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| 01-23-13 06:21am - 4351 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
Hijacked by a Rogue Device (sort of off topic) A year or so ago I purchased a Western Digital 2T Mybook to replace/supplement my ½ gig external drive. As time seems to decay us all, this drive has taken on a personality all it's own and has hijacked my computing experience. Frustratingly it seems to spend a great deal of time figuring out what it's doing at my expense. Starting with my logging in from sleepy time in the morning it seems that it takes 3 - 5 mins for the machine to finish waking up. I think a lot of this time is used up by this drive before it releases my wireless adapter and I can access the Internet. Then I can hear the WD doing these slow "thunky" seeks every couple of seconds. If I want to access the drive it has to spend several seconds to minutes reading the files (granted they are video files) before it will give me thumbnails to use (I wonder if perhaps there is a corrupt video file that is the culprit and making it so slow). FYI - this drive shows that there is a total of 1.8T total space with 740G available (41%) with video files the largest portion of the used space. The formatting system is FAT32 and the connection portal is a USB 2.0 (the only available connection). I have been using the WD Smartware application to monitor my drives. (I have not, as of yet, tried to uninstall this application to see if it is the culprit.) In an attempt to speed up it's operations, I have re-indexed and de-fragged it plus updated all drivers and done a registry cleanup. While latter hasn't produced any changes, the first two seem to help some with intentional seek speed but it still continues the slow seek distraction when I'm not making an intentional call to it. Removing the drive actually solves this problem. To add insult to injury, when I use the "Safely Remove Hardware & Eject Media" protocol to remove it, after I've disconnected the USB connector, it leaves my wireless connection in shambles and I have to "Restart" to reconnect. This does not happen when I use my ½ gig drive to port my porn to the TV. In talking with one of my geeky college friends about this, (I realize he isn't a professional and the diagnosis is being done over FB chat) he thinks changing the formatting system to either ntfs or vfat might provide a solution but I've ruled this out due to the fact I have no storage facility large enough to hold my data while I reformat the drive. So my nerdy friends, in summary, the WD Mybook is conflicting with my computer and making it a pain to use. I am looking for other avenues to relieve this conflict but I'm not even sure where to look. Availabe solutions, as I see it, at this time are to disconnect it when I don't need to access it (geez what a pain to "Restart" each time I disconnect) or purchase a new drive, though I'm not sure this will actually solve the problem or... one of you can send me in a direction to a conflict resolution. To the one who can, thanks in advance. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 01-23-13 11:36am - 4351 days | #2 | |
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Cybertoad (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,158 Registered: Jan 01, '08 Location: Wash |
Hey JB, can you supply some technical aspects of your pc. Ram Processor OS 2.0 or 3.0 USB Stuff like that might help also if you know what bios you are using? CT Since 2007 | |
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| 01-23-13 02:30pm - 4351 days | #3 | |
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RagingBuddhist (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 893 Registered: Jan 23, '07 |
The fact that the drive is formatted to FAT32 tells me the drive is pretty old - I haven't seen an external formatted to anything but NTFS for years now. So, along with that and your explanation of what's going on, the best I can tell is that your MyBook is dying. Clunking noises aren't normal. I can't say I've ever heard of a hard drive (internal or external) directly affecting a wireless adapter, but I do know a slow hard drive can cause a general system slowdown. It causes the processor to have to work harder to access the files stored on it. If everything runs fine without it hooked up, I would recommend getting a new external as soon as possible to transfer all your files off the old drive before it goes completely bricked. Sarcasm is a body's natural defense against stupidity. | |
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| 01-23-13 02:41pm - 4351 days | #4 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
Here ya go Cybertoad - Ram - 4GB Processor - IC i5 CPU Quad processor OS - W7/64 bit 2.0 or 3.0 USB - 2.0 Stuff like that might help also if you know what bios you are using? Just noticing this so I'll need to reboot the computer. Will edit this Dam Cybertoad, this seems way too simplistic but when I looked it says, A01 8/11/2009. Is that correct? If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! Edited on Jan 23, 2013, 03:08pm | |
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| 01-23-13 07:52pm - 4351 days | #5 | |
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Reveen (0)
Active User Posts: 96 Registered: Apr 06, '09 |
Its not a bios that I recognise, however the following link will show you how to find your Bios version. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/biosverwin.htm Just one point to note when you are following the instructions, because you have windows 7 you won't have a Run box, instead just type regedit into the "search programs and files" box and hit enter, then continue following the instructions from there. Nearly all Bios's are made by either American Megatrends or Phoenix Technologies, all you need to find is which one it is and the version of that bios then. In any case, I'm not convinced its a bios issue but its no harm to gather evidence in any case. I'm not convinced that your disk is borked either like Ragingbuddhist said although his point about FAT32 is the first thought that came into my head too. FAT32 is rarely used now, NTFS has completely taken over from it. FAT32 has file size limitations which means its not ideal these days. One solution would be to get another disk (if you can't afford another then maybe you could borrow a disk or disks off someone?), copy over the files you want to keep and then format the disk as NTFS, copy everything back and then see how it goes from there. The WD Smartware tool isn't one I've used. I used to have WD disks until a couple of years ago, but I've never used that tool. I found WD externals to be clunky, noisy and the enclosures to be not very well designed. I switched over to Samsung 2tb disks which I've found to be much better overall. The disks inside the samsung externals are actually made by Seagate which I find to be more reliable than WD (there are basically only 2 hard disk manufacturers left in the world, WD and Seagate, they then sell hard disks to other manufacturers who make their own enclosures. Mybook is WD's own brand of enclosure) Most external hdd brands have management software, I usually refer to it as crapware since Windows can handle file transfer, file management, security and all other tasks quite well without any other crap sitting on top of it. I'd ditch the WD tool but thats entirely up to you. Another point regarding the tool is that sometimes software can have unintended effects on other seemingly unrelated software. For example a few years ago I had Norton internet security installed on a pc and any time there was an intrusion detection from the firewall the sound in my speakers would go funny. I got rid of norton and put other security software on and speakers were fine again. Why did that problem happen? Who knows, some shitty coding in norton I'd assume. The WD tool on your external hdd may be affecting how Windows interoperates with the hdd and slowing down everything from discovery when the pc is starting up to file management when the pc is running. Thats the most obvious logical theory to me atm anyway. | |
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| 01-24-13 05:19am - 4350 days | #6 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
BIOS info via regedit Wish I could copy and paste the regedit info, but as I said yesterday is correct with regard to Version & Release Date - the only additional information I learned is that the BaseBoardProduct is 0X231R which is more what I thought I'd find when I first went looking. I did print it to an XPS file and I could print it via screen capture and make a photo out of it, but trust me - all the pertinent info has been revealed. With regard to the formatting system I actually do not know where I came up with that at the moment. So, I'm going to have to ask just where I did because I can't find where to locate it now. I'll need HELP with that. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! Edited on Jan 24, 2013, 05:41am | |
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| 01-24-13 05:48am - 4350 days | #7 | ||
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Reveen (0)
Active User Posts: 96 Registered: Apr 06, '09 |
Is it a Dell computer?
Click start then click Computer. Right click the disk in question and left click Properties. It should tell you on the properties page what the file format of the disk is. | ||
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| 01-24-13 05:58am - 4350 days | #8 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
^^ Yes and I found it - (one wonders the difference between Disks and Drives in the System Information file) it IS NTFS. I must have a brain fart from 10 years ago. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 01-24-13 11:52am - 4350 days | #9 | |
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Reveen (0)
Active User Posts: 96 Registered: Apr 06, '09 |
On first installation a disk asks what file format you want to use, NTFS or FAT32, NTFS being the default usually, perhaps you just misremembered. I did a search on the WD smartware software and it seems like other people are having similar problems to you, it looks like it may be frequently backing things up, god only knows if its affecting anything else http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-Software/...-software/td-p/17358 If it was my disk I'd uninstall the WD smartware tool, but since it isn't mine what you do is up to you  If you want rid, then Start => Control Panel => Programs and Features Don't blame me if it all goes wrong however  | |
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| 01-24-13 02:02pm - 4350 days | #10 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
I don't know what the dam tool is for - I only use it to check the available space on my drives. Will try and delete it. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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| 01-24-13 11:15pm - 4350 days | #11 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
You don't need it to check drive space. You should just be able to do it within the OS. I know it's too late now, but anytime you get a new drive, or just want a clean slate and/or are completely reorganizing, you should always reformat the drive. The included manufacturer's "SmartWare" is the computer equivalent of getting the undercoating when you buy a new car and is of little practical value beyond pissing off customers. I'm not sure what's the problem, though I've heard of this version of Windows having trouble with ejecting or disconnecting external drives, but there should have been updates long ago to fix this. Or it could be the drive or its enclosure. I have a WD My Book from at least 5-6 years ago and it took me a while to remember that it had no traditional on/off switch--an annoying, idiotic, simpler-is-not-really-better feature. (It does have a big central button on front, but it really only works the included asinine SmartWare.) I don't think I've ever been able to properly get it to fully disconnect without manually unplugging the USB cable, lest it power up whenever I restart or just wake my computer from sleep mode. Thanks WD, I now only use it as a laptop backup (only have it plugged in when I backup, vast majority of the time it's unplugged).  Best of luck. Try and not take a sledgehammer to the drive.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove Edited on Jan 24, 2013, 11:19pm | |
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| 01-25-13 06:21am - 4349 days | #12 | |
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jberryl69 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 1,000 Registered: Nov 27, '10 Location: neverland |
Well, I did delete the Smartware and while it didn't improve the issue with the drive itself, it did stop screwing with my wireless connection. Haven't yet had a chance to check out the Samsung/Seagate drive suggested by Reveen, but it is on my to do list. If it ain't grits, it must be a Yankee. If you're going to lay her head over the pool table and fuck her throat, get your fucking hand off her throat! | |
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