External Harddrives Crashing my pc?

bob055 · 26 May 2009 at 13:48

when ever i plug in my External HardDrives in to the Back USB port and add a lot of files or open a folder on the Ext HD which contains a lot of files it seems to Crash my pc, it just Freezes and i have to press the Restart button.

I have a WB Passport Drive

And a 250GB WD My Book which you plug in to a power source and usb

Any ideas why this is? cant backup my Pc on to them Just DVD.

LeJosh · 26 May 2009 at 13:59

You tried the same external in another computer; all the ports?

bob055 · 26 May 2009 at 14:11

yea ive tried the passport drive on another pc but, that pc just dies when i plug it in, that pc hasnt enough power i dont think to use it, that pc is pretty rubbish so.

JonJ678 · 26 May 2009 at 14:53

bob055 said:
add a lot of files or open a folder on the Ext HD which contains a lot of files it seems to Crash my pc, it just Freezes

Just need more patience mate. I had a folder on my computer with about 90,000 things in for a bit. Took a good 3 minutes to open the folder on a overclocked quad core.
Going through usb just slows things down more, issue the command then go for a walk

bob055 · 26 May 2009 at 15:02

haha, ok ill try it, just seems like forever. Ill give a go!

Thanks

miniyazz · 26 May 2009 at 16:15

bob055 said:
yea ive tried the passport drive on another pc but, that pc just dies when i plug it in, that pc hasnt enough power i dont think to use it, that pc is pretty rubbish so.

The PC shouldn't die. If it hasn't enough power the Passport just won't spin up fully and won't be recognised.