Timeline for Cannot copy anything onto WD Elements 1TB External USB HDD
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| May 24, 2012 at 2:20 | comment | added | PeanutsMonkey | @Aashish Vaghela - Give crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html a go as it'll yield interesting results in terms of what is wrong with your harddrive. | |
| May 23, 2012 at 19:29 | comment | added | Aashish Vaghela | @PeanutsMonkey ... I've tried this same HDD on 3 different systems. 2 with Win7 & 1 with XP-SP3. Cable does not look bad. I've tried using different USB slots on different computers. Situation is still the same. Makes no difference. I still keep getting CRC errors when trying to copy anything from the PC/Laptop onto this USB HDD. I'll try CHKDSK /F/R on it. If it does not help, I'll have to copy everything onto some other drive & send this for warranty replacement, since warranty I believe is for 3 years. Thanks guys. | |
| May 23, 2012 at 19:10 | comment | added | EightBitTony | I agree, all answers are assumptions when the question is vague. The problem moves with the disk, not the computer, it matches behaviour I've had before, and it doesn't appear to be related to any changes (as far as we can determine). Also, it's generating CRC errors. Maybe the cable is faulty, maybe the USB port is faulty, maybe a hundred other things as well, given past experience, it's more likely the 1TB drive is failing, but without more diagnostics, that's all I have. | |
| May 23, 2012 at 19:08 | comment | added | PeanutsMonkey | It's an assumption that the harddrive is dying especially if he hasn't run any diagnostics against it. | |
| May 23, 2012 at 19:05 | history | answered | EightBitTony | CC BY-SA 3.0 |