External HDD issue

[lamensterms]

lately i have been having a few system crashes and i get that "your system has recovered from a serious error" message when it restarts. i have found that it is somehow linked to my external HDD. i have an oxford IDE IEEE 1394 SBP2 80gig external hard-drive. whenever i try to run a scan disk on it...the system crashes, computer restarts and i get that same message. any help would be much appreciated.
cheers.

 

[CrossFire851]

Post you're last mini dumps and a pro like Howard will take a look. But I think it might the program you're using to scan and/or bad sectors on the drive.

But like I said post you're last min dumps and someone will look at them.

 

[lamensterms]

forgive my ignorance, but what is a mini dump? and how do i post it on here?

 

[N3051M]

goto [start>run]
type in: %systemroot%/minidump
Zip up 5-6 of the most recent ones and attach it to your next post.

 

[benken2202001]

external HDDs are just 3.5" HDDs inside a case with a 1394 or USB channeling microchip included. If you think its the harddrive, you can remove the HDD from its case and use it like a regular IDE HDD and/or bring it to compUSA and have them test it for bad sectors or motor flaws

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Go HERE and follow the instructions.

If that doesn`t help. Zip 5 or 6 of your latest minidumps together and attach them here. Instructions for finding and attaching minidumps are in the above link.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave: