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    Hard drive keeps going offline

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by KPot2004, Sep 25, 2008.

  1. KPot2004

    KPot2004 Notebook Evangelist

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    My USB 2.0 500 gb hard drive will suddenly go offline for no reason, and to get it back I keep having to go into disk management and reactivate it.

    I am running XP, but I was running Vista as recently as a week ago and never had this problem :confused: :confused:

    I am starting to get irritated because I will have torrents downloading to that drive overnight and the hd will go offline and stop the download.

    Any ideas?
     
    KPot2004, Sep 25, 2008
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  2. McGrady

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    Your external drive could possibly be failing. What kind of HD do you have? SeaGate?
     
    McGrady, Sep 25, 2008
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Offline? You mean it just turns off?
     
    Bog, Sep 25, 2008
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  4. McGrady

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    That's what I assumed the OP meant.
     
    McGrady, Sep 25, 2008
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  5. KPot2004

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    The hard drive itself will still be on but it wont show up in my computer, I keep having to go to disk management and click re-activate disk.

    The HD is still getting power and everything but for some reason it just disappears from my computer. But under disk management the computer still sees the HD.
     
    KPot2004, Sep 25, 2008
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    Yeah thats a sign that you have a faulty hd.
     
    McGrady, Sep 25, 2008
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  7. Andy

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    Go to the HDD Manufacturer's site, and download - run a diagnostic tool.
     
    Andy, Sep 25, 2008
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