On 2/28/2012 5:39 AM, Linea Recta wrote:
For some time now I'm using an external harddisk which often misbehaves.
The problem is that after some time it seems to go in some stand by mode.
Then, when I try to access this drive (or another external drive) it often
disconnects (hearing the disconnect sound)
I can hear the sound of the drive starting up slowly, but seemingly often
too late.
I suppose this has to do with some kind of time-out parameter? Can I
increase this setting somewhere?

BTW This problem only occurs when using the drive with the (Windows XP) PC.
Using the drive connected to the (Vista) notebook it never fails.

- Medion USB harddisk with its own power adaptor.

Here's something you can try:

Open Device Manager, open the properties on each USB hub, click the
Power tab, and deselect "Allow the computer to turn off this device to
save power".

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Joe =o)