Replaced my 320 gb Seggate with a one TB WD black drive. A little noisier but I trust it more... Just me. I saw too many Segate bigfoots crash. Cheers f On 2011-10-31, at 3:38 PM, Terry Genereaux <terrygenereaux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Mary > > I am having this same type of problem i loose my backups about every 6 weeks. > and yes my HD is also a Seagate drive > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2011-10-31, at 2:56 PM, Mary Read <m.k.read@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> At last I have something that's on-topic! Although I'm afraid it's not >> commentary -- it's another request for help. I'm hoping someone in the group >> will be familiar with the Time Capsule/external drive glitch I'm >> experiencing, or be able to point me in the right direction to resolution. >> I've already gone through Apple Care for assistance, but the problem >> persists. >> >> I've got two backup systems in place: a Western Digital 2TB USB drive using >> Carbon Copy Clone for archiving only my working files, plus a second HD >> (Seagate USB 2TB) that uses Time Machine to back up my whole system. Both >> HDs are plugged directly into main USB ports on my iMac 27", since I >> understand that a hub can make externals unhappy. >> >> The CCC backup works very well, but the Seagate drive with Time Machine >> sends me an error message at least once every hour saying: >> >> "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before >> unplugging it or turning it off." >> >> I check on my desktop and the icon for the HD is there, so it has not >> unmounted. Time Machine completes its routine despite the warning -- >> although not hourly as I've set its preferences, but here and there as it >> feels so inclined. I take this to mean that sometimes it finds the external >> HD, and sometimes does not. I can live with less frequent backups, but I am >> very keen to get rid of that very pesky finder warning. It interrupts my >> work at the most inopportune times. >> >> I've reformatted the Seagate drive twice, just to see if that would help. >> Nada. Any ideas? >> >> Thank you, >> Mary >> >> >> >> On 2011-10-31, at 12:56 PM, Frank BIrch wrote: >> >>> Excuse me for butting in but:- >>> >>> Remember that Time Capsule is a single point of failure. The odds your >>> system would go down with the Time Capsule are not great but if it was a >>> massive power spike, that your surge protector could not handle, then you >>> are toast. >> >> >> Mary Read >> http://www.maryread.com >>