Toshiba 320 GB external HARD drive all of a sudden think this is my 160 GB drive!

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• Toshiba 320 GB external HARD drive make my very slow computer

  Hello.

  I bought this product a few weeks ago now, and every time I use it, it makes my computer go tp so slow to the point where I can't actually do something on this subject, due to the fact that everything becomes inadmissible. Also, the rate at which I transfer files to it is also very slow. Any ideas why and what I can do to speed things up a bit?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  You suggested that the laptop becomes slowly during the use of the external HARD drive.
  I guess that transfer you a data from the HARD drive internal to the external USB HDD.
  I think that it s not very rare, that the laptop runs slowly during the transmission of the data.
  It depands on the program that runs in the context of the operating system.

  I put t know which interface you use USB2 or USB only, but data transfer depends on the interface.

• 320 gb External Hard Drive - now detected as Cypress device

  Hi all

  I have a Toshiba 320 GB external hard drive and it seems to have developed a problem. Instead of being detected correctly when I turn on the drive Windows tell me that his device detected a "Cypress AT2LP RC42" and he wants to install software for it (which it does not so find).

  I know that this isn't just the OS because I have two OS on my machine and while it used to work fine on the two I now get the same behavior on them. Other that the drive does not appear in "My Computer" or in the "Disk management" part of the "Computer management" console

  Anyone know how to fix this?

  I must also say that I had only this when I got a 160 GB Toshiba drive.

  Colin

  [Edited by: admin]

  I googled around, and it seems that you really need a driver for this external hard drive to HARD drive. You should check the Web site of Cypress.

  The other option is to download the DriverWizard Windriver jungo.com 8.0. This application creates .inf files. Cypress AT2LP RC42 source code should be integrated.
  For EXAMPLE, you can create a clean driver .inf file. Try to install it on your device.

• Toshiba 500 GB external HARD drive is no longer detected - after only 1 hour

  Hey,.

  I finally got my Toshiba 500 GB external hard drive delivered today. I had no problem setting up and to turn my laptop on, it immediately recognized and I started to transfer things for her.

  However, I accidentally stood on the USB cable to the HARD drive and disconnected. I plugged it in, but my computer did not recognize.

  Nothing I've tried has worked, always, the laptop does not recognize the hard drive.

  Please help, I've only had the one hour thing, and it already does not work! I really hope that I have not only lost £56...

  All advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.

  NEW: My father just tried plugging the HARD drive in the desktop PC is on the ground, and as soon as the USB when it is in the port, you stop the computer... causing him to lose a lot of important business email, he wrote. It starts the computer, the USB and you stop again... and this has happened 3 times until he gave up. What on Earth is wrong with this thing? I've never heard of a USB cable, stop a computer permanently, or a hard drive that does more after an hour of use...

  Post edited by: Sam_V631

  The USB port on the HARD drive may have been damaged and may be causing the PC detect a short power.

  You can try another USB cable? If it is not the cable, then the HARD drive should be sent to a Service Center for repair or replacement.

• simple save 320 GB external hard drive

  I have a HP simple save 320 GB external hard drive.  When I plug it into my lap top, I can hear it loading, then at the bottom right corner I see the icon that allows you to remove the material safely; However I don't see the device anywhere.  Can someone tell me how to solve his problem?  I have to update the divers?  I'm so confused!

  Ok thank you.  I disassembled and connected like that.  I guess I'll have to ship.

• External Toshiba 320 GB of HARD drive cannot be recognized on Powerbook G4

  OK, if I get a new external hard drive and it will not pop up on my desk. It is a portable external hard drive (320GB) of Toshiba USB 2.0.
  It has a blue led that lights up when I plug it into my powerbook G4, but other than that, I can't find any recognition of it on my computer.

  The other day before this one, I bought another brand, and it was the same result.

  Any ideas?
  Where can I check the settings of 'visibility' (right term?)?

  Also of note: I have a printer that plugs into USB and it works very well. Also I have an iPhone that works very well with the computer and another (independently operated) external drive that works.

  Is it possible that I would need to remove the software for the other drive? Doesn't seem likely, but I'm at a loss.

  Thanks for reading and for any help!

  I don't use no matter what mac operating system, so I can't tell you if there is an option that makes the HARD visible disc.

  But you do not have any disk utility?
  Or does first be formatted to HFS file system?

  And what software use to the other drive?

  Sorry, but these are only rough thoughts, as I'm really not familiar with these operating systems.

• Toshiba ph3100u-1exb external Hard Drive will not stay On

  Hi all.

  I recently bought a Toshiba ph3100u-1exb 1.0 TB external hard drive. It works fine, but the problem that I am running is that it does not stay on for more than a few minutes. I don't know that its a kind of function, but if there is a way to turn it off, energy saving, I would have the accessible reader at all times, I use the information stored on it a little.

  When he died, I can always press the power button to bring it up, but I would like to have it on all the time. Is it at all possible to do? A setting on the drive, or even within Windows?

  I have the player hooked up through a USB cable, this PC is a little older and does not use for hard drives-eSATA cables.

  Hello

  In my opinion, the HARD drive must be checked with different computers and different OS (Vista, Win 7, Win XP). If the external HARD disk doesn't work using different systems and computers then it s definitely a HARD drive problem.

  I have 2 different external drives a HARD drive died and I had to replace it.
  In my opinion, if a HARD drive starts to malfunction then it s mostly a hardware related issue and there is nothing to replace the defective drive

• Disk Toshiba 320 GB external hard takes 3 minutes to go to the top

  In 2006, I bought my external hard drive Toshiba 320 GB, USB 2.0. IT worked fine until a week ago. Whenever I want to use it, I turn on with the switch at the rear of the car. The blue light turns on and then... nothing.

  After a few minutes (it varies between 3 and 10) the drive suddenly makes a noise (it turns upward?) start and the drive is recognized by Windows. I use Windows XP Service Pack 3. A few times when I also turn on my second external drive it als gets automatically recognized, sometimes not.

  Once it is recognized, the drive works perfectly without errors.

  I looked in the event viewer of windows, without errors or warnings there. When I restart Windows, the drive is not recognized immediately (also takes about 3 minutes). I tried ending task assignment to see if there was programs 'blocking' of the reader, but it would not help.

  Does anyone have any advice for me I can try more? Or perhaps had the same problem and solved somehow?

  Hello!

  Have you plugged the HDD on the same PC or laptop as before?
  As Akuma has said, try it on another PC.

  If you have another USB cable that you use to test.

  Good bye

• TOSHIBA 500 GB external HARD drive

  Hello

  Please I need help...

  My system is not able to recognize all available on my hard drive capacity.

  What should I do to use the hard drive full?

  500 GB is the ability, now its GB full but only 256 and the rest I can't fill, I get a message 'not enough of free space.

  Thanks in advance for you're help!

  Luka

  That's the problem with the file system of your external hard drive,
  Check your external hard drive file system.
  -Open my computer
  -Right-click on your external hard drive
  -Select Properties
  -written to see if it is the file system FAT32 or below this (FAT or FAT16)
  you will need to format it in NTFS. Why? I'll explain later.
  -to format your external hard drive, right click on the external hard drive.
  -Select format
  -in the file system drop-down menu, select NTFS
  -Choose the quick format
  -Press OK

  After the process is finished, you can now copy the file.

  EXPLANATION:
  This happens because the FAT family of file system have the 4 GB limit only (if I'm not mistaken) in the 1 file size.
  NTFS have much higher than that, but I forgot how big it can manage 1 file. ^. ^
  but it will be far from 8 GB.

• Toshiba 500 GB external hard drive is no longer recognized

  I have a Toshiba 500 GB USB 3.5 "external hard drive of office which was working perfectly until what a few days, but now it is no longer recognized by my computer (the device does not appear on"my computer"as it used to). Help, please!

  I had a similar problem with drive external 3.5 ". After a trip he stop working. In my case, the index has been connected to the PC (not portable) IDE channel and formatting.

• Clicking on Toshiba 1 TB external hard drive

  Bought my external hard drive Toshiba Canvio black 1 TB in July, and a few days ago I heard / felt continuous clicking. I've been more than prudent with my drive, never give up, tilting ever and never disconnect when the light flashes. Somehow I could possibly revive? Sometimes after I have unplug it and plug it back, there is no clicking for an hour and my files are readable, but then he starts up with the clicking again

  Hello

  You should be troubled if the HARD drive starts making strange noises.
  It could be a first sign of a HARD disk crash.
  On the other hand, my HARD drive clicks also but not always it happens sporadically
  I couldn't find a reason for this, but I created some backups to be on the safe side.

  I think that you must back up the data too.

• Can Toshiba 500 GB external HARD drive - I use for backup?

  Hello.

  Can I use my Toshiba 500 GB external drive that is currently back up My Documents via the Microsoft files history * also * as a hot spare for the enjoy backup & recovery?
  Currently, the external drive has 346 GB free.

  Thanks Howard
  Warwickshire, United Kingdom

  Why not be honest the backup & recovery from other manufacturers of portable computers are not known to me, but you can store and back up all files on the HARD drive.

• Impossible to format Toshiba 250 GB external HARD drive

  Hi I have a problem formatting external 250 GB drive HARD Toshiba with XP on NTFS. When I format it with disk management after 99% always comes the message format is not ended. When I use the command prompt to format goes to "Creating file system structures." and then "Format failed.

  Anyone know if there is a possible way to format this HARD drive.
  Thank you.

  Hello

  Please take a look in this thread:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=20565

  He s on a similar theme: how to format a HDD external 400GO

• The E of Toshiba STORE alu external hard drive.

  Hello

  I have a laptop Toshiba P500-16 t.
  Yesterday, I bought a disc external hard Toshiba (E STORE alu 750 GB USB 3.5 "), it works perfectly, but today the red and blue light no longer works, the hard drive still normally works well.

  Try it in another PC or another USB Port, if the LED still does not work then you can go back to the place of purchase for a replacement drive.

• Toshiba 1 TB external HARD drive

  I purchesed one of these comments amonth ago, to the day where I plugged the machine a turned on nothing happened. I left for about an hour and tried again, again, nothing happens, what could be the problem and how would approach I solve this.

  Congratulations in advance.

  Maybe you should really get in touch with your dealer (where you bought of). For me, this looks a bit like a hardware problem

  But what you could do is to unplug the laptop HARD drive, go to the Device Manager and remove all USB hubs and controllers from the list of devices.
  Restart your computer, wait until the USB ports are recognized and reconnect the HARD drive