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by silverchair_92

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I recently bought myself an external drive (Seagate FreeAgent) which has been working perfectly for the first few weeks.
It seems something went wrong and now I can't access the files on the drive. My computer on startup sometimes can't find the drive at all, sometimes it does but then it tells me it's "unavailable". Sometimes it works for a few minutes and then pops up the message that "writing failed" and I loose contact again.
I have a PC and using Windows XP, if anyone knows whats wrong or has any idea I'd be happy for some tips!

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by older mycroft

Then when you next power-up, wait until your boot is finished THEN plug it back in.

(I'm assuming you leave it connected at all times - you didn't say either way)

I'm not entirely convinced that USB external harddrives can co-exist if constantly connected.

by silverchair_92

Yup, keept it connected all the time. Didn't think it would make a difference, I'll try an see how it works. Thank you for helping!

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