by Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 26, 2008 at 12:25 PM
daveiosys wrote:
> I have four USB hard drives hooked up to a Belkin hub.
> Maxtor 3200 USB Device [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) - drive 3
> ST340063 3A USB Device [Hard drive] (400.09 GB) - drive 4
> Seagate FreeAgentDesktop USB Device [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) - drive 5
> Seagate FreeAgent Pro USB Device [Hard drive] (750.15 GB) - drive 6
> The Belkin USB hub and each of the USB drives are plugged into a surge
> suppressor.
>
> When booting USB auto configuration p***** ok.
> Memory check is ok.
>
> Computer hangs after identifying the four USB hard drives.
> Windows does not launch.
> If I disconnect USB hub system starts without a problem but then
> I do not have the hard drives running.
> I can plug in USB hub after Windows has booted.
> Windows then detects them.
> Disk Management sees hard drives.
> All hard drives are NTFS.
> Any ideas how to resolve this issue?
>
> Would it help do split the external USB drives up & use a second USB
> hub or should I hook up the drives to USB ****ts on the computer
> directly?
> System has 6 USB plugs.
Well, since you have 6 USB plugs directly on the computer, have you
tried splitting the 4 USB drives among them yet? If that works, then I'd
say try buying a second USB hub and splitting half the drives amongst
each of them. Sounds like you're overloading a single USB plug with so
many drives plugged into it via the single hub.
Yousuf Khan
