, under system, then tab over to hardware, and tab to the device

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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.

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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

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Rick, you are correct. It is maxtor. Sorry I misspelled it. marilyn Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives:

Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question

Hi Frank, As a point of fact, external hard drives appear as USB mass storage devices under the USB controllers in the device manager. When they are functioning properly, yes, they will show up there in the disk drives heading, but for the most part, they will usually show up in the USB

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Hi Lenny, It is entirely possible that the drives were manufactured some time ago, and were just sitting on the shelves, waiting for a clearance sale or something like that, I have no way of knowing. It is an interesting question, and perhaps we'll get a chance to check it out some day.

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: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, As you've already seen, most external drives are plug and play, so you don't need to do anything else when you plug in the drive. I do recommend you do something before you do anything with the drive. After you've plugged

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Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, As you've already seen, most external drives are plug and play, so you don't need to do anything else when you plug in the drive. I do recommend you do something before you do anything with the drive. After you've

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like it's already formated? - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Patricia, As you've already seen, most external

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Thanks and I'm already doin' just that,grins - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Shockley, Windows Desktop Edition [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi, I'm not Victor

[Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question

Today we bought a 250/GB external harddrive name brand, SEA GATE. I wanted to ask if this is a brand that works as good as the rest of them, Western Digital? Also, do I just plug it into the USB slot and windows will automatically recognize the drive? Then I can send things to that drive?

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Subject: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Today we bought a 250/GB external harddrive name brand, SEA GATE. I wanted to ask if this is a brand that works as good as the rest of them, Western Digital? Also, do I just plug it into the USB slot and windows will automatically recognize

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Thanks much for your info here.. - Original Message - From: David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question I have a 320 from them that only required me to plug

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-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Today we bought a 250/GB external harddrive name brand, SEA GATE. I wanted to ask if this is a brand that works as good as the rest of them, Western Digital? Also, do I just plug it into the USB slot and windows will automatically recognize the drive? Then I

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Thanks for your input. - Original Message - From: Donnie Parrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question I just recently purchased a 160 gig animal by the same name brand

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Thanks, that's what I want to do. - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Shockley, Windows Desktop Edition [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi, Seagate is good. Yes

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Your welcome, glad it helped. - Original Message - From: Patricia Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Thanks, that's what I want to do. - Original Message