I can see why you've come to that conclusion and I did too at first before I did tests. I think the reason the drive doesn't mount on anything other than Windows is because of the hidden partition it has.
Is there a way to set the keyboard languages via the registry?
I need to set some computers to have English (UK) as the primary keyboard language but also have Polish as a secondary. This is only needed for some users though so the plan is to have it run a batch file on login to set it. I currently have batch files running for the users to map the network drives they need and delete the ones they don't.
All I really need to know is where in the registry the keyboard language settings are located, if they are. All I can find is regional options such as system language, currency symbol, date format etc.
The problem with Linux (and Mac) not being able to mount it has been there since the beginning. I remember it saying in the manual for the hard drive that it was only tested on Windows and may not work on other operating systems so that's expected.
I also tried on some non-live versions: Fedora Core 8 and Ubuntu.
I doubt it's the USB ports because anything else I try in them works fine.
I think that the PSU is the likely thing although the hard drive does work fine with other computers using a weaker power supply but it could be that mine has degraded. When I get the chance, I'll try replacing the PSU. I really do need a new computer though so I might just hold out until then.
It's CRC and there are no problems when copying files over to other computers. I'm pretty sure it's still alive because it's working on other computers with no problems.
I had a look in the device settings while it was connected and noticed it was set to "...for quick removal" so I changed that to "..for best performance."
I'm not on a windows machine right now but next time I get onto it, I'll write down how to change the settings step by step for anyone who has this problem in future.
This isn't the first time I've had this problem and the last time I had it, I didn't note down how I fixed it. I just spent the last hour or so looking for solutions to this online and to my surprise, nowhere actually has an answer.
My external hard drive would randomly disconnect for just under a second then reconnect. When searching online, I found someone suggesting that the USB port doesn't have enough power to it to power the hard drive and suggested unplugging all non-essential USB devices. I didn't think it would solve it but I tried it anyway but to no avail. Here's the things I've tried:
-remove the hard drive from the device manager so Windows re-installs the drivers -unplugging all USB items besides the HDD so no other USB items were plugged in. -tried different USB ports -tried the HDD on different computers (it works on others with no problems) -looked for a powersave setting to make sure Windows isn't turning it off due to inactivity (couldn't find any option for it)
This is quite annoying as I'm trying to watch some of my old home videos I have saved on it and it keeps disconnecting in the middle of one.
Windows XP Pro SP2 Freecom 250GB External Hard Drive (not sure of specific model number. Bought in 2005)
I'm having the problem with media player not playing anything in any browser. It only started a couple of days ago. I can't figure out whats causing this. Can someone please help me/us.
