I am hoping that this is the proper forum to seek assistance for problems with external hard drives. I will pose my question and see if anyone has had a similar problem and if so, how was it resolved:
I have a Maxtor external HDD and a Seagate FreeAgent external HDD and when I attempt to copy large files or videos to these drives I get an error message that tells me Windows XP Home failed to copy all of the files and suggests it is a network or driver problem - then usually my PC freezes up and I have to do a power shutdown and reboot. The file I attempted to copy is incomplete.
I have Win XP Home on a Compaq pc with 960 MB of RAM.
Seagate tells me it is a Windows problem - could it be a USB driver problem? if so how do I troubleshoot it?
Many thanks for any input.
Mary
I have a Maxtor external HDD and a Seagate FreeAgent external HDD and when I attempt to copy large files or videos to these drives I get an error message that tells me Windows XP Home failed to copy all of the files and suggests it is a network or driver problem - then usually my PC freezes up and I have to do a power shutdown and reboot. The file I attempted to copy is incomplete.
I have Win XP Home on a Compaq pc with 960 MB of RAM.
Seagate tells me it is a Windows problem - could it be a USB driver problem? if so how do I troubleshoot it?
Many thanks for any input.
Mary