Drive external HARD USB will not access the files correctly on Satellite A100-033

I have a laptop Toshiba Satellite A100-033 (PSAANE-03J02GEN), running Windows Vista Home Basic Edition.
I have a Western Digital passport external hard drive, which has no power source, because it pulls its power via the USB port.

Sometimes the player works fine, but I often have huge problems to access files on the drive. Opening a folder can make Windows to hang.

Open an audio file or a Word can do Word or audio software crash. Copy files often fails and in the process can make the Explorer Windows stop working.

Recently I tried to copy a 33MB file from the external hard drive to my laptop, and while he did it took more than an hour. So many things can happen, none of them pleasant.

Problems can occur if the external drive is the only device connected to a USB (apart from an external mouse, I always use), or if the external hard drive is one of a number of devices plugged into my laptop - either separately or through a USB hub (powered or unpowered).

Anyone know what is happening and how I can make my USB external drive usable? I have two other external drives (powered by their own power source) and they work perfectly.

Why, most of the time, do drive limp along so badly that they are virtually unusable?

Hello

One thing is clear; the problem is definitely related to the external HARD drive and not the laptop. It seems that this problem still occurs if the HD has been connected.

It of really difficult to say what could be wrong with your external HARD drive
Maybe HARD drive sectors are corrupt, and therefore you can not open folders and some files stored on the HARD drive.

Have you tried to format the HARD drive? Check this box and try to save and re-open cases.

In the worst case that the external HARD drive has a hardware malfunction

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