Having trouble copying file, does this drive not work with front usb ports?
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In file manager, you should be able to "drag and drop" a file from your "C" drive (or wherever your copying from) to the Lexar. Your front USB port might not be hooked up internally or the front port might be rated below USB 2.0. Try inserting the Lexar in a USB port in the back of your computer.....should work then.
347490
Before copying file over make sure the files are all closed out before you can proceed
1739143
interesting comment...but no have not tried that so far...but then I again I purchased the drive to save/transfer files
505085
The drive may not be formatted or formatted with the right file system, you can check that in disk management or the drive could be bad but most likely needs correct format. I just tested mine with my Windows 8 laptop and it works fine.
1651041
For me it just worked as is - plug it in using the provided USB cable, and the drive icon will show up on your desktop after several seconds. You can re-format it with Apple's file system (HFS+) if you only intend to use it with Apple computers, but the default should work fine too.
1190641
My answer is both yes and no. I purchased two identical units of this model at separate times. One has been working ok (good) other is totally unreliable (bad), i.e., either needs to repeat a process(insert-remove) many times until finally show up or the icon fails to show up. No icon means no file transfer possible. I have five (16GB) flash drives in total made by three different manufacturers and find one made by Kingston to be most reliable so far.
1264142
That's one of the big flaws in that drive -- after a while the USB connector in the unit itself starts to fail. for the short term, you may be able to jiggle the cord to get some connection, but in the long run it is going to become unusable.
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Actually tried that with one of the drives. Was a pain in the ass, and in the end it resulted in 'nada'. The switched controller reported the same error. Did have a little luck with another approach. Got a portable unit that accepts a hard drive on one end and has a USB on the other. With two of these, I was able to use an old CD copy program to make a copy. Took some errors on the way but worked well enough that the new drive had about 99% of the data. Since then, RAID 5, and while other drives have failed, no more dta loss.Hope this helps.
1065546
You shouldn't have to. Try a different port. And also wait up to 60 seconds for the drive to be recognized.
2144525
I had the same issue. I even attempted to connect this to a "powered" USB port and still had nothing happen. I recently had the opportunity to test a Seagate Backup Plus Portable 1TB drive, which has a removable USB3.0 to SATA adapter. The Seagate adapter worked perfectly on all the drive I tested (i.e., 2.5" and 3.5" 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB). I'm now looking for a quality USB3.0-to-SATA adapter with a single cable, like the Seagate one.
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I used a 2TB Seagate drive, and had no trouble recognizing it in Win 7. Both USB and E-SATA worked ok for me. Have you tried both interfaces? Might want to try connecting it to another system as well.
182299
Yes this will work all u have to do is a restore. If that doesn't work just save all data on usb drive. Then transfer data. That's what I had to do because I had 1 corrupt file so it wouldn't restore but saving on the usb worked
1710246
If you can, try a different flash drive and/or using the flash drive in another port to make sure it's not the problem. Do as other answers say, check that your connection to the motherboard is good and possibly check drivers. If the flash drive works elsewhere then reformatting it probably wont help, but it doesn't hurt to try. Otherwise, sounds like a bad unit. I transfer large files all the time with no issue.
1916788
This will work fine just like any other external USB drive. If you don't want it formatted as NTFS, it can be easily formatted as FAT32 or whatever your need is.
906489
I suspect it will NOT boot if you copy to a new disk as the current drive sounds like it has physical issues. This device makes a sector-by-sector mirror image of the existing drive so I would not be optimistic a copy of it will boot properly.
1477114
I would compare this drive to the current one you own. If the size or type of connector is different then that it's where your problem lies
1327853
You have to make sure to use the power cord as well. The USB alone doesn't have enough power to spin the drive and get it working. Also, once all the connectors are hooked up don't forget the power switch.
1228479
It's been a long time. I think a cable came with my drive. I don't see why you could not use any USB cable. I switch them all the time.