[SGVLUG] FW: Hard drive question

[Matt Campbell]

Thanks Stefan, I'll give that a try.

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of serross at ix.netcom.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:29 PM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] FW: Hard drive question
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:56 PM,  <serross> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Have you tried to contact the drive maker? I was having trouble
> with a USB drive and contacted the maker and they had a solution.
> >>
> >>  Stephen
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >What was the nature of the problem with the USB drive?  Was it a
> >problem with the hard drive itself or the enclosure?  Was it a problem
> >with the device driver or power supply, ie, it needed external power
> >vs a powered USB port or what?  Was this on windoze or Linux?  What
> >was the solution?
> >
> >claude
> 
> It happened to be a 2 gb thumb drive that I was unable to use 1/3 of
> the space. I was using it on  MS OS.
> 
> Open a ticket withe the maker of the drive, it could be that they have
> some special stuff on the drive that when you did the format, it wiped
> it out.
> 
> Stephen