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Kinda glad someone responded to this thread after me. About two days after I posted last, I found the drive had again disconnected. I have my calendar (one of two, for obvious reasons) on the drive, and when it didn't show up, I knew the drive had quit again. I just cycled the drive off and...

I've always built my computers (since 1978), and used the tools available. My wife, on the other hand, waited until she could have a laptop before we purchased one for her. When we did - and for every one of the four since - I've purchased a mouse (wireless once they were available) or just...

When I read the statements about using the Start menu most of the time, I was caught flat-footed. Then I read the above quote. That's how I use Windows. And how I have used Windows since XP and before. I guess is has a lot to do with what you've done previously, but it surely makes a...

Having made ALL the changes suggested, I can honestly say I'm not certain which made the difference, but, since I waited the time it would usually take for the drive to have cycled off between each, I have to conclude the last tipped the balance. I have had the drive connected for over a week...

Turns out that firmware update wants to have nothing to do with my drive. When I couldn't get it to work, I called WD support and was told "This drive is for use within a computer case, and is not supported as an external drive within a case from another manufacturer." So, that's that. Since...

It only lasted three days and I'm back without the USB connection to the drive. Since I didn't remember what the drive was within the case, I pulled the case apart. It is a Western Digital WD5000AAKX (Caviar "Blue") drive and it is 500Gb, as I originally stated. The case is a NexStar-HX...

Funny: I see mention of a quote reading "Help, after installing Windows 8.1..." My problem started (I think) when I installed Windows 10 over Windows 8.1. I suspect the specifics of the issue have to do with something being different when installing one Windows over another. No hard...

Thanks, that was pretty easy. One thing... when I reached the point where I could do something with "Start Up Type", I could only choose what was available in the drop-down list (I chose "Automatic") - for both Browser and UPnP. I hope I went to the right place. I figure I should wait about...

I'm afraid I'm going to sound like a real dunce, but how do I "go in services?" I'm sure I've probably done it before, but I don't use the computer a whole lot anymore. I spent what seems to me to be a long time working on computers in one form or another (mostly writing business applications...

I have a 1/2-Tb drive using a USB 3.0 connection to my computer. Over the last three or four months, the connection will stop working in more-or-less random times. I can turn off the power to the drive, wait for about a minute, turn power back on and restart the computer, and that will get the...