Satellite M30X: Problems with external USB 2.0 HARD drive

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  I have laptop Satellite P300D - 12 c and recently, I put a new hard drive, the Seagate momentus 7200 RPM 2.5 "500 GB. It works well, but I have a strange problem; normally when I reboot the laptop when it will close something sounds, in the figurative sense I could say "something moves" for a bit in the DVD - ROM drive and shuts down and then restarts.

  Now, when the reboot happens to the part of the dvd - rom drive, I described above it stucks there... "something is happening" on the dvd - rom drive as trying to permanently access a dvd or something and he does the same thing until I force it to shut down by pressing the appropriate button. It happens once in two attempts to restart.

  Does anyone have a solution or a tip or something? If you do not understand something to tell me,

  Thank you very much

  Hello!

  I agree with Akuma. Maybe the drive is loose and so you should try re-allocation of places there.
  Maybe it works

  And updated the BIOS, you can find the Toshiba site:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > download drivers

  Good luck and give us feedback! :)

• Satellite P200 - problem with the use of disk HARD original as external drive

  I've been pulling on my hair for a month now and could do with help

  I have a Satellite P200 series PC laptop and have recently updated from the 200 GB for a pair or 320 GB HARD drive. No problem

  The question I have is that the old drive of 200 GB system I am unable to use it in any other machine or according to and external storage device.
  The original secondary disc works fine few matter where I use it... (In my PS3 at the moment)

  When I install the orgional system drive in my laptop and rebuild windows it it still works 100%.
  Hance a good work of 200 GB of HARD drive.
  Take it out and serve in another machine of storage that it won't - boot all I get is cyclic redundancy errors

  I formatted, low level run endless disk tools
  WD test came back with diagnostics Test::Read 11 - cable sector error!

  Even as a drive on the original laptop is the same

  All ideas taken with gratitude that I don't want to lose a good 200 GB HARD drive

  Thank you very much
  Roger

  Hello!

  The external box is maybe defective, because you said that the HARD drive works in your laptop and the PS3 without problem.
  You can test the HARD drive in another external case?

  WD test unknown to me but I always use the Drive Fitness Test:
  http://www.HitachiGST.com/HDD/support/download.htm#DFT
  With the Drive Fitness Test, you can test your HARD drive. Download the CD image, burn it to a CD and boot from it. You can then the HARD drive.
  On the same site is a user's guide if you want to know more.

  Good bye

• Satellite 2430-101: external USB 2.0 HARD drive problem

  Hello everyone,
  I have Toshiba satellite 2430-101. Recently I bought external 40 GB hard drive. When I connected to my toshiba usb hub, it is said that it exceeds the limit of the power, and I need to detach the external hard drive. When I read these last questions, someone suggested to uncheck the power supply to the usb hub options, but he says always the same. They are someone to help me.
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  Sri

  Hello

  Well, in my opinion, this problem occurs if the USB port can't provide enough power.
  In this case, that the USB hub must be connect to external power.

  Good bye

• Problem with the speed of the HARD drive on downgrated just on WinXP n/b Satellite A300

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  First of all, the AHCI mode was changed to COMPATIBILITY mode in the BIOS.
  After re-creating partitions on the HARD drive (Vista feature), XP sp3 has been installed.
  With all the drivers installation is normally, but first, I've noticed, it's very long loading of the system.
  In addition, regular copy of files of any source also went very for a long time.
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  > First of all, the AHCI mode was changed to COMPATIBILITY mode in the BIOS.
  I think it's the answer to your question.
  If you want to use the full speed of HARD drive and better performance, you must use AHCI mode.
  In this case, you can install Windows XP Home edition with the SATA driver.

  Check it please this page. You will find beautiful description how to find SATA drivers. At the end you can also find the link to the guide for "Slipstreamer SATA driver in the Windows XP boot cd using nLite".

  I hope this helps.
  Good luck!

• Windows Vista does not recognize external USB 260 GB HARD drive

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  When windows finally recognizes him, the only way to find the driver must choose c:\ manually and there's the search for the computer.
  Works for the time that I have the computer hard disk, but when I stopped it, next time I use the computer, I'm having exactly the same problem.

  I tried to remove the hard drive safely and then close the computer and by him plugging back in after windows has loaded, I tired it connected from the computer and tried to close the computer with connected.

  None of these work.
  Can someone help me please?

  Strange?  :|
  But what need s say Microsoft Windows so I don't expect 100% without bug OS ;)

  Disconnect the USB HDD and remove all the USB ports and Device Manager USB controllers. After restarting again the OS should reinstall ports. Then you could try to reconnect the HARD drive.

• External USB 3.0 HARD drive does not work on USB 3.0 port

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  I have a problem with my external HARD drive and the problem is that it is USB 3.0 feature does not work in my computer.

  The curious thing is that it works very well in the SATA port or a normal USB 2.0 port.

  Y at - it a failure with the HARD drive or is there something wrong with my motherboard (M5A99 fx pro r2.0)?

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  From my point of view of the few is not HARD drive problem because the HARD drive operates in a USB 2.0 port.

  I m wondering if you tried to update the USB 3.0 driver.
  Have you tried this HARD disk in another computer / USB 3.0 ports?
  I think that its worth a check.

  Also, I read on some problems of USB 3.0 controller from different manufacturers.
  Sometimes, it might be possible that some problems of compatibility between different devices may arise.

• External USB 2.0 Hard Drive detected only 10 seconds in the Device Manager

  I am running Windows 7 and trying to plug my hard drive 200 GB from an old computer with XP in my new computer via USB 2.0 to an external case.  The external box is its own source of power and requires no drivers. When I plug it into the USB port, I hear the Bell indicating the window detects an external device and she appears under USB devices in Device Manager, but only for about 10 seconds then disappears.  It never appear in disk management or in the computer as a mass storage device.  I tried to use other cables/USB ports. I tried exchanging the external box for a new thought the first one was defective, but that did not help.

  Hi Stroke77,

  ·         Did you get the computer pre-installed with Windows 7?

  It is about if the external drive worked when the computer was working with Windows XP or Windows Vista.

  Here are some steps that may help you solve the problem.

  1. plug in and turn on the external USB hard drive
  2. right mouse click on workstation
  3 left click on manage
  4. click on Device Manager
  5 expand the USB list
  6 find the USB device to USB hard drive
  7. the right mouse click - Uninstall
  8 turn off the external USB hard drive
  9. turn on the external hard drive USB and let it find and install the driver
  10. it should work

  You can see other steps from the link below:

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/w7itprohardware/thread/dd9cd509-F9AC-4295-a75b-863f92f5595f

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Swathi B - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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  The hard drive, I would like to buy, is also Hitachi but with the highest capacity (160 GB) and RPM faster (7200 against 5400).
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  STL

  Hello

  As you already know we can only speculate on the size of the HARD disk
  In my opinion the 160 GB would be possible. But it s just my personal opinion.

  In any case, the higher speed (7200 RPM) HARD drive should be a problem. I noticed that many laptops use 7200 RPM HDDs and 5200 RPM. So I imagine that the heat produced by the HARD drive shouldn't t increase the level of temperature at a critical level.

  Greetings

• External USB 250 GB HARD drive does not connect

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  A year ago I bought 2 this record.
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  Hello Chris,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community.

  According to the description, it seems that Windows was not properly installed on the hard drive. I'm not sure how to work the software from third-party manufacturers WinToUSB and reliable installation process is. Microsoft does not recommend using any third party tool to install Windows on your computer, the use of these third-party tools can cause serious damage to your computer.

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  Refer to the section "using the installation option custom if no operating system is installed" in the thread below.

  Installing and reinstalling Windows

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