external HDD wtf...
 

So I recently bought a maxtor 1tb external HDD. I can copy things to it fine np, but when i try to copy something like a movie from the external HDD back to my comp everything gets all messed up.

I either get:
- some of the movie the rest is fragmented and f*kd up
or it says that it can't read the file.

If i turn it off and unplugg it, then plugg it back in I can watch the movie on the external harddrive but i can't copy it back...

This is messed bcs I don't think i can copy my data back from the external hdd successfully after i format my computer

Uh... that IS weird.

First of all, you should confirm whether it's a problem with the external hard drive or with your computer.

Try copying a file from the external hard drive to another computer and see if that works.

try using another USB port?

is this on xp/vista? osx?
last time it happened in osx i restarted and it was fine

have you tried formatting the entire drive?