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Old 06-20-2009   #1 (permalink)


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Seagate USB drive errors

i get "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk3\D during a paging operation."

when i am copying files from / to USB drive - Seagate 500G Go drive. . .

the files always seem ok. . . hard drive doesn't show errors with chkdsk. . .

any ideas.

thanks

sportsguy

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Old 06-20-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate X64, Windows 7 X64, XP Pro X64, Vista Home Premium X86
 
 

Re: Seagate USB drive errors

do you always have it on the same usb port?

maybe the port is going bad or goofy. try it different ports and see if that fixes the issue.
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Old 06-20-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Business x64 and XP 32
 
 

Re: Seagate USB drive errors

can USB ports go bad? that would be a hardware error, no?
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Old 06-20-2009   #4 (permalink)


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Re: Seagate USB drive errors

yes they can my buddy has two out of his ten that are bad
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