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    External HD & Blue Screen of Death

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by NetBrakr, Nov 30, 2007.

  1. NetBrakr

    NetBrakr Notebook Deity

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    Hey all,

    I having problems w/ my external HD lately. Last week, it started the problem. All I did was connect the external HD to my laptop to do weekly backup, then all of the sudden, boom, blue screen of death that lasted only fraction of a second, then my laptop reboots. I know it isn't my laptop cause I have bluetooth USB device, and before you asked, yes, I have tried to remove that device, but it didn't work. Any idea what is going on here? My external hard drive was custom built, w/ my old laptop's HD and enclosure.

    TIA.

    JC
     
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    I got the same problem while ago (With Vista & XP).Make sure your external HDD MBR is not corrupted.My problem solved after i reset my MBR using HITACHI Disk Diagnostic Utility.
     
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    With some luck, I managed to use my external hard drive on my laptop.

    How do I reset the MBR on my laptop?

    JC
     
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    Resetting MBR will delete your data. You'll lost your backups

    You can use HITACHI Disk Diagnostic tool
     
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    Hmmm I don't want to do that...is there another way? Like removing the driver and then just let Window install the driver again? If not, bummer.

    JC
     
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    Ok, after couple of hours, I am 90% certain this has got to w/ my enclosure only.

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Nov 30, 2007
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