Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up

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From: muzician21
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:50

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On Apr 5, 6:48 am, "Band" <inva...@witheld.invalid> wrote:
> "muzician21" <muzicia...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> news:807ac7a0-4fce-414a-a3db-f8884fef9bcc@f19g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
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> > I've got this WD 500 gb Firewire  external My Book drive I've been
> > using to store mostly video files for a big video project. It doesn't
> > have an on/off switch,
>
> Yes it does, the switch is on the rear panel, but.....


Put it this way, there's not a switch I can turn to on/off. It's
internal and self actuated.


> If as implied, you are powering it from the firewire connection


No, there's a separate external wall wart for power.

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