I’ve had this external hard drive for a few years now, so it’s a great deal bulkier than a lot of the external hard drives on the market today. It’s one of these: http://www.okobe.co.uk/ws/product/Maxtor???
The problem I’m having is that after I reboot my computer, it doesn’t always read it as it did before. Instead it can’t read the data at all (it doesn’t even appear as a drive in My Computer) and there is a desktop alert claiming that “one of my USB devises is displaying a malfunction.” (I’m paraphrasing.)
After a short while of having to unplug and replug and shift the drive about to make it work, it wouldn’t read at all. I disassembled the drive enclosure to see what could be wrong, and my father ended up breaking the USB cable housing altogether. But if anyone’s familiar with these hard drives (I’m not sure if it’s the same for all externals these days), can you tell me whether it’s possible to convert the hard drive to an internal hard drive as the drive itself seems to be built pretty much similarly to an internal drive? Or, does anyone know of anywhere where I can purchase the board that connects the drive to the USB and power cables? I assume the issue is with this board and not the drive, as the drive seems to be making all the right noises when connected to power, but nothing happens when connected to a computer (I’ve tried more than one computer, too).
