External hard drive problem

[Guest]

Hi!
I'm using an external hard drive. Never had problems before but then it
decided not to work.
Eveytime I open it.. the message:
Explorer.EXE application error
Memory can't be "written"
Debug or close

I tried everything, disk clean up, error check-in. but nothing works can't
open folders or even remove hardware safely. To remove hard drive I have to
switch off computer.
pls help....

 

[Mistoffolees]

Hi!
I'm using an external hard drive. Never had problems before but then it
decided not to work.
Eveytime I open it.. the message:
Explorer.EXE application error
Memory can't be "written"
Debug or close

I tried everything, disk clean up, error check-in. but nothing works can't
open folders or even remove hardware safely. To remove hard drive I have to
switch off computer.
pls help....

Is this problem just with this computer or does it occur
with other computers? If external hard drives fail, it would
be the hard drive itself or its USB/Firewire electronics card.

 

[Bob Horvath]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:36:12 -0800, Bob Horvath wrote:

I had a problem where my external drive showed up in explorer, and
device manager said it was working properly, but I could not access
it. So eventually I ended up deleting it from device manager, re
booted, and it worked fine ever since. FWIW

 

[Guest]

Thanks..silly question ..I imagine you lost all your files doing
this...because I have movies on it..and I would love to keep them..

 

[Guest]

Not working....any other ideas...????

 

[Alias]

Not working....any other ideas...????

:

Can you uninstall the drivers from Device Manager? If so, do so and then
turn the computer off. Connect the ex. drive and when the hardware
wizard comes up, let it do its thing and see if that doesn't sort it out.

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[Bob Horvath]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:22:29 -0800, Bob Horvath wrote:

No, I just right clicked the HD in device manager,clicked uninstall,
rebooted, and it was recognized and ran fine after that.