WD MyBook Problems
I purchased a 1TB Western Digital drive several months ago, so I could archive a collection of music. Well, since purchasing the drive I am experiencing intermittent problems. If that were not enough, the drive is formatted using the FAT system from the factory.
The most annoying problem is the computer will NOT boot properly if the drive is plugged into a USB port. WTF! is right, because the drive is supposed to automatically turn on and off with the computer.
Another problem is that the drive appears to have a problem waking up when I attach the drive to the computer after I boot up. It is not the USB port, because I have tested other drives with no problems.
Lastly, the FAT system does not allow me to copy files over 4GB due to the file limits. How do I format the drive using NTFS? One option is to purchase another drive, format it NTFS, copy files to the new drive, and then reformat the first drive. Arggh!
November 23rd, 2008 - 11:32
ugh,bummer. I never did end up picking one of these up.