Tommybro Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I have a Western Digital External USB 250GB Hard Drive, Dual-option Backup 2.0. I am running Windows XP. I used the drive for about 2 years with no problems. All of a sudden the unit will not be recognized. I turn it on and it locks up my PC until I unplug the power to the external HD. I do get a message, "The specified I\O opeation on \Device\Harddisk2\DR6 was not completed before the time-out period expired." I have reinstalled the software drivers from the original CD. I have taken hooked it up to another PC with Vista and I get the same song. Locks it up. I haven't done anything new to my PC in the time I've had the external HD. Help, I have images on there that I need!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommybro Posted July 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 No one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Sounds like a disk failure. Contact WD for technical support. lock ups like that are not typically because of a software issue. The USB ports of the drive could be bad or the disk might be having trouble. Amazon.com has an Iomega drive on gold box special today.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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