Corrupted drives

I was wondering if anyone knew why my external western digital drives
(500GB) always end up "corrupted".
We use all XP stations at work and somehow XP corrupts the drives so
we can no longer access them, delete the partition- reformat...it
pretty much kills our drives.

Does anyone know what causes these corruptions?

Thanks

Ed
Tue Mar 25 21:32:33 PDT 2008

> I was wondering if anyone knew why my external western digital drives
> (500GB) always end up "corrupted".
> We use all XP stations at work and somehow XP corrupts the drives so
> we can no longer access them, delete the partition- reformat...it
> pretty much kills our drives.

Rule #1: The external drive is only connected to one XP system,
and ONLY that ONE system can/should use it (i.e. never share an
external drive).

> Does anyone know what causes these corruptions?

Are you discovering what happens when rule #1 gets violated? :)


Ed

GHalleck
Tue Mar 25 23:43:24 PDT 2008


Ed Covney wrote:

>>I was wondering if anyone knew why my external western digital drives
>>(500GB) always end up "corrupted".
>>We use all XP stations at work and somehow XP corrupts the drives so
>>we can no longer access them, delete the partition- reformat...it
>>pretty much kills our drives.
>
>
> Rule #1: The external drive is only connected to one XP system,
> and ONLY that ONE system can/should use it (i.e. never share an
> external drive).
>
>
>>Does anyone know what causes these corruptions?
>
>
> Are you discovering what happens when rule #1 gets violated? :)
>
>
> Ed
>
>

Very impractical. The probable cause for corruption of the external
drive amongst many users is improper dismounting of the drive from
any given Windows XP workstation. The acceptable method is via the
safely remove hardware icon in the taskbar.

smlunatick
Wed Mar 26 08:57:32 PDT 2008

On Mar 25, 5:30=A0pm, orbitg <msswrl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knew why my external western digital drives
> (500GB) always end up "corrupted".
> We use all XP stations at work and somehow XP corrupts the drives so
> we can no longer access them, delete the partition- reformat...it
> pretty much kills our drives.
>
> Does anyone know what causes these corruptions?
>
> Thanks

External drives require:

1) Stable USB ports -- Uncheck 'Allow Windows to turn the power off.."
on the main PC USB ports.

2) If the drive has its own power supply, connect it to a power plug

3) When you are disconnecting them, always use "Safely Remove
Hardware" icon

4) Run up to date anti-virus / anit-spyware software. Viruses /
spywares can infest any available drive

5) Never connect a removable drive as a "networked" / "shared" hard
drive, unless the drive comes with a network setting.

6) Monitor the "heat" the drive is generatin by touching the case.
If hot, increase ventalation for the drive (remove clutter or add a
fan for air-flow.)