External Hard Drive Issues

Question

I'm a new MacBookPro owner, and I also recently purchased a SANSUNG HD501LJ Media SATA II 500 External Hard Drive. I've had problems with my computer locking up either when I first install the hard drive into the expresscard slot or when it's been connected for a while. I am in the midst of moving all of my content from the external hard drive ot my internal so that I can run First Aid or Erase it completely if necessary. Does anyone have any idea what it might be, outside of needing to replace the hard drive?
I should say, I don't think its limited to this, but I have only used this hard drive for Motion needs so far. I didn't post in the Motion 2.0 boards because the hard drive problems seems to affect the whole computer.
Oh, in case this helps:
MacBook Pro 17"
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 667 MHZ DDR2 SDRAM
MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Answer 1

hi Jonathan!
it tells me that the folder "iTunes" could not be found or created, and is required to start the program.
good gracious ... okay, your
b registry
is still convinced that the folder is still on the external HD (or the path to the folder still runs through the hard drive). i'm assuming here that the current location of that folder is the default one on the C drive?
if so, try the technique that used to work for us with 4.9 (scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the relevant post in the thread):
b noir, "The “iTunes Won’t Work &/or Won’t Install” First Aid Kit" #10, 01:36pm Sep 7, 2005 CDT
if no joy with that, post back. if toonz is around and sees you, she might be able to help guide you through any additional bells and whistles.
love, b