Western Digital My Book Home Edition 500 GB USB Hard Drive "shut external usb" Questions

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...external HD shuts down when plugged into USB port The hard drive runs fine when it's not plugged into the USB port. Once I plug it into the computer it shuts down. I had this problem before but I ...

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...Shut off your computer and external drive. Unplug the USB cord from one end (which ever is easiest). Turn on your computer. When windows is up, plug in USB cable. Turn on USB drive. Windows should ...

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I have an external Toshiba 1TB hard drive that begins to power up but shuts down after about 4 or 5 seconds. Can the cover be removed for an alternative to using the external cabinet? Yes it can be ...

...shut down. Is it a fragmentation problem or a driver problem? Microsoft has had some issues in regard to external devices (especially after running some updates). There is a registry patch for this ...

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i accidentally unplug my seagate freeagent go external hard drive from my pc while it will running...can it be fix? shut down the PC. Restart it and reconnect the Seagate. The HDD should Work .

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...shut down. Hi Its not a software issue with your computer or external hard drive but a hardware issue with the external hard drive. You'll need to get your Iomega hardrive checked from Imomega, hope ...

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External hardrive not beinfg recognized. After usb cord was unplug then re-pluged in. Shut down your computer and unplug the device. Then turn your computer back on, log in, wait for it to finish ...

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...Shut Down option is selected, instead of the Restart option. 8. Wait for 5 seconds and then restart the computer. When the computer restarts, a "Windows has detected new or added hardware" message ...

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...usb root hub<right click open properties<power management<un select allow pc to turn off this device to save power.for me that didnt completely fix the problem with my external hard drive ...

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is still on and usb cord still connected but can't find the storage device anymore. What can I do? Shut your computer down. Plug the external drive back in, restart the computer and it should be there

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