23 Apr
2017
23 Apr
'17
8:06 p.m.
On 23/04/17 10:15, nev young wrote:
On 21/04/17 20:10, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
Hi Geniuses!
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I had a similar problem of a usb disk giving i/o errors but was fine (apart from some directory corruptions) on a re-boot. The simple problem was insufficient current from the PSU. The drive worked fine until it spun down. Then the next request pulled too much current as the drive spun up and marked the drive in error. A better PSU fixed my problem.
Hope your problem is just as simple.
Hmm, that's an idea. I'll see if I can investigate that. The drive has its own PSU though. I'll see if it's working OK. I also intend to try and low-level format and/or test it (if I can) and see what transpires.
Cheers Steve