Is anyone having trouble with external hard drives? I had one that I used for backups with time machine. It is a WD 4tb one. It has always worked well, but recently I noticed that my MBA seems to have trouble with external hard drives.
First, the disc became corrupted and whenever I tried to access it t would lock the computer and restart it. Eventually I was able to move the files off to a brand new 5tb hard drives, and then during use of the new hard drive it would just say it cannot find it or eject it. I have used both an ANKER hub and a usb B to C connector and it does this with both. I eventually got a SSD to use for time machine backups and I am not having trouble with this, but I still have issued with mechanical drives. I have formatted them and erased them, but they still have problems. I mean what are the chances a new hard drive has issues? I have used the hard drives on a windows computer with no issues.
First, the disc became corrupted and whenever I tried to access it t would lock the computer and restart it. Eventually I was able to move the files off to a brand new 5tb hard drives, and then during use of the new hard drive it would just say it cannot find it or eject it. I have used both an ANKER hub and a usb B to C connector and it does this with both. I eventually got a SSD to use for time machine backups and I am not having trouble with this, but I still have issued with mechanical drives. I have formatted them and erased them, but they still have problems. I mean what are the chances a new hard drive has issues? I have used the hard drives on a windows computer with no issues.