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    WD Passport: Device I/O Error (WD Enclosure + Swapped Drive)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Syntax Error, Mar 12, 2008.

  1. Syntax Error

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    The I/O error occurs when trying to transfer certain files (most files transfer from the hard drive fine) but on larger files, there's a higher probability for an I/O error to occur, and I can't pull the file from the drive!

    The external drive is a WD Passport 250GB, which I had opened up, put into my laptop, and put my 160GB Hitachi 5400RPM drive inside the WD case. It plugs in, and is powered, and writing to the drive is flawless (the drive isn't that old, it's from my NP2090), but pulling files from the drive varies. Most files would copy, but some larger files could have an I/O error which would prevent me from copying over the file.

    Could this be a bad HDD problem? Could this be an interface problem, something in the WD Passport's SATA to USB 2.0 connector, or could it be something as trivial as a flawed USB cable?
     
    Syntax Error, Mar 12, 2008
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    I'd try another enclosure. I know that hitachi + vantec nexstar combo was not a good union.
     
    goofball, Mar 13, 2008
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