Reconnect your Drive

[Tickwood]

i have a 2TB USB3 portable hard drive connected to a USB3 port for file history and backup. Recently i have been getting messages to "Reconnect your Drive". When I unplug and plug it back in it works again.
Any ideas?
tickwood

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Tickwood,

what version of W10 do you have, an upgrade (if possible) might solve the problem?:

https://www.windows10forums.com/thr...ws-10-to-the-latest-version.13015/#post-73822

 

[Norton]

Tickwood I'm not sure what you mean by unplug the HD.
Never just unplug a external USB devices especially USB HD/Thumb drives, you could corrupt the data if the device is still being written to. Click on the Sytem Tray icon that looks like (Safely remove Hardware and Devices) a thumb drive, select the device click on eject the device(s).

 

[Bighorn]

I've found it works to check the Power Options and adjust the USB options to never turn off the power to the USB ports. There's a number of power settings that can help or hinder use of the computer, for a couple I don't care for Sleep or Hibernate, tend to cause more issues than I need.