witten1972
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Hi to everyone who reads this.
I have an external USB-linked Western Digital Hard drive of 500GB, where I store Images of my C, D and E partitions.
Now my problem; on a irregular basis I hear the "Hardware remove sound" or "Disconnect Hardware Sound" from Windows, and it has something to do with my external HD. (Yes I've tried different USB slots.)
When I hear that sound I go to Windows+E and then I notice that my volumes on that disk aren't visible.
A few seconds or minutes later I hear that sound again and everything is back to normal, but a while later it begins again and again, repeatedly. Sometimes more than fifthy times a day and its very annoying. And because I have stored my Images there, I just don't want them to be obsolete when an emergency occurs.
It's like Vista loses connection with the USB-HDD and then regains it.
I don't know who's the culprit or what causes that.
Even when I bootup using Acronis True Image from a bootable disk I stil can't see my drives in that program window.
I use that program to control my Images and know it's not reliable anymore, wel the program is, it's just a fault in Windows somewhere that causes the constant disconnectivity.
I'm against the wall here, can someone help me out?
Does someone have an adequate solution for that or had the same problem?
Thanks for your time and answer(s).
Best Regards Carlo
I have an external USB-linked Western Digital Hard drive of 500GB, where I store Images of my C, D and E partitions.
Now my problem; on a irregular basis I hear the "Hardware remove sound" or "Disconnect Hardware Sound" from Windows, and it has something to do with my external HD. (Yes I've tried different USB slots.)
When I hear that sound I go to Windows+E and then I notice that my volumes on that disk aren't visible.
A few seconds or minutes later I hear that sound again and everything is back to normal, but a while later it begins again and again, repeatedly. Sometimes more than fifthy times a day and its very annoying. And because I have stored my Images there, I just don't want them to be obsolete when an emergency occurs.
It's like Vista loses connection with the USB-HDD and then regains it.
I don't know who's the culprit or what causes that.
Even when I bootup using Acronis True Image from a bootable disk I stil can't see my drives in that program window.
I use that program to control my Images and know it's not reliable anymore, wel the program is, it's just a fault in Windows somewhere that causes the constant disconnectivity.
I'm against the wall here, can someone help me out?
Does someone have an adequate solution for that or had the same problem?
Thanks for your time and answer(s).
Best Regards Carlo
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System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion m9480
- CPU
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- Motherboard
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- Realtek High Definition Audio
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