Maxtor External Hard drive

[VBall17]

I have an I/0 device error and am unable to access this drive. Can someone please help me.

 

[Ian]

Do you get that error in Windows, or on boot up? You'll have to give as much information as you can so we can help.

 

[VBall17]

Sorry. It is when I try to access my external hard drive after Windows is all up and running. I plug my External H/d into my USB port and everything slows down and I get this error.

 

[itsme]

try leaving the HD/usb connected and reboot the system, you should not plug in when the pc is running as this will cause a crash.

 

[VBall17]

try leaving the HD/usb connected and reboot the system, you should not plug in when the pc is running as this will cause a crash.

That didn't work!

 

[muckshifter]

What Windows are you using? What is the Motherboard? What make is the external USB drive? Is it a 'real' USB drive or one mounted in a 'Caddy'?

 

[VBall17]

I am using Windows XP home and a Pentium 4. The brand is Maxtor 3100.