WD My Book Errors
WD My Book Errors
Ok I have a WD My Book 500GB external Drive. This thing would not register via usb on one of my workstations. it registers fine on my other one but when I go to copy files it gives me this error message
What does this mean the drive is basically empty.
I have been able to load 2 folders containing images for 2 games on it so I know I can copy to the drive. I initially thought that maybe it had something to do with the image size or format but one of the files I copied is 3GB and the other is 5GB and I have a smaller 4GB one that I can't copy. Additionally I've copied an iso and a mdf.
Help please,
thanx
What does this mean the drive is basically empty.
I have been able to load 2 folders containing images for 2 games on it so I know I can copy to the drive. I initially thought that maybe it had something to do with the image size or format but one of the files I copied is 3GB and the other is 5GB and I have a smaller 4GB one that I can't copy. Additionally I've copied an iso and a mdf.
Help please,
thanx
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Re: WD My Book Errors
Try right clicking and properties on it so that it will tell you how much free space is left.
Even better, run windirstat, point it to the drive and let it show you where any space might be eaten up. Press F6 while its open to show free space so your picture is accurate with what is on it.
Dan
Even better, run windirstat, point it to the drive and let it show you where any space might be eaten up. Press F6 while its open to show free space so your picture is accurate with what is on it.
Dan
- jimbobcress
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Re: WD My Book Errors
I Believe it is something to do the FAT32 file system used on the WD My Books. I have a 250gb version and i could not copy a large file over either. Checking up on the internet about FAT32 i found that it is impossible to copy files over the size of 4gb, as the maximum supported size is..... 4GB!! Ofcourse you will be able to copy folders over of any size as they are usually made up of smaller files. I was able to copy over my music folder which was in excess of 40GB but wasnt able to copy a .iso file of only 5GB, I recieved the same error message and was totally confused as i had over 100GB free. I hope I am mostly correct, but as i say i found out most of this by searching on the internet.
Hope it answers you're question.
Hope it answers you're question.
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Re: WD My Book Errors
so does that mean that i should reformat the drive with nTfs? would that solve the problem?
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Re: WD My Book Errors
Thanx Dan that seems to have been the problem. I formated with ntfs and it's been smooth sailin ever since
Thanx again, kudos,
Bigg RiE
Thanx again, kudos,
Bigg RiE
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Re: WD My Book Errors
I didn't suggest it
Thanks to jimbobcress for pointing out the problem.
Dan
Thanks to jimbobcress for pointing out the problem.
Dan
Re: WD My Book Errors
Oops sorry jimbobcress Thanx alot. Wow solved an issue on your first post huh? You're off to a good start. N e ways thanks
Oh, and welcome to the forum
Oh, and welcome to the forum
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Re: WD My Book Errors
Ok so now another issue rears it's ugly head.
I have 2 of these externals, now I can't get either one to be recognized by windows when i plug them into my usb port i can hear the chime that I ussually hear when a usb device is plugged in but then like 5 seconds later I hear the chime that I ussually hear when I unplug a usb device. It's not the port cause i've tried all 10 ports on my system and the one i usually use for these drive reads my Flash drive, cell phone, MP3 Player, and PSP just fine. I don't know what it could be I've been troubleshooting this for 2 hours now and nothing. The samething happend yesterday but when I tried it agian it just worked.
Thanx
I have 2 of these externals, now I can't get either one to be recognized by windows when i plug them into my usb port i can hear the chime that I ussually hear when a usb device is plugged in but then like 5 seconds later I hear the chime that I ussually hear when I unplug a usb device. It's not the port cause i've tried all 10 ports on my system and the one i usually use for these drive reads my Flash drive, cell phone, MP3 Player, and PSP just fine. I don't know what it could be I've been troubleshooting this for 2 hours now and nothing. The samething happend yesterday but when I tried it agian it just worked.
Thanx
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Re: WD My Book Errors
Have you played the game you we're trying to transfer?
- jimbobcress
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Re: WD My Book Errors
Any luck with your hard drives? Just a thought but have you tried a different usb cable? Could be a duff one, n id always try the cheapest/weakest link first seeing as your other usb devices work.
And off topic, im new to all this, how do i make a nice signature like you have BiGg RiE?
And off topic, im new to all this, how do i make a nice signature like you have BiGg RiE?
Antec 900 Case
AMD 64 x2 4200 @ 2.65
MSI K9 Diamond
2GB Corsair Dominator 6400C4
Leadtek 8800 GTX @ 610/2000
1 x 74 GB Raptor with XP home
1 x 200 GB Caviar with Vista Ultimate
Hiper 580w PSU
AMD 64 x2 4200 @ 2.65
MSI K9 Diamond
2GB Corsair Dominator 6400C4
Leadtek 8800 GTX @ 610/2000
1 x 74 GB Raptor with XP home
1 x 200 GB Caviar with Vista Ultimate
Hiper 580w PSU
Re: WD My Book Errors
Well here is a basic post about how to edit your sig:
http://forums.legitreviews.com/about3865.html
If you are any good with GIMP or photoshop then you can make your own pictures, or feel free to edit one of the templates and add your specs onto the sig if you aren't.
Dan
http://forums.legitreviews.com/about3865.html
If you are any good with GIMP or photoshop then you can make your own pictures, or feel free to edit one of the templates and add your specs onto the sig if you aren't.
Dan
Re: WD My Book Errors
Well I plugged my HDD in this morning and the led on the front is doing a kind of circular dance, which is what it does when I plug it in ussually it takes a couple of seconds but this has been going on for about 5 minutes. I'll leave it for a while and see what happens I do have about 160GB of data on it, maybe the NTFS formating has something to do with it.
We'll see, if that doesn't work then I'll switch the usb cable.
We'll see, if that doesn't work then I'll switch the usb cable.
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
Wolf King Trooper
"You must have very big rat, u need Hottori Hanzo's steel."