I just bought a new Kanguru external hard drive. I tried puting some
files on it. Then, I shut the PC down and when I booted up again, all
the data was lost. Anyone have any idea of what I'm doing wrong? Why is
the new drive acting like ROM memory?

Christine

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"Christine2006" <christinehwfoster@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a new Kanguru external hard drive. I tried puting some
> files on it. Then, I shut the PC down and when I booted up again, all
> the data was lost. Anyone have any idea of what I'm doing wrong? Why is
> the new drive acting like ROM memory?
>
> Christine
>
I don`t know theKanguru drive, But.
If it a USB external drive, you have an icon in your systray which
let`s you stop the drive Before you switch off.
If you hover on it it will say `Safely Remove hardware`.
Left click on the icon, Then click in the panel that appears.

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In article <1141017842.125733.146990@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
Christine2006 says...
> I just bought a new Kanguru external hard drive. I tried puting some
> files on it. Then, I shut the PC down and when I booted up again, all
> the data was lost. Anyone have any idea of what I'm doing wrong? Why is
> the new drive acting like ROM memory?
>
Because you are removing the drive before the cached data has a chance
to be written to the drive.


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Conor,

Same shit, different day.

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Christine2006 wrote:
> I just bought a new Kanguru external hard drive. I tried puting some
> files on it. Then, I shut the PC down and when I booted up again, all
> the data was lost. Anyone have any idea of what I'm doing wrong? Why is
> the new drive acting like ROM memory?
>
> Christine

All of the other replies to your question make good sense to me. USB
devices have to be treated with respect.

However, I have experienced data disappearing on my large internal hard
drives for no apparent reason. Some of the data remains visible while
other data looks like it is gone forever. One time every file name that
started with the letter E or higher was invisible.

I invested $50 in a downloadable data recovery program called
Restorer2000 and was able to recover almost everything that was
missing. Deleted files, ghost files, and normal (not lost files) all
appeared on the Restorer2000 scan list.

Why did my data disappear? I don't really know. Possibly the use of
very long file names, an improper closing of Windows, a power loss
during a save, etc. etc. I suspect my file allocation table on the HDD
got corrupted for some reason. Restorer2000 really works!  I think it
works as well as a professional data recovery service on drives that
are not physically damaged and unable to spin.

To use Restorer2000 you need a separate hard drive, either internal or
external, to recover the data onto -- not the original problem drive.
You install the program on the separate drive as well, not the sick
drive. (Important)

It is available at: http://www.bitmart.net/r2k.shtml

This may not help with your problem, but it may help someone else who
reads this message.

Best of Luck,

JB

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"Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <1141017842.125733.146990@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> Christine2006 says... 
> Because you are removing the drive before the cached data has a chance
> to be written to the drive.
>
>
I`m with you on that Conor. I just didn`t bother to explain that
to her. I often wonder why people can`t learn to do things properly.

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old jon wrote:
> "Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e6d2ca6f18cb6e098c0fe@news.individual.net... 
> I`m with you on that Conor. I just didn`t bother to explain that
> to her. I often wonder why people can`t learn to do things properly.
>


You can disable the write delay feature. Well, your drive will be slower
but at least you don't need to worry about turning off the drive too
soon and forget to flush the data.

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old jon wrote:
> "Christine2006" <christinehwfoster@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1141017842.125733.146990@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... 
> I don`t know theKanguru drive, But.
> If it a USB external drive, you have an icon in your systray which
> let`s you stop the drive Before you switch off.
> If you hover on it it will say `Safely Remove hardware`.
> Left click on the icon, Then click in the panel that appears.
>

Never thought of that OJ. The drive is a combination USB/Firewire
external drive. I have it connected firewire. Also, I have another
older firewire external drive on the same firewire card. I want to try
connecting it USB later, after I backup some stuff, then I will try
what you're suggesting.

Christine

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> bw..OJ

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Conor wrote:
> In article <1141017842.125733.146990@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> Christine2006 says... 
> Because you are removing the drive before the cached data has a chance
> to be written to the drive.
>

Please tell me Conor what I'm doing wrong. There is a great deal I
don't know. I'm 18 and a senior in high school, so there is plenty I
don't know. How am I removing the drive? When I shut off the computer,
I don't remove anything. Also, I have another external drive on the
same firewire card and this has never happened to that drive. You are
assuming there is something I need to do and you're not telling me what
that is. Please tell me Conor.

Christine

>
> --
> Conor,
>
> Same shit, different day.

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old jon wrote:
> "Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e6d2ca6f18cb6e098c0fe@news.individual.net... 
> I`m with you on that Conor. I just didn`t bother to explain that
> to her. I often wonder why people can`t learn to do things properly.
>

Ok OJ. Obviously, I did not do something I should have done. Please
tell me what it was I was supposed to do. I really don't know what you
and Conor are talking about.

Christine

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> bw..OJ

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l e o wrote:
> old jon wrote: 
>
>
> You can disable the write delay feature. Well, your drive will be slower
> but at least you don't need to worry about turning off the drive too
> soon and forget to flush the data.

Leo, how do I disable the write delay feature? Please tell me.

Christine

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