Hi Janet,
Thank you for your reply, I think you have helped me in the past.
How old is the USB drive ? About 4 years.
Please give details about the USB. Seagate expansion dektop, 2TB, USB3, model STEB2000200.
Is it a powered drive or non powered ? It is powered.
Have you ran a full disk surface scan on the USB disk? No I haven't but I did reformat it, I presume this is insufficient?
Have you tried using another USB drive? I don't currently have another one I can try, but could get one.
If I have a problem with my live data, what does that mean and am I likely to be able to recover it?
Thanks for your help.