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strange USB HDD issue
OK my laptop specs are listed and here are the specs of the drives I am using.
Toshiba USB HDD 5400 RPM 250GB 2.5" drive
Western Digital My Passport USB HDD 250GB not sure on speed.
both formatted NTFS
when I plug both in and try and move even a single file 300+MB or more from one drive to another the transfer stops most time one of either of the drives becomes unreadable but the drive icon remains in the system even after unplugging it safely or not. and windows CPU load remains 80% or more and I have to restart the system to get it to return to normal.
Both drives are tested fine
if I copy the file to the laptops drive no issues. I can even copy 15GB worth as I am doing as I write this as a test. I don't have access to any other computers at this time. I have checked each drive for issues including viruses. my system and drivers are clean. I guess this could be a USB issue with the laptop not being able to read and write on 2 channels or its an issue with windows. Either way anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening? and any possible fix.
I have a lot of files i want to move about 120GB worth and really don't want to do a USB to laptop to USB move as I don't want to tax the laptop drive with all the R/W that it would take to move the files. I even tried to clone the drive and NO GO.