I have successfully done a full backup onto a WD MyBook 1TB external hard
drive, using the eSata port. The backup was around 300GB and took around
half an hour, if I remember correctly.
I use the device now to record TV shows with Media Centre on my computer
that only supports the USB port.
I have never had any errors with the device.
"Ed" <Ed@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi, all. I posed this question to Western Digital's support people, but
> they
> were of absolutely no assistance, essentially blowing me off and blaming
> Microsoft.
>
> I have a WD MyBook 1TB external hard drive. It's a replacement for a LaCie
> drive that I broke accidentally. Because I broke my LaCie, which held all
> my
> backups, I need to do a full system backup so I have one on file. (I'm
> running Windows Vista Business SP1 on a Compaq Presario laptop. I've tried
> this both before and after SP1 and have got the same result.)
>
> The weekly file-only backups I have scheduled with Windows Backup work
> fine.
> It's only the full system backup that gives me problems. Everything goes
> as
> planned: I select the MyBook as the destination, and Windows starts the
> backup.
>
> Once it gets near the end (I'd say about 90% done according to the status
> bar), I get the blue crash screen. Here's what it says:
>
> DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
> Stop: 0X000000D1 (0X00000004, 0X00000002, 0X00000001, 0C807503FF)
> nvstor.sys - Address 807503FF base at 8074C000, DateStamp 458d543d
>
> It doesn't restart after that, it just sticks on the blue screen. I have
> to
> shut the computer off and then turn it back on to do anything.
>
> Can anyone clue me in on what might be going on?
>
> I thought maybe my driver was out of date, but Windows Update can't find a
> newer one, neither can it when I go into the device's properties. Unless
> I'm
> missing something there, or it's something other than a driver issue.
>
> Thanks