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<blockquote data-quote="sjfootballer01" data-source="post: 1777211" data-attributes="member: 206009"><p>Hi, I have a 1TB WD My Passport Ultra USB Portable Hard Drive that I've used to store old video files. Today when I was plugging in the drive I didn't plug it in very smoothly. The drive started to power up before the usb cable was properly situated. I had to wiggle the cable to get it to lock in and I'm worried the drive could've lost power as it was in the process of turning on. However, I can't say for certain whether this happened or not.</p><p></p><p>When it the cable was finally connected properly I attempted to run verify in disk utility and it was really slow. When verify completed, it stated that drive appeared to be ok, but when I attempted to transfer files to the drive that was very slow as well. </p><p></p><p>I cancelled the file transfer, ejected the drive, disconnected the drive, and reconnected the drive.</p><p></p><p>When it booted up I ran verify again. Verify finished in the usual time and still appeared to be ok.</p><p></p><p>I transferred files to the drive and they transferred at the usual speed as well.</p><p></p><p>After transferring files to the drive I copied one of those files, as well as files from previous transfers, back to my computer and attempted to play them. They all seemed to be ok, but obviously I can't check every second of 900GB of video files.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What do you think caused the drive to run so slowly?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Do you think I did damage to the drive?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What else can I do to check this?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it continues to function properly should I still be worried?</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sjfootballer01, post: 1777211, member: 206009"] Hi, I have a 1TB WD My Passport Ultra USB Portable Hard Drive that I've used to store old video files. Today when I was plugging in the drive I didn't plug it in very smoothly. The drive started to power up before the usb cable was properly situated. I had to wiggle the cable to get it to lock in and I'm worried the drive could've lost power as it was in the process of turning on. However, I can't say for certain whether this happened or not. When it the cable was finally connected properly I attempted to run verify in disk utility and it was really slow. When verify completed, it stated that drive appeared to be ok, but when I attempted to transfer files to the drive that was very slow as well. I cancelled the file transfer, ejected the drive, disconnected the drive, and reconnected the drive. When it booted up I ran verify again. Verify finished in the usual time and still appeared to be ok. I transferred files to the drive and they transferred at the usual speed as well. After transferring files to the drive I copied one of those files, as well as files from previous transfers, back to my computer and attempted to play them. They all seemed to be ok, but obviously I can't check every second of 900GB of video files. [LIST=1] [*]What do you think caused the drive to run so slowly? [*]Do you think I did damage to the drive? [*]What else can I do to check this? [*]If it continues to function properly should I still be worried? [/LIST] Thanks [/QUOTE]
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