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Odd Problems With New EHDD (usb3.0)
Hi all,
So on Saturday I got a new EHDD, a Seagate 1tb usb 3.0 (bus powered), as my old usb 2.0 one must be like 8 years old and at 500gb it was getting full (although it still works fine, something which at this point I'm very glad about). I was excited to be trying all the speed usb 3.0 could throw at me, and quite pleased with results.
But then things got weird, and I'd really like to know if it's a problem with my system or a faulty drive, so I can work out what to do.
1) Randomly it seems it'll just stop being recognisable. When it's in this state it ranges from showing as no files/folders on the drive, showing empty folders, or showing all the files there, but they're unreadable/useable when you try to click on them. This has happened during idle time and during use of the drive. Even though I formatted the drive before use, it shows up during these times as having RAW file system, constantly says the device is inuse and unable to be removed - and even if you unplug and replug it it wont be recognisable again until you restart the pc.
2) Upon start up, it seems there's an extensive period of the drive 'lagging', maybe 5-10 seconds, before you can do the first thing you try to do. After that, it seems to work fine, until issue #1 comes in that is.
I have tried updating my usb 3.0 controller driver (it's the renesas (sp?) controller, built into mobo) and all that did was make the lag slightly worse for issue #2 (or randomly made it go away, although that's only happened twice). I also tried a usb 2.0 port upon start up and the issue #2 was still there, however I was busy at said time and couldn't wait to see if #1 happened - as it can take the better part of a day to surface. Right now it's plugged into usb 3.0 and I've had to restart 4 times today.
So.. any suggestions? I'm totally at a loss here. I'm thinking it's the drive, but if anyone has any ideas I can try to find out either way, that'd be really appreciated. Thankyouuu! :)