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Installing two external 1TB drives
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grandcanuck:
I purchased two external buffalo 1TB drives (not network attached but USB 2.0 or Firewire). I can attach either of two drives and my system sees them fine. But when I attach both of them, the system hands, no drive gets recognized and I usually have to power off my system to bring things back. The plan was to use one drive as storage and the second as a manual replica for backup and offsite storage purposes but if I can't attach both at the same time. Is it a problem with the machines USB or Firewire bus structure? I have both USB and Firewire and I tried both with no luck. Any ideas?
Paul:
What model buffalo product do you have, also what is the operating system you are using?
grandcanuck:
It's a 1TB DriveStation Combo TurboUSB (USB 2.0/FireWire, 7,200 RPM - MPN: HDHS10TIU2F):http://www.buffalotech.com/products/external-drives/drivestation/drivestation-combo-turbousb/ It's attached to a Windows XP SP2 (I don't think I have SP3 on there yet but I have to verify). I finally managed to get them both attached using USB. I was really focusing on FireWire before. Would FireWire be faster? (I installed the TurboUSB tool so I am using that at the moment). A friend of mine recommened I use a Firewire card instead of the two Firewire ports available on the system. I was gonna try that next unless someone knows the reason this didn't work. Thanks. Message Edited by grandcanuck on 11-12-2008 06:37 AM
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