even MORE HD-CEU2 problems... (HD-CE500U2)

[ankhaw93]

   

I've had the same problems with this thing that everyone else has had, it seems, reading the forum... and I've posted a few times on here about this.  All my files disappear, I get error messages saying that the drive is corrupted, I have to reformat over and over, and basically this USB drive has only proven that there's an easy way to lose 90 bucks and waste a bunch of time trying to get a faulty device to work.

 

Sooooo, a few days ago, long after I'd pretty much given up on making this thing work, I stop by the Buffalo website and see the notice about the firmware update.  Hurray, I think, maybe this will fix it.  So, I download, I extract, I install, I follow the README instructions, and also reboot the computer.  And guess what, now I get an error message whenever I try to copy anything onto the drive.  And then, after the next reboot, I get the error message saying that the drive is corrupted.  GRRR.  So I do a quick format, then run chkdsk (this has gotten some of my info back in the past, with limited success) and now everything's gone from the drive again (no biggie, really there's no WAY I put anything important on this drive), and when I try to transfer anything to the drive, I get the error message, "Error 0x80070570: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."  Remember, this is AFTER I've reformatted and ran chkdsk.

 

So, a question or two...

 

How can I make sure that the firmware is up to date?  I actually ran the update a second time after getting this error message, but I have no idea if it "took" so to speak.

 

With the update in place, do you still have to safely remove the drive every time you power the computer down or reboot?

 

Has anyone else had success with the firmware update? 

 

Has anyone else had to resist the urge to throw this thing out a window?

 

ANY help would be appreciated.  Just please, no one tell me to get some more software to recover lost files, I've already tried a few programs to do that, but that's treating the symptoms rather than fixing the problem.

 

Thanks,

Ted

[Colin137]

I'm sorry about the late reply. I've been searching for answers for you, but haven't found any... I think there's a hardware problem with your device. Please call our support line to set up an RMA.