Originally Posted by
yoco
That's what I used to do to my, now dead, 1TB HDD. Died in less than a year.
I'm using my Segate 2TB HDD since 2.5years and still working smooth. Maybe because I always made a point to "eject the disk" from the menu's and then unplug.
Did you try any software for copying to your USB key? I use burst copy. I've had problem as well, every time I would copy a large file(s) after a few minutes it would just completely freeze and I'd have to do a hard reset. Never happened that since using burst copy.
Its a known issue the HDD goes to sleep mode or something similar relating to Power Settings, don't know about other drives but Segate drives regulate the drive going into power saving mode there by causing it to standby/freeze.
In case if anyone has Seagate install "Seagate Manager":
Code:
Under "My Drives", "settings" button, I clicked on ""Adjust Power Settings"
Under the power-saving mode frequency to "
Never"
ps: Easy trick try to use the drive when you transfer something onto it, which will keep the drive state to active and won;t enter into sleep mode.
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