help me with my USB Hard Drive

SAvoltage · 10-20-2005, 11:05 PM

ok i bought this today for school and what not....http://www.iomagic.com/Products/sho...?ProdID=IUSB4HD

it worked the first time i pluged it in, put all my music on it to back it up. then i unpluged it (using the "safty" stop) and when to another computer to plug it in, didnt work, keept saying driver installed restart computer and it would do that over and over, i take it back to the computer that it worked on and now it trys to install the driver again and it says failure your divice might not work, and it is no longer showing up under "My Computer".

help me please.

ImpactStang · 10-21-2005, 02:38 PM

well those things can break easily sometimes...the thing that made sense to me for a sec is when you switched comp's if the other one wasnt a USB 2.0 (ieUSB1.1) it may not have worked, but when you said that it wouldnt work on the original one then i had to scream. One thing about some of that software is that maybe if the platforms are different and a wrong driver was installed or it was not compatible in some other way the comp would get weird and you would have to remove the driver to get back to normal. Another thing that throws me off though is that it sounds like the device is actually the thing that is corrupt, and its not like theres a lot on there. Maybe try taking the music off if you can find a way and trying it again. maybe its has something to do with that.

Best option is to try to find out who carries that brand and give them a call see if they have any advice on it, if it was a major problem theyve probably heard about it before.

Also the link doesnt work...

Nighthawk · 10-21-2005, 02:49 PM

I've had this problem with mutiple USB storage devices.

Basically its hit or miss sometimes. What you want to do is try and use the same USB port all the time, for some reason this cuts down on these errors.

To fix the current problem you may need to plug it in, go to the device manager and uninstall the device, then reboot and see if it comes back.

10-20-2005, 11:05 PM	#1
SAvoltage Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Antonio Posts: 1,568 Trader Rating: (0)	help me with my USB Hard Drive ok i bought this today for school and what not....http://www.iomagic.com/Products/sho...?ProdID=IUSB4HD it worked the first time i pluged it in, put all my music on it to back it up. then i unpluged it (using the "safty" stop) and when to another computer to plug it in, didnt work, keept saying driver installed restart computer and it would do that over and over, i take it back to the computer that it worked on and now it trys to install the driver again and it says failure your divice might not work, and it is no longer showing up under "My Computer". help me please.

10-21-2005, 02:49 PM	#3
Nighthawk technology > displacement Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 4,669 Trader Rating: (6)	I've had this problem with mutiple USB storage devices. Basically its hit or miss sometimes. What you want to do is try and use the same USB port all the time, for some reason this cuts down on these errors. To fix the current problem you may need to plug it in, go to the device manager and uninstall the device, then reboot and see if it comes back. __________________ My Garage

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10-21-2005, 02:38 PM	#2
ImpactStang I think he likes you... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Antonio Posts: 3,398 Trader Rating: (1)	well those things can break easily sometimes...the thing that made sense to me for a sec is when you switched comp's if the other one wasnt a USB 2.0 (ieUSB1.1) it may not have worked, but when you said that it wouldnt work on the original one then i had to scream. One thing about some of that software is that maybe if the platforms are different and a wrong driver was installed or it was not compatible in some other way the comp would get weird and you would have to remove the driver to get back to normal. Another thing that throws me off though is that it sounds like the device is actually the thing that is corrupt, and its not like theres a lot on there. Maybe try taking the music off if you can find a way and trying it again. maybe its has something to do with that. Best option is to try to find out who carries that brand and give them a call see if they have any advice on it, if it was a major problem theyve probably heard about it before. Also the link doesnt work...