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Davey
Jul 30, 2023, 1:31:24 PM7/30/23
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I have two USB drives (of several), both USB-cable-powered, which I use
to back up daily files.
Suddenly last night, they mounted ok, but only showed 'lost and found',
with no files at all, and no file transfer available. I tried
rebooting both the PC and the drives, but there was no change. They
are named Expansion_Drive and Expansion_Drive-2, for reference. The
names did not appear when they were connected, which again is unusual.
The former of these drives is normally connected all the time, the
latter only occasionally. This afternoon, I dug out an old laptop, and
connected Expansion_Drive to it. And it worked fine. I then
connected it to my normal PC instead, and it worked fine there as well.
Any ideas what happened? I am hoping that Expansion_Drive-2 will react
similarly.
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Davey.
to back up daily files.
Suddenly last night, they mounted ok, but only showed 'lost and found',
with no files at all, and no file transfer available. I tried
rebooting both the PC and the drives, but there was no change. They
are named Expansion_Drive and Expansion_Drive-2, for reference. The
names did not appear when they were connected, which again is unusual.
The former of these drives is normally connected all the time, the
latter only occasionally. This afternoon, I dug out an old laptop, and
connected Expansion_Drive to it. And it worked fine. I then
connected it to my normal PC instead, and it worked fine there as well.
Any ideas what happened? I am hoping that Expansion_Drive-2 will react
similarly.
--
Davey.
Marco Moock
Aug 3, 2023, 2:57:46 AM8/3/23
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Am 30.07.2023 schrieb Davey <da...@example.invalid>:
> Suddenly last night, they mounted ok, but only showed 'lost and
> found', with no files at all, and no file transfer available. I tried
> rebooting both the PC and the drives, but there was no change. They
> are named Expansion_Drive and Expansion_Drive-2, for reference. The
> names did not appear when they were connected, which again is unusual.
> The former of these drives is normally connected all the time, the
> latter only occasionally. This afternoon, I dug out an old laptop, and
> connected Expansion_Drive to it. And it worked fine. I then
> connected it to my normal PC instead, and it worked fine there as
> well. Any ideas what happened? I am hoping that Expansion_Drive-2
> will react similarly.
Maybe a problem with USB power?
> Suddenly last night, they mounted ok, but only showed 'lost and
> found', with no files at all, and no file transfer available. I tried
> rebooting both the PC and the drives, but there was no change. They
> are named Expansion_Drive and Expansion_Drive-2, for reference. The
> names did not appear when they were connected, which again is unusual.
> The former of these drives is normally connected all the time, the
> latter only occasionally. This afternoon, I dug out an old laptop, and
> connected Expansion_Drive to it. And it worked fine. I then
> connected it to my normal PC instead, and it worked fine there as
> well. Any ideas what happened? I am hoping that Expansion_Drive-2
> will react similarly.
Try to only connect that drive to USB and nothing else.
Davey
Aug 3, 2023, 3:38:07 AM8/3/23
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system in the HDDs had lost some instruction, or could not handshake
with the PC, and connecting them to a different PC restored that missing
flag.
As to what or how, I have no idea.
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Davey.
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