System : Windows XP SP2. Toshiba external HDD, not sure what model it is, but its a 40 gb one.
Okay i have no idea *censored* is going on. I just got my laptop back, clean install of windows. I attach my external hard disk so i can move my stuff back.......and i get this :
I used to have the external hard disk attached to the exact same USB port with no problems.....why the *censored* isw it giving me this power surge error now?
If i unplug it like it says, it will blue screen on me o.O. And it still doesnt work if i replug it.
If i start up windows with it unplugged, and then plug it into that USB port, it will instantly blue screen. The blue screen says something about plug and play detecting a faulty driver.
I have 3 unused USB ports on this laptop. One is currently being used by my mouse. One is giving me the ppower surge thing. And one is giving me some weird issues where i cant move any of the files from the external hard disk, the file transfer window pops up, then it freezes......after a very long time(10-15 mins) an error message says that it cant move the file to the destination because the path is too deep. Whatever the *censored* that means.
Switched my mouse and the external HDD around. Same thing, freeze during a file transfer and gives the "path is too deep" message.
I tried the external HDD with my 2nd laptop. I SEEM to be able to transfers file from the external HDD to that laptop's HDD...
Event log also keeps showing this : An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Summary :
1 USB port is giving power surge messages if i plug in the external HDD BEFORE windows is running, and instantly blue screens if i plug it in while windows is running
2 do not blue screen, but freezes during file transfers for a long time then gives the "path is too deep" message.