Now I would like to check My Passport and see what was saved on the external hard drive.For the second question, no, you dont need to have the passport always connected, but of course the backup wont be running if you dont have it connected.
On the Home tab it has a list of categories on the C: drive and on Passport. The Backup and Retrieve tabs are not highlighted so cannot open them. Also you will not feel the slight vibration of the disk spinning. These are two easy ways to confirm its power and not configuration. I have the WD Passport Studio which has USB2 and FW800 and on my old PBG4 it could not deliver enough power to the drive on USB and it would click once every 1-2 seconds forever. Thats why I bought the FW800 drive because I connect it on FW and have no power problems. Power really should not be an issue on most computers, I think my PBG4 was in the minority that it could not power the drive via USB. Desktop computers especially they should have no difficulties powering the drive via USB. Conclusion: not enough power, Id say Solution: Special cable or buy another hard drive. He bought the macbook pro 2.4 there. When he comes back, can I contact you using private message I didnt know about that partition map at all. In the future, do yourself a favor and just buy the regular version. Under either Advanced or Options (I forgot which one, as Im on a XP right now, I cant check) and choose Master Boot Record (MBR). So it may or may not help, but its something to try before looking for that power cable. I suspect this is what is happening but its easy to confirm just let us know if the drive is spinning or not Ironically there is plenty of power to keep the motor running, but starting the drive is the hardest part. I heard some stories once about people jumpstarting the drive either over FW or 2 USBs, then quickly changing the cable to a standard USB cable. If done quickly, the drive will still be spinning when you plug it into the computer, and there will be enough power to start the drive and maintain the rotation. Again, because the actual starting of the drive is only momentary and is what keeps it from working reliably on USB. We also boast an active community focused on purchasing decisions and technical aspects of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac platforms.
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