littlemike Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I have a small WinXP SP2 laptop which I purchased a couple years ago from PCClub (the local store is now shuttered, I don't know if they are still inbusiness). It's worked just fine all this time and have been using its Firewireport for printing to my R2400. A few days ago I purchased a WD 500GB MyBook (WDG1C5000N) for photo backup andrewired my Firewire so it goes Laptop > HD > R2400). Okay, the rewiring mayhave nothing to do with the problem, but I wanted to include it. Here's what's up: after about 30 minutes, the MyBook shuts itself down, andWindows pops up a "Delayed write cache failure" notice, and the drive vanishesfrom Explorer. Powering the unit back on does not make it visible to the OS. Ihave to reboot the computer for it to appear. I can't find any Power Managementfeatures in the MyBook's Properties which might be causing the shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock-Photos Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I have a WD MyBook and it powers down after extended inactivity.I don't get an error message though.After turning it back on you might try "view" then "refresh" in Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemike Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 Thanks -- I've tried that (F5 works to refresh in Explorer, too) and the drive is gone gone gone. And in my case, the drive doesn't need to be idle before powering off, it can be in the middle of backing up my photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemike Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 Well, it seems to have fixed itself. I don't believe in hardware "fixing itself" any more than I do in the Easter bunny or Santa Claus, so right now my working theory is a bad cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I had the same issue with a MY Book 500G Essential. The Premiere version I also have is working fine. <p>So I went to WD's <a href="http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=18&swid=3">Support Page</a> and downloaded their "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic". Fixed it right up... t <p>(verify your model first, to get the right download, and try it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Wall Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 AFAIK the MyBooks are designed to turn off after about five minutes of inactivity (according to the docs with mine, which are USB2). Thereafter, mine take about 35-45 seconds to spin up when I try to access them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Mine (500G USB2, Premier and Essential) don't do that. My older Seagate does, but it only takes about 15 seconds to "wake up"... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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