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Vista freezes when copying files to external hdd
  1. #1


    Cammo7447 Guest

    Vista freezes when copying files to external hdd


    Hi all,

    recently I have been trying to back up all my movies pics etc to a
    Lacie 1tb external hdd. We have had it for a while, it worked fine for
    a month, then we started experiencing difficulties with it and it
    remained in the too hard basket until now.



    Basically, I am running vista home premium
    premium on a Dell inspiron 6400 with 2gig ram (bought separately to
    improve performance). When when copying files to the hdd windows simply
    freezes. Anyone know of a fix for this? It's driving me nuts!




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    Cammo7447

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  2. #2


    PvdG42 Guest

    Re: Vista freezes when copying files to external hdd


    "Cammo7447" <Cammo7447.5ebaaa3@newsgroup> wrote in message
    news:Cammo7447.5ebaaa3@newsgroup

    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > recently I have been trying to back up all my movies pics etc to a
    > Lacie 1tb external hdd. We have had it for a while, it worked fine for
    > a month, then we started experiencing difficulties with it and it
    > remained in the too hard basket until now.
    >
    > Basically, I am running vista home premium
    > premium on a Dell inspiron 6400 with 2gig ram (bought separately to
    > improve performance). When when copying files to the hdd windows simply
    > freezes. Anyone know of a fix for this? It's driving me nuts!
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    > Cammo7447
    What happens if you try to copy the same size/number files to the external
    drive from a different PC/OS? That test would exonerate or convict the drive
    itself.



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  3. #3


    Cammo7447 Guest

    Re: Vista freezes when copying files to external hdd


    PvdG42;906156 Wrote:

    > "Cammo7447" Cammo7447.5ebaaa3@newsgroup wrote in message
    > news:Cammo7447.5ebaaa3@newsgroup-
    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > recently I have been trying to back up all my movies pics etc to a
    > Lacie 1tb external hdd. We have had it for a while, it worked fine
    > for
    > a month, then we started experiencing difficulties with it and it
    > remained in the too hard basket until now.
    >
    > Basically, I am running vista home premium
    > premium on a Dell inspiron 6400 with 2gig ram (bought separately to
    > improve performance). When when copying files to the hdd windows
    > simply
    > freezes. Anyone know of a fix for this? It's driving me nuts!
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    > Cammo7447-
    >
    > What happens if you try to copy the same size/number files to the
    > external
    > drive from a different PC/OS? That test would exonerate or convict the
    > drive
    > itself.
    I cant say that ive tried... ill get back to you...




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