Guest musicfreak91967 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what can i do to fix?
Guest SingaporeWebDesign Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive Hello, 1) Try connecting to another port 2) Hook up the external power supply if your hard disk allows for one to be connected to it 3) Try it on another PC to rule out the hard disk being malfunctioning -- Singapore Website Design http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/ Singapore Web Hosting http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html Windows XP FAQ "musicfreak91967" <musicfreak91967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A507BC7-D1DA-4B91-B056-9DB1869DA2F9@microsoft.com... >i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a > sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host > controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what > can > i do to fix?
Guest musicfreak91967 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive i have done all of this and it still doesn't help i've even tried different hard drives they all do the same thing work for awhile then quit. or not work at all. "SingaporeWebDesign" wrote: > Hello, > > 1) Try connecting to another port > 2) Hook up the external power supply if your hard disk allows for one to be > connected to it > 3) Try it on another PC to rule out the hard disk being malfunctioning > > -- > Singapore Website Design > http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/ > Singapore Web Hosting > http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html > Windows XP FAQ > > "musicfreak91967" <musicfreak91967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:9A507BC7-D1DA-4B91-B056-9DB1869DA2F9@microsoft.com... > >i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a > > sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host > > controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what > > can > > i do to fix? > > >
Guest musicfreak91967 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive by the way thanks for the reply. "SingaporeWebDesign" wrote: > Hello, > > 1) Try connecting to another port > 2) Hook up the external power supply if your hard disk allows for one to be > connected to it > 3) Try it on another PC to rule out the hard disk being malfunctioning > > -- > Singapore Website Design > http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/ > Singapore Web Hosting > http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html > Windows XP FAQ > > "musicfreak91967" <musicfreak91967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:9A507BC7-D1DA-4B91-B056-9DB1869DA2F9@microsoft.com... > >i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a > > sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host > > controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what > > can > > i do to fix? > > >
Guest musicfreak91967 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive is there anything else i can check "musicfreak91967" wrote: > by the way thanks for the reply. > > "SingaporeWebDesign" wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > 1) Try connecting to another port > > 2) Hook up the external power supply if your hard disk allows for one to be > > connected to it > > 3) Try it on another PC to rule out the hard disk being malfunctioning > > > > -- > > Singapore Website Design > > http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/ > > Singapore Web Hosting > > http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html > > Windows XP FAQ > > > > "musicfreak91967" <musicfreak91967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > message news:9A507BC7-D1DA-4B91-B056-9DB1869DA2F9@microsoft.com... > > >i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a > > > sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host > > > controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what > > > can > > > i do to fix? > > > > > >
Guest SingaporeWebDesign Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive Hello, You can try getting a powered hub and see if that helps. No guarantees though. -- Singapore Website Design http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/ Singapore Web Hosting http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html Windows XP FAQ "musicfreak91967" <musicfreak91967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DB758C3A-30E3-48DB-AC56-43E7F7BF53AF@microsoft.com... > is there anything else i can check > > > "musicfreak91967" wrote: > >> by the way thanks for the reply. >> >> "SingaporeWebDesign" wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > 1) Try connecting to another port >> > 2) Hook up the external power supply if your hard disk allows for one >> > to be >> > connected to it >> > 3) Try it on another PC to rule out the hard disk being malfunctioning >> > >> > -- >> > Singapore Website Design >> > http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/ >> > Singapore Web Hosting >> > http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html >> > Windows XP FAQ >> > >> > "musicfreak91967" <musicfreak91967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> > message news:9A507BC7-D1DA-4B91-B056-9DB1869DA2F9@microsoft.com... >> > >i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all >> > >of a >> > > sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal >> > > host >> > > controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and >> > > what >> > > can >> > > i do to fix? >> > >> > >> >
Guest Frank\(FL\) Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive musicfreak91967 wrote: > i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all > of a sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb > universal host controllers a number of times before it works. what is > going on? and what can i do to fix? Start>>right click>>My Computer>>Properties>> Hardware>>Device Manager>>Universal Serial Bus Controllers>> USB Root Hub>>Power Management [ ] Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power. Untick them all.
Guest Plato Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Re: lose connection with usb hard drive =?Utf-8?B?bXVzaWNmcmVhazkxOTY3?= wrote: > > i have an external hard drive (usb) it works fine sometimes then all of a > sudden i lose conection with it. i have to uninstall usb universal host > controllers a number of times before it works. what is going on? and what can > i do to fix? Sometimes you have to install the drivers when plugging in to another USP port. Same thing oftens with mice. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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