Had to disconnect extra USB stuff

I tried to install Windows XP and failed many times with rebooting.. somehow I thought that my external harddrives might have something to do with it. It helped a lot to unplug every USB plug except keyboard and mouse.. Just a suggestion..

After posting I decided since I rant too much for your taste I would try another time. I ejected the smaller external hard drive and plugged the usb into the same place on my G5 as the one which was mounting and working before ejecting. It showed up.
The only question remaining is : Now I have no place but USB hubs to connect my other two external hard drives. I read in my NAPP web site of lots of folks with their 500GB firewire externals stacked up and in use with their computers.
Is there an order in plugging in and powering up an external after all is disconnected. I don't think I did anything different. The Current WD MyBook 360 is back alive. But I still need to get my LaCie firewire Porsche working. I only have two usb ports on the back of my G5 so I must have used my Belkin power enabled hubs before when I had them all working. I only disconnected due to a remodel of this office and it had to be done. Any referals to Apple referance articles on using external hard drives would be welcome. I have been unable to find any. Please disregard prior message today. It was the usb plug into my computer that I hadn't changed in my attempts to trouble shoot. always power.
I would like a good solid article about dos and don'ts with desktops and laptops and using external hard drives. I have lots of books and have a membership to local MUGG with MacFixit. Thanks for answering.

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I recently moved and had to disconnect my WD My Pro Edition II 2TB external drive I had been using for backup.
Its been several months (many upgrades to the iMac software during this time), and now when I try to reconnect the external dire (Use a firewire cable) it does not recognize the drive is there. I also tried "reloading" software from the Western Digital site, but after following all the instructions, it looks like my iMac doesn't support this software (I can't even locate it after I follow all the instructions.
Thnaks, for anyones ideas on how I can get this working again.....

First of all, you do not really want to use their software; if you want a bootable clone, use either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. If you simply want to drag and drop some files, you don't need software to do that. The important thing on any external drive is that you format/partition it correctly (Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and using GUID partition scheme).
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about WD drives or their software, so I don't have any idea what kind of backup you did. Having said that, it should still recognize the external even if it's outdated. Have you tried mounting it manually in Disk Utility? If you can get it to mount, you could (worst case scenario) just drag your stuff off onto your internal and then reformat the external.

HT4527 When I tried to transfer the itunes file from my music to my ipod, it said that the ipod has stopped working or had been disconnected?

When I tried to transfer the Itunes file to my ipod or ipad it came up with a message saying that the device had been disconnect or stopped? I tried several times but it would not copy the file accross. I am trying to transfer my whole itunes library from an old laptop to a new laptop.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reboot the computer
- try another USB port
- Try another cable

IPod Nano (4th Generation) switches on when connected to USB power - shows Menu & hangs (unresponsive to click wheel) - deems off after 5-sec - Switches off after disconnecting from USB Power - syncs with iTunes - Tried 5R's - Problem still persists

1. The iPod Nano (4th Generation - 8GB) switches on, only when connected to USB power by showing apple logo and displays Menu options thereafter..
2. However, I can not access Menu as it is unresponsive to click wheel. As a result it is inaccessible to any further use,
3. NOTE: it displays "Battery Fully charged" icon on the screen without any "Lock" icon.
4. After 5-sec to 10-secs the screen deems off.. i.e. goes to sleep mode.. And thereafter would probably remain like that (sleeeping) for eternity!!!!
5. It Switches off after WITHOUT DISPLAYING any Apple Logo immediately after disconnecting from USB Power.
6. In other words, it can be switched on only through USB power in spite of battery being fully charged.
7. Interestingly, it syncs with iTunes. It is recognised in iTunes (Latest version 11+).. Displays on screen all commands Like.. syncronising, connecting, connected,
8. Allows to add Music, videos like a normal ipod & displays all status information in iTunes.
9. Read Trobleshooting & Tried all 5R's. Registered, Resetted, updated & Restored to iOS 1.0.2
10. It is now displaying to select Language in place of Menu options, with no access through click wheel, centre button whatsoever... Problem still persists
KINDLY GUIDE ME THE SOLUTION. APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE in advance...

"I get the feeling that this is a software issue that could probably be solved quite easily"
Since you have already tried all the normal troubleshooting solutions, take the iPod to your nearest Apple Store for a *proper diagnosis.* The staff there will be able to confirm if your problem is software or hardware _*at no cost to you.*_
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I have a set of 3 USB disk connected to my TC via a USB hud. I usually swithc the TC at night. When I restart the next day it stucks in amber state. when I disconnect the USB hub where my discs connects and restart, it start properly. Any hints?

I have a set of 3 USB disks connected to my Time capsule (TC) via a USB hub. I usually switch the TC at night. When I restart the next day it stucks in amber state. When I disconnect the USB hub where my discs connects and restart, the TC will start properly. Any hints?

LOL.. don't switch off the TC.. this is fairly typical behaviour..
Or try a different usb hub.. but you could well and truly run out of hubs before you fix the problem.
Are you running latest firmware for your TC?
What error message is coming up in the airport utility.. amber led is a fault indicator.. look up what the actual fault is and see if it is for instance overloading the usb. You are using a powered hub??
Get one bigger USB hard disk instead of 3 smaller ones.

ITunes crashes each time I connect/disconnect ANY USB device... OR even Ethernet

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I use the last version of both iTunes (11.1.5 64 bits, last version detected) and Windows 8.1 on an Asus G750J (64 bits) and for several weeks now iTunes crashes EACH TIME I connect or disconnect ANY USB device (not only my iPhone, but my external hard disk or my... mouse) and even my Ethernet port...
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Serge

Reinstalling the 64 bit version in the x36 programm folder seems to solve the problem but it's not satisfactory. I'd prefer to keep the advantage of beeing under the 64 bits version.

Music does not stop playing when I disconnect from USB in car

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Nseries phones have behaved this way since forever.
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TS3694 I applied the update today to an Iphone 5 and it totally trashed the phone. Total restore WOULD NOT bring it back- it is a nice paper weight- Error 6. Any body got a clue? Have tried restore several times- yes- disconnected all usb devices THX

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Did you try all 7 trouble shooting steps outlined Apple Support Page you linked from?

Mouse/Keyboard that work on Macbook without extra USB plug

Hello.
I just wonder are there any non-Apple Mice/Keyboards that do work with Macbook (mine is 5.5, OS X 10.8) out-of-the-box without any extra usb plugs required.
I dont care if they are genuine or some "custom-China" ones, if they are good for me I am in
Also, is there a way to understand if particular mouse/keyboard will work without the "extra-usb-plug" ? I have one old Bluetooth mouse here, and the macbook can't find her ...

Research the information on Google.
I have one old Bluetooth mouse here, and the macbook can't find her
Could be any number of things. The main ones are dying or dead mouse battery, system preferences not met & not compatible. Post in the Bluetooth community for other suggestions.

I had to disconnect my My Book USB to G5, firewire to external hard drive

I had this hard drive formated journaled whatever was recommended and it has been used to drag all photos off my full G5 internal drive which has only a 80GB hard drive. I have added a second internal drive and have successfully formated it and it shows up on desktop. I reconnected another Maxtor 40GB HD and it showed up when i reconnected power to computer after moving desks around for construction.
Now the 360MY Book external hard drive after connecting power and firewire and usb to G5 does not show up on hard drive. I was using this partioned. On part for backing up with SuperDuper. It does not show up on hard drive. I should have bought a full firewire 500 for photos but this was on sale. I had to write to this forum before. Turning off power, disconnecting the MYBOOK and turning off the computer by shutting down did not work for me. I think as I recall someone wrote to on restarting the G5 holding down two keys like command something C or D or whatever. I have tried various reboots and unconnects and cannot get my backup system working nor access 90 % of my photo collection as I dragged them to a folder on the external drive as recommended to free up space on internal drive. I am back to only 14 GB space on my primary. Please help. I paid twice for home consultants and got burnt both times. Neither guy helped me set up a system of photoshop files on my external drive or recovered my lost files which should have been in .Mac backup on my La Cie or on MYbook in Super Duper. Why do consultants get to charge by hour $100 without results??????? sad switcher.Pcs recognize external drives and don;t lose IPHOTO libraries every time they get to about 12000 images. Very disappointed in the cost of IPHOTO and won't ever use it again. It takes up way to much space and is always lost ( not always by me ....twice by apple store geniuses.

After posting I decided since I rant too much for your taste I would try another time. I ejected the smaller external hard drive and plugged the usb into the same place on my G5 as the one which was mounting and working before ejecting. It showed up.
The only question remaining is : Now I have no place but USB hubs to connect my other two external hard drives. I read in my NAPP web site of lots of folks with their 500GB firewire externals stacked up and in use with their computers.
Is there an order in plugging in and powering up an external after all is disconnected. I don't think I did anything different. The Current WD MyBook 360 is back alive. But I still need to get my LaCie firewire Porsche working. I only have two usb ports on the back of my G5 so I must have used my Belkin power enabled hubs before when I had them all working. I only disconnected due to a remodel of this office and it had to be done. Any referals to Apple referance articles on using external hard drives would be welcome. I have been unable to find any. Please disregard prior message today. It was the usb plug into my computer that I hadn't changed in my attempts to trouble shoot. always power.
I would like a good solid article about dos and don'ts with desktops and laptops and using external hard drives. I have lots of books and have a membership to local MUGG with MacFixit. Thanks for answering.

Zen Extra "USB Device Not Recognized" ??? HEL

Hi all,
I had a MPIO 20 gb MP3 player wich was stolen. No biggy, I took advantage of it and upgraded to a Nomad Jukebox Zen Extra 30gb. It look and feel nice and the navigation seems really easy. Where it gets more difficult is the "simple" pluging in!!! No matter wich USB port I use on my PC, I always get the "USB Device Not Recognized" message. Front port, motherboard port nor soundcard port (Audigy2) dont work.
Any advice, I really need help here!
Thx for your time,
Jacq
Montreal, Canada.

I just bought a Zen Micro and had the same problem, the issue is with the USB cable. I had an extra cable from my digital camera and using it, the Zen Micro was recognized immediately. I've seen the issue posted here by other people too. You could try to return the player and chance getting another one with the same problem. If I didn't have a spare one, I would have just picked up a new one up at Radio Shack or Best Buy...
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Mac Mini is disconnecting all usb drives whenever any new USB device is plugged in.

I have 10.6.7 on a Mac Mini 2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB of ram and a 60 gig hard drive.
It seems that every time I plug or unplug any USB device, it disconnects all the connected USB drives. This seems to be something new, but I have not really often used the other USB ports either. It is very frustrating, as you can imagine. If I plug one drive in, and then plug another drive in, plugging the second drive it often disconnects the first one.
But it is not just drives. I can have only one drive plugged in, and unplug and replug the keyboard, and the USB drive will disconnect. Then I will get message about how I did not safely disconnect the drive.
Any help would be great.

Yes. One is a mini Toshiba USB drive with no other options for power. But even unplugging an iPhone USB cord with NO iPhone attached to it will cause the drive to drop off. The second USB drive I plugged in today had the same issues. Basically I have to unmount a drive, then plug in a second device, then remount the drive using disk utility. Very painful.

Disconnecting all USB and firewire cables before upgrading OS X?

Hello,
I would like to confirm my understanding of some empirically effective advice provided in this previous Post about disconnecting USB and firewire cables before doing a Software Update and I presume also a Download update. What is gained by disconnecting the peripherals connected to the USB and firewire ports?
I'm getting ready to update from OSX 10.2.8 to 10.3.9 (using full Retail CDs, of course).
1. So it would NOT be a good idea to do the update in an external firewire drive? I had done this previously to leave my original OSX 10.1.5 in my internal drive alone while I tested the upgrade to 10.2.8 in a firewire drive. (I have since added a second internal drive.)
2. That I should disconnect my two printers from their USB ports.
3. If I'm doing a Download update vs. Software Update (from System Preferences), I guess I should also disconnect the cable to the modem?
4. Run Repair Permissions before and after each software update step?
Thanks in advance.
Raymon

Browsing through the Apple instructions on installing updates I do see in the section on Troubleshooting... to "Disconnect or remove anything that did not come with your computer" including removing any non-Apple RAM -- although this is recommended after an unsuccessful installation. Disconnecting the devices seems like an easy and prudent enough precaution.
I do wonder now about again doing an update on a volume in an external firewire drive. This did work for me twice before in upgrading from OS X 10.1.5 to 10.2.8 (which is markedly better than the former). I suppose I could try it again although this time in a Panther upgrade; if it fails I could upgrade in an internal drive.
Raymon

Disconnecting from usb port prob

I have a brand new muvo micro 52 mb black Mp3. I was transfering songs to it via the usb port. When I disconnected it as the player guide states, the symbol that shows up on the screen while it is hooked up, will not go away and it will not power up, can anybody help? I have had it 2 days and transferred a few songs and it worked fine.

A number of us have had this same problem (see thread entitled "Muvo Freezing Up" from AGreg in this forum). It seems to happen regardless of hardware. One person suggested that he believed it was caused by removing the USB cord from the player before removing the cord from the computer. It appears the plug into the computer should be removed first.
Please post anything you learn about this. It's ridiculous that the order in which one removes the different ends of the USB cord has an effect on the proper function of the player. I am not aware of any other device that reacts this way (including my bottom-of-the-line digital camera).
I exchanged my first player (like yours, an N200 52MB); if I have the same problem, I'm returning it and getting something with more technical sophistication. I know these things aren't supposed to be fancy, but they should at least work.
Cheers.

Windows 7 keeps freezing, disconnecting/reconnecting USB devices

Last week, a lightning strike near where I live caused a power surge and as a result, my ethernet card was fried. I took my computer (iMac) to a store to have it repaired, and they wound up replacing the entire motherboard (a bit extreme in my opinion, but what do I know).
When I got it back today, sure the ethernet problem was solved, but I noticed that my taskbar was acting weird - specifically the icons in the notification tray. Lots of them were "blank", meaning there were just empty spaces that would highlight when I hovered the cursor over them, but nothing happened when I clicked them.
Then I discovered that clicking any of the icons in the notification tray almost immediately froze the computer. Frozen, as in completely unresponsive to the point where my only option was to manually shut off the computer. That happened twice.
My solution was to reboot in safe mode and run system restore to an earlier point. That fixed the notification tray problem (no more freezing, and the icons were all back), but the computer still keeps freezing at random intervals. Again, my only solution is to manually shut it off by holding down the power button, which I hate doing because I know it's bad for the hard drive. Sometimes it froze as soon as the welcome screen. I tried running a virus scan, but again it froze in the middle of the process.
On top of the constant freezing, it keeps disconnecting/reconnecting my usb devices. My mouse and keyboard will suddenly drop out for five seconds and then start working again. This constantly happens, to the tune of several "disconnect" sounds playing over the speakers.
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I'm very excited to finally have a solution for this problem. Thank You Balaji for figuring this out. I've been struggling with this for a number of years, and had only one USB Hard Drive that worked. I too have VMware workstation, and had the missing files
in "c:\windows\inf." I can say with certainty that I did not delete the files from that folder, but something is common in both of our situations. Maybe it has to do with VMware, and some of it's updates over the years. I'm also using nCompute to share out
a networked desktop via the wire.
One more thing worthy of mention is this machine was an update from Windows Vista, and the USB hard drive that worked was configured back than. So although I could never add another HD, at least I had the one.
Now with having copied over the files, I can plugin other USB enclosures with different drives and they too are working.
Like you mentioned, it was always possible to use USB devices within my Virtual Machines, so it was clear that the USB ports were functional. I actually got the files from a clean Windows 7 VM, copying out the \windows\inf folder and doing a compare between
the the real one and the virtual one. I found the two missing files you mentioned, along with 8 others. I went ahead and included them all in your fix.
It worked, Amazing. Thanks again. :O)

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