Western Digital Ext. hdd fails

[erginlee72]

My ext. hdd Western Digital 120 gb has a problem

when i listen to music in amarok , it fails and some folders disappear
i made usbrst.sh file
it include these commands
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sudo rmmod ehci_hcd
sudo modprobe ehci_hcd
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it works again but fails again in a few minutes

how can i solve this problem ?

maybe these helps you
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ergin@rgn6715s:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1058:0400 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0c45:6270 Microdia U-CAM PC Camera NE878
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1058:0500 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:4117 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0605 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub [ednet]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 09da:000a A4 Tech Co., Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
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thank you

[dibl]

Re: Western Digital Ext. hdd fails

Yep, the USB bus is not the same as the IDE or SATA busses, in which things that are connected retain the same device ID forever. Your problem is that the system does not permanently "remember" the ID of devices that are plugged in to the USB ports, the way it "remembers" mounted hard drives. In order to get around this issue, you are going to have to mount the external drive in a similar manner that internal drives are mounted.

I'll speculate that may be a NTFS formatted drive, so you can also use it with Windows? If so, here's guidance:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3084679.0

If that is not helpful, post back with your specifics, and we'll give more specific guidance for your situation.