avantgardy
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Hi everyone
I can find my way around a computer usually so I'm not a complete novice but i've had this problem several times.
I back up everything important to an external drive currently a maxtor.
I keep getting the above message and losing pictures and music. I have all the files on my pc so I can back up again and I'm in the process of reformatting the external drive.
I've just found out that I should use the "safely remove hardware" instead of just switching the drive off at the mains.
I know it sometimes corrupts if I leave it on when I turn off the pc.
This drive is only about 5 months old and it replaced a drive that had all the same problems so unless it is a coincidence it must be something I'm doing.
Also sometimes if I backup by dragging a large folder of pictures some of the directories are corrupted and I can't delete them (that's why I'm reformatting)
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
I can find my way around a computer usually so I'm not a complete novice but i've had this problem several times.
I back up everything important to an external drive currently a maxtor.
I keep getting the above message and losing pictures and music. I have all the files on my pc so I can back up again and I'm in the process of reformatting the external drive.
I've just found out that I should use the "safely remove hardware" instead of just switching the drive off at the mains.
I know it sometimes corrupts if I leave it on when I turn off the pc.
This drive is only about 5 months old and it replaced a drive that had all the same problems so unless it is a coincidence it must be something I'm doing.
Also sometimes if I backup by dragging a large folder of pictures some of the directories are corrupted and I can't delete them (that's why I'm reformatting)
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
