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Join Date: Mar 2005
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hi. i just bought a 12" 1.33 GHz pbook. i have my dell's HDD in a USB2.0 enclosure with a lot of my research data on there that i want to transfer over. i connected, the pbook mounted the drive, i found the files, but as i was copying the files over, it froze. the drive would spin, stop, spin, stop. i never had that problem when i connected it to a PC. i wasn't able to restart or shut down; i had to hold down the power button for it to shut off.
second, i have a compact flash card (taken photos with a canon s200) hooked up to a USB2.0 card reader. once again, the pbook mounts the drive, but preview says the files are corrupt. but when i put the CF card back into the digicam, it works fine. please help this MAC newbie. thanks! |
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have you tried using the PC slot on the computer for the CFC?
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Fishhead Family Reunited
Join Date: May 2004
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Most likely, the USB bus (unlike the FireWire bus) does not supply enough power to the enclosure to keep the hard drive spinning. I'd hook up the external power supply for the enclosure.
As far as the camera, try hooking it up to your USB ports (instead of using the CF reader) and see what happens. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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thanks for the suggestions
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as for the camera, i don't have my USB connection because i currently live overseas and didn't want to bring the cables with me. any further suggestions? |
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