Problem with USB Hard drive - out of space

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09-15-2010, 06:08 PM	#16
mgideon LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2010 Posts: 6 Original Poster Rep:	I just tossed the drive that was clicking and popping. The new one is mounted and working just fine. Thanks for all the assistance. I honestly didn't think that the age of the hardware was really an issue because it was running 6.06 on it just fine for years. I composed the first message at work, when the laptop was at home. Next time I'll be sure to gather more information.

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