external hard drive

When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the video
folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my computer locks
up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This is irritating.
Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.

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Walt

I'd also like to add that when trying to copy PDF files from external hard
drive to my computer it also locks up. All other data works fine : backing
up, deleting, copying etc.

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Walt

"Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
news:glpq3c$2bn$...
> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
> video folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my
> computer locks up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This is
> irritating. Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.
>
> --
> Walt

Is your external hard drive formatted NTFS?

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

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"Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message news:glpq3c$2bn$...
When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the video
folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my computer locks
up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This is irritating.
Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.

--
Walt

"Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
news:glprm7$iji$...
> I'd also like to add that when trying to copy PDF files from external hard
> drive to my computer it also locks up. All other data works fine : backing
> up, deleting, copying etc.
>
> --
> Walt
>
> "Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
> news:glpq3c$2bn$...
>> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
>> video folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my
>> computer locks up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This
>> is irritating. Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.
>>
>> --
>> Walt
>


Not sure about the PDF issue, but there could be a corrupted file in you
'video' folder. Try connecting the external drive to another computer and
see if it exhibits the same problems..


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Mike Hall - MVP

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You might have a corrupted or otherwise incompatible video file in the
folder or there could be a problem with your video decoders. For maximum
CODEC compatibility you can install FFDSHOW, but that won't help with
corrupt files. Third party file utilities or players might not be as
susceptible to locking up. Trial and error, i.e. moving batches of videos
into a different folder and testing to see which video folder continues to
cause lockups, is the simplest way I can think of to isolate problem
file(s). I've seen this sort of problem in the past with XP but haven't run
into it with Vista so far.You might be able to move the files in safe mode.

"Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
news:glpq3c$2bn$...
> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
> video folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my
> computer locks up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This is
> irritating. Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.
>
> --
> Walt

No it's Fat32. I tried it in my sons computer and had the same problem.

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Walt

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Is your external hard drive formatted NTFS?
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
> news:glpq3c$2bn$...
> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
> video
> folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my computer
> locks
> up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This is irritating.
> Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.
>
> --
> Walt
>
>

I tried to create a new folder on the external drive but when I tried to
copy the videos my computer froze up. Being that my external hard drive is
formatted fat32 could that be the problem? Can I format the external hard
drive to NTFS format? It doesn't work on my sons computer either. Maybe
changing to NTFS will fix the problem.

--
Walt

"RalfG" <> wrote in message
news:316757DD-9881-43A2-B676-...
> You might have a corrupted or otherwise incompatible video file in the
> folder or there could be a problem with your video decoders. For maximum
> CODEC compatibility you can install FFDSHOW, but that won't help with
> corrupt files. Third party file utilities or players might not be as
> susceptible to locking up. Trial and error, i.e. moving batches of videos
> into a different folder and testing to see which video folder continues to
> cause lockups, is the simplest way I can think of to isolate problem
> file(s). I've seen this sort of problem in the past with XP but haven't
> run into it with Vista so far.You might be able to move the files in safe
> mode.
>
> "Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
> news:glpq3c$2bn$...
>> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
>> video folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my
>> computer locks up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This
>> is irritating. Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.
>>
>> --
>> Walt
>
>

"Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
news:glr1ld$ir3$...
>I tried to create a new folder on the external drive but when I tried to
>copy the videos my computer froze up. Being that my external hard drive is
>formatted fat32 could that be the problem? Can I format the external hard
>drive to NTFS format? It doesn't work on my sons computer either. Maybe
>changing to NTFS will fix the problem.
>
> --
> Walt
>
> "RalfG" <> wrote in message
> news:316757DD-9881-43A2-B676-...
>> You might have a corrupted or otherwise incompatible video file in the
>> folder or there could be a problem with your video decoders. For maximum
>> CODEC compatibility you can install FFDSHOW, but that won't help with
>> corrupt files. Third party file utilities or players might not be as
>> susceptible to locking up. Trial and error, i.e. moving batches of videos
>> into a different folder and testing to see which video folder continues
>> to cause lockups, is the simplest way I can think of to isolate problem
>> file(s). I've seen this sort of problem in the past with XP but haven't
>> run into it with Vista so far.You might be able to move the files in safe
>> mode.
>>
>> "Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
>> news:glpq3c$2bn$...
>>> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
>>> video folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my
>>> computer locks up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This
>>> is irritating. Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home Basic.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walt
>>
>>


Try here..

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php

--
Mike Hall - MVP

Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

I tried the external hard drive on my computer and my sons computer. It
locked up both computers so that told me it wasn't the computers but the
external hard drive that was the problem. I burnt a CD-RW disk from the
external hard drive and saved everything but my video files. I then
formatted the external hard drive. Then I copied all the data from the CD-RW
disk I made back to the external hard drive and now it seems to be working
fine. Wish me luck.

--
Walt

"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
news:...
> "Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
> news:glr1ld$ir3$...
>>I tried to create a new folder on the external drive but when I tried to
>>copy the videos my computer froze up. Being that my external hard drive is
>>formatted fat32 could that be the problem? Can I format the external hard
>>drive to NTFS format? It doesn't work on my sons computer either. Maybe
>>changing to NTFS will fix the problem.
>>
>> --
>> Walt
>>
>> "RalfG" <> wrote in message
>> news:316757DD-9881-43A2-B676-...
>>> You might have a corrupted or otherwise incompatible video file in the
>>> folder or there could be a problem with your video decoders. For maximum
>>> CODEC compatibility you can install FFDSHOW, but that won't help with
>>> corrupt files. Third party file utilities or players might not be as
>>> susceptible to locking up. Trial and error, i.e. moving batches of
>>> videos into a different folder and testing to see which video folder
>>> continues to cause lockups, is the simplest way I can think of to
>>> isolate problem file(s). I've seen this sort of problem in the past with
>>> XP but haven't run into it with Vista so far.You might be able to move
>>> the files in safe mode.
>>>
>>> "Walter Goldschmidt" <> wrote in message
>>> news:glpq3c$2bn$...
>>>> When using my external hard drive it works fine except when I open the
>>>> video folder. Then when I try to open a video or delete a video my
>>>> computer locks up and I have to shut the computer off and back on. This
>>>> is irritating. Anyone know anything about this? I have Vista Home
>>>> Basic.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walt
>>>
>>>
>
>
> Try here..
>
> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
>
> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
>
>
>
>

lid wrote:

>But the reason for the NTFS format INSTEAD of FAT is the 2 gig limitation of
>FAT32.

FAT32's file size limit is 4GB. Some applications can't handle files
larger than 2GB, that would be the case regardless of what file system
was being used.

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt