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<blockquote data-quote="ifanyonecan" data-source="post: 712709" data-attributes="member: 64988">I have had a Western Digital 120 GB hard drive for a while now, but haven't used it much. The other day I found it, and formatted it to FAT32. I copied some movies over to free up space on my Mac Mini's HDD. After a bit, some of them started failing, saying some of the file could not be read or written, then the drive would appear empty and refuse to eject. I would unplug it, click ok at the error message, and remount it to see the partial file there. I retried several times, but it's spotty and only works maybe a quarter of the time. Any help is greatly appreciated. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />-ChrisEDIT: I forgot to mention that it's using USB, and I've already tried different cable/port combinations. Also the drive sometimes sounds a bit strange when it fails, but I've watched several of the movies that were successfully copied to the drive, and they play flawlessly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ifanyonecan, post: 712709, member: 64988"] I have had a Western Digital 120 GB hard drive for a while now, but haven't used it much. The other day I found it, and formatted it to FAT32. I copied some movies over to free up space on my Mac Mini's HDD. After a bit, some of them started failing, saying some of the file could not be read or written, then the drive would appear empty and refuse to eject. I would unplug it, click ok at the error message, and remount it to see the partial file there. I retried several times, but it's spotty and only works maybe a quarter of the time. Any help is greatly appreciated. :) -Chris EDIT: I forgot to mention that it's using USB, and I've already tried different cable/port combinations. Also the drive sometimes sounds a bit strange when it fails, but I've watched several of the movies that were successfully copied to the drive, and they play flawlessly. [/QUOTE]

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