Hi there,
I am having a very frustrating problem right now, I have a 30GB Fujitsu 2.5" hard drive which I am currently using in an external usb hard drive case, the type I have is the one that doesn't require an external power supply it just connects into 2 usb ports.
When I plug it in, it shows up in "My Computer" as drive D which is normal but when I try to click on it (highlight it) "My Computer" stops responding.
I tried running "Scandisk" but as soon as I click the drive under the list "Scandisk" stops respoding.
I'm running Windows 98 SE so what I did is deleted all drivers that the usb drive needs to operate and I replaced them with fresh copies, but this did not do anything.
I'm starting to think there is a Read/Write error going on here but I'm unsure how to fix it. The Hard drive powers up just fine and makes that whirling spinning sound you hear but no matter what program I use to try and access the drive that program will stop responding.
Could this be a hard drive malfunction?
I would be open to backing up all my data off the drive and burning it to CD/DVD but I don't know what sort of program could be of use?
I'm not in any hurry to get this problem fixed as the only files on the drive are mostly mp3's and music video's but all together there's about 20GB of data there which I'm not re-downloading!
Please help
Regards Matthew