Re: plugged in thumb drive, which disconnected another USB drive
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:04:51 -0700
Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org> wrote:
> The other night I plugged a thumb drive into a Belkin 4-port USB hub.
> This had the side effect of disconnecting an Iomega USB drive that was
> plugged into the same hub.
>
> I have since been unable to reproduce the problem, but I'm concerned
> about the possibility of data loss when a drive gets disconnected like
> that.
>
If you can get to the point of reproducing it, you might try another
hub. The B-word rather leapt out at me, they don't have the greatest
reputation.
I've found USB hubs to be of variable quality, particularly in terms of
seeing all the peripherals when the host computer is powered up.
--
Joe
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