Now move the drive frequency is increasing. Although its use is simple, but do not have some operating skills, it is possible to encounter all kinds of strange questions, thus affecting the efficiency of your operation. Therefore, this article summarizes some mobile hard drive specifically the use of experience, I hope these elements will help you efficiently make good use of mobile hard disk!
Qiao mobile hard disk drive installed
As we all know, in the Win2000 version of the operating system over the use of mobile hard disk, do not need to install the driver; but in Win98 workstation, you need to install the driver of the mobile hard disk. But if your computer just does not drive or floppy drive, then install the drivers for mobile hard disk is not so easy. In fact, you can have the floppy in the other Win98 workstation, first make a good Win98 boot disk, and then move the hard drive connected to the system installed Win2000 workstation, Win98 boot disk and copy all the contents to the mobile hard disk; Next, re-use compression utility like Winzip, move hard disk driver packaged into an executable program, for example, usb.exe, and copy the executable file to the mobile hard disk. Thereafter, the mobile hard disk into the USB port in Win98 workstations, mobile hard disk through the system boot functionality, the Win98 system to boot to DOS environment first, and then under the command line using the "COPY" command to move the hard disk drive program "usb.exe" copy files to Win98 workstations hard drive. Now, once again to start the Win98 workstation normally, and then Windows interface on the "usb.exe" file automatically extracting, you can get the driver of the mobile hard disk. You can by conventional methods after completion of the installation of mobile hard disk driver to operate.
Of course, this method is limited support for system boot-enabled mobile hard disk, mobile hard drive for other common, may be invalid!
Plug the correct way to grasp
Although the mobile hard disk USB ports support hot swap, but Please do not plug it. Insert the correct way to move the hard drive in the system is powered down or the system has started finished the case, gently insert into the computer USB interface to avoid the system startup process or handle large amounts of data into information when mobile hard disk, so as to avoid the system CPU can not respond in time. Extraction operation for the mobile hard disk, even not at liberty to the; you must wait until the mobile hard disk stops working, and then double-click the system tray "Unplug or Eject Hardware" icon, and then later open the interface in Figure 1, will HDD is selected, then click click "OK", the screen prompts until you can safely remove, can be moved to remove from your computer hard drive. If the plug timing as inappropriate, resulting in mobile hard disk suddenly "mad", you may wish to find the Device Manager in the "Unknown USB device", be deleted, and then move the hard disk from the computer pull down.
Also play mobile hard disk under DOS
As the operational errors, resulting in Windows system does not start, after a variety of ways to "rescue", can not be allowed to boot into Windows interface, I thought of last resort reinstall the system. However, to prevent the system from critical data is lost in the phenomenon, I want to copy them to a mobile hard drive; but the USB mobile hard disk into the computer USB port, and under the boot to DOS 环境, we found the system can not find the corresponding mobile hard drive letter, this is why? The search information found in the DOS, USB ports do not work properly, and then connected to the port on any equipment not working, mobile hard disk is no exception. Do not you watched it on hand in the mobile hard drive, not use it?
In actual fact, you can download a DOS boot support for USB devices production tool, and then extract the tool to a temporary directory, and then double-click one of the "makeboot.bat" command, you will see the prompt shown in Figure 2 screen; prompted, insert a blank floppy disk to the floppy drive, click the space bar, the program will automatically create a special DOS boot disk. Then the boot disk boot into the DOS environment, the mobile hard disk can be identified in DOS mode. How, is not very fresh and you?
Prevent access to the phenomenon of Death
Sometimes double-click the HDD icon, nothing happens even mobile hard disk, and even cause system crashes phenomenon occurs, which is Why? In fact, this is because the operator did not get the exact timing of the visit; example, in the mobile hard disk just inserted into the computer, you begin to access to the drive, the system would not react, or simply unable to respond to you request is shown by the natural phenomenon of a crash or not to answer. Proper access to the drive way is not so mobile hard disk lights are flashing, double-click the icon to start a visit. In addition, mobile hard disk in the process of transferring data, it can not keep double-click the icon, it also might cause crash phenomenon.
Fast Recovery Hard Drive letter
Sometimes the process of mobile hard disk, you will find this a strange phenomenon, that is obviously a good move hard disk to install the driver, and can not leave it in the "My Computer" or "Explorer" window, find the corresponding mobile hard disk drive letter; then how to move the hard drive letter "bright future" mean? Encountered this phenomenon, you must troubleshoot the following:
First, check your computer's USB port board is activated, if not activated, then enter the CMOS settings on the page, the "USB Controller" option set to "Enable", as they are "OnChip USB" option, then it should set it to "Enable"; of course, see whether the system has enabled USB port, you do not need to open the CMOS settings page, in fact, the system Device Manager window, you can see the motherboard is only use the USB function; in Win2000 system in Device Manager to see if the window has "Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller" option, then (as shown in Figure 3), it means that the computer's USB2.0 functionality has been enabled. If you are in the WinXP system, see the Device Manager window with "PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller" option, then the computer's USB port also shows that feature is activated;
In ensuring the motherboard USB port is activated, then the Device Manager window, double-click the USB port control option, then enter the "Driver" tab page, check the USB port on the controller driver is the latest, if not the latest, then the standard computer USB port will be moving hard drive with the current USB interface standard is inconsistent, resulting in loss of the phenomenon of mobile hard disk drive letter appears. At this point, you can click "Update Driver" button, and then gradually click "Next" button when the prompt appears as shown in Figure 4, it is best to select "Microsoft Windows Update" option, and then again in accordance with the prompted the successful completion of driver update operation; update the USB port, its interface may be the current standard of USB mobile hard disk interface standard in agreement.
If the above method is still not solve the problem, you may wish to check whether the computer's motherboard's USB port for mobile hard drives provide sufficient power supply voltage; Typically, mobile hard drive USB port of the working voltage is 5V, operating current of 0.5 A, some of the old board could not meet this requirement; take into account such factors, some mobile hard drive also comes with PS / 2 interface, then you may wish to use this interface to connect the computer to move the disk back to normal.
If you move the hard disk in the plug, not the correct method, for example, just insert the mobile hard disk, and quickly will it pull out, or in the mobile hard drive light flashing in the process of frequent "forced" removal of mobile hard disk, then all may lead to loss of mobile hard disk icon. At this point, you can in the system Device Manager window, right-click the Hard Drive icon, then the shortcut menu from the implementation of "Properties" command, and then the properties window "to delete" selected (only suitable for WinMe operating system), then the system restarts click, move hard disk can be re-identified correctly.
In addition, if their performance mobile hard disk instability, or mobile hard disk after USB port plug loosening in frequent, then move the hard drive can lead to unexpected behavior. At this point the only solution is to replace the brand is better and stable performance for mobile hard drives instead. Of course, in order to avoid loosening HDD USB port phenomena, you can use USB extension cable to connect the hard disk and the computer.