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Re: Tech daddy's comment. The HDD itself does get quite hot lately. Yes HOT, not just overly warm. Can't give a temp reading though. Re:Madmat's suggestion. As I'm typing this, the HDD is plugged into my other PC ( an old junker Micron ) and is working fine. It's presently copying files from...

By power brick, if you mean does it ( the HDD ) have it's own power suppy, yes it does. I'm refering to a powered USB hub, the type that allows for plugging in numerous devices. The HDD was originally plugged into a 2.0 USB card (pci). when that stopped working I tried the 1.0 port on the...

Yes madmat, I do. Duh, why didn't I think of that. I'll give it a try. Also, I'm wondering, since I have numerous USB devices plugged in ( all onboard or PCI card ports ) if the drive isn't drawing too much power and might be in need of a powered USB adapter. Jeff

No software involved. This was strictly a plug and play affair.

I never could use the "Eject device" button from the time I installed the HDD. It always told me I couldn't disconnect at this time and to try later, over and over and over,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, After closing everything I would switch off the power and that worked fine up untill now. I've...

First of all, I'm not real computer savvy, thats why I'm here asking for help. Here's my problem. When I disconnect my external HDD, I get an error msg. when I reconnect. It says "device not recognized". Now I fixed this once on Rob's advice by uninstalling the device and rebooting, however...