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<blockquote data-quote="Lazarus" data-source="post: 826943" data-attributes="member: 323322"><p>Well, had one last go this morning and it's just read a DVD (Ext 4) and copied to my Hard Drive several GB of pics without complaint.</p><p></p><p>When it arrived yesterday and worked straightaway, it was ice cold from transit.</p><p></p><p>Seemed to get more finicky as it got warm.</p><p></p><p>Thought I'd try in a cold lounge with cold kit just now and it works (Single cable).</p><p></p><p>Having ascertained yesterday that the Interface to Drive connector was making dodgy contact, I guess this morning's experiment tends to prove the diagnosis - perhaps a spot of thermal expansion/contraction is in force?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I only really wanted it to provide an extra means of backing up SWMBO's pics between Laptop and Netbook: They are stored on her Hard Drive and burnt (In Linux) to DVD once there are around 4GB worth, but having had a failed Hard Drive in recent months, I also back them up to my Netbook Hard Drive - belt and braces with 2 Hard Drive Versions plus a DVD.</p><p></p><p>Tried USB, but it's slow and also hit & miss as you never really now when every last bit of data has been transferred and can end up with apparent success only to find the slave computer can't find all it needs eg Thumbnails etc.</p><p></p><p>So, as I only do this once or twice a year, I'll keep this manky DVD Drive. Hardly worth the cost of sending it back and hopefully I can shame the supplier with my evidence of 2005 manufacture into compensating me in a small way. But I won't bank on it!</p><p></p><p>A result of sorts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazarus, post: 826943, member: 323322"] Well, had one last go this morning and it's just read a DVD (Ext 4) and copied to my Hard Drive several GB of pics without complaint. When it arrived yesterday and worked straightaway, it was ice cold from transit. Seemed to get more finicky as it got warm. Thought I'd try in a cold lounge with cold kit just now and it works (Single cable). Having ascertained yesterday that the Interface to Drive connector was making dodgy contact, I guess this morning's experiment tends to prove the diagnosis - perhaps a spot of thermal expansion/contraction is in force? Anyway, I only really wanted it to provide an extra means of backing up SWMBO's pics between Laptop and Netbook: They are stored on her Hard Drive and burnt (In Linux) to DVD once there are around 4GB worth, but having had a failed Hard Drive in recent months, I also back them up to my Netbook Hard Drive - belt and braces with 2 Hard Drive Versions plus a DVD. Tried USB, but it's slow and also hit & miss as you never really now when every last bit of data has been transferred and can end up with apparent success only to find the slave computer can't find all it needs eg Thumbnails etc. So, as I only do this once or twice a year, I'll keep this manky DVD Drive. Hardly worth the cost of sending it back and hopefully I can shame the supplier with my evidence of 2005 manufacture into compensating me in a small way. But I won't bank on it! A result of sorts. [/QUOTE]
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