External hard drive forcing windows to close.

red7 | 14:27 Mon 15th Aug 2011 | Technology

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Why would my external hard drive force windows xp to close?
My PC is fine until the hard drive is turned on, then I get a warning mesage that it's been forced to close.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Old_Geezer

Unclear why that would be.
Is the drain on the power supply proving to much and causing unrelated problems ? Or maybe something is shorting out when the drive is turned on, and causing it somehow.

ChuckFickens

Well the first obvious thing to do is try it on a different computer and see if it works ok then.

rojash

^
... although that could be difficult if you don't have access to another computer.
What happens if you turn it on before switching on your computer?

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