How to Fix “The specified I/O operation on \Device\Harddisk\ was not completed before the time-out period expired” error

Ive got the error “The specified I/O operation on \Device\Harddisk\DR0 was not completed before the time-out period expired.” when I plug in my external USB hard drive. This error can be caused by the following: Bad USB Port on Your Computer Your computer may have a defective USB port. I’ve seen many people get this […]
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Seagate Drives Stop Cold with Defective firmware!

Seagate has admitted that a hand full of it’s customer have experienced hard drive deaths after applying a new piece of firmware. Says the company: “Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in limited number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related SATA drives based on this product platform, manufactured through December 2008. In some […]
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