On 14/08/2008, at 8:50 AM, Jude wrote:
No - it's fine to start them up after the computer. You should
really 'eject' them before removing the cable though. Right click on
the disk icon and select 'eject' or just drag the icon over the
trash, which should turn into an eject symbol, then drop.
Once the HD's icon is gone from the desktop, it's OK to remove the
cable.
Over the years many people have had firewire port failures .
Some have been software related ,
others have been power related causing a total failure of the port .
This white paper has a good summary of the subject :-
<http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/FireWirePortFailures.htm>
Personally for my own protection i AVOID connecting and
disconnecting
the firewire cable to a powered up external firewire enclosure .
AND
as Jude said , do not turn off the power to the external enclosure OR
unplug a firewire cable while the external drive is mounted on the
desktop .
You risk corrupting the hard drive driver by doing that ... usually
requires
disk warrior and or disk utility action to recover .
Have fun
Bob
In the olden days one would turn on external HDs and printers
before booting up the computer. With USB that seems to have gone
by the wayside. However, in a recent topic on WAMUG dealing with
external HDs and firewire a remark/question was made or put
regarding having connected and started up the external firewire HD
before booting the computer. Is this the recommended approach?
I use a portable firewire connected HD for my backups (powered by
the computer). I just plug in and update. Could I be courting
disaster?
Merv
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