Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1461 mails)

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxx>]

On 2009/05/07 16:17 (GMT+0200) Per Inge Oestmoen composed:

> Felix Miata wrote:

> > cfdisk
> > parted
> > qparted
> > gparted
> > ...
> > winxp
> > vista

> I have no regular access to Windows XP or Vista machines.

No friends or neighbors with doz? That's rather unusual, unless you have
neither friends nor neighbors.

> cfdisk does not work either.

:-(

> The fact that the disk drops out at irregular intervals is disturbing.

Quite. :-(

How old is the system? What I/O chipset does it have? Maybe your
motherboard's USB system is the real problem. You could try installing a
well-supported USB card in a PCI slot to see.

> A MacBook Pro with OSX 10.5.6 does not see the disk either.

Well, probably not your motherboard then. :~(

> Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway

How far is that from Hageland? If close, maybe my friendly web carpenter
friend can try to do NTFS for you in Windows. Probably now it is time to
contact WD support, or take it back to the vendor for refund or exchange.
-- 
"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man
keeps himself under control."   Proverbs 29:11 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://fm.no-ip.com/
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