I had some problems with my Maxtor 120GB external hard drive connected to a USB port. The computer would not freeze but but it would "lose" the hard drive. I could disconnect and reconnect the power card to recover use of the drive, but I changed to a firewire connection and have not had any further trouble.

I never did get a fix on why, but hope this may help you.

Rainbowrunner99,

Is the external drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? I believe FAT32 drives have a 4GB limit on file size. The drive can be reformatted NTFS and comes with instructions to do it. Generally speaking, you need Windows NT/2000/XP to use NTFS drives.

Message Edited by nilo on 01-26-2004 01:41 PM

Message Edited by nilo on 01-26-2004 02:14 PM

If it turns out it is FAT you should be able to convert the partition to NTFS.   This way you should not have to restore you data.   Always a good idea to backup just in case.

You run the Convert from a cmd Prompt:  Here the syntax

convert /?

Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.

CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity]

  volume      Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
              mount point, or volume name.
  /FS:NTFS    Specifies that the volume is to be converted to NTFS.
  /V          Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.
  /CvtArea:filename
              Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory to be
              the place holder for NTFS system files.
  /NoSecurity Specifies the converted files and directories security
              settings to be accessible by everyone.
  /X          Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
              All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid.

 

One year on since this complaint. I am using a Maxtor 200 Gb One touch with Pinnacle Studio 9 plus. The system crashes every time on the MXOFX driver during rendering. Anyone got the same problem and managed to solve it?

 

A blast from the past, indeed. You might want to try the user forum at pinnacle:

http://webboard.pinnaclesys.com/read_forums.asp?WebboardID=1&SectionID=227&lng=1

And please let us know if you find a solution.

Message Edited by nilo on 01-10-2005 12:56 AM

Message Edited by nilo on 01-10-2005 12:57 AM