My Book Essential 3TB & WD TV LIve, plugging into PC gives errors ALL the time

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OK I own a WD TV LIve with latest firmware and a My Book Essential 3TB ( WDBACW0030HBK ),

I have had both for about 4 months, now and i used to delete items on the drive while using my WD TV Live, however when i plugged it into the windows PC, it kept giving me errors saying windows needed to scan the drive, i didn’t want to have to keep doing this so i formated the drive, put my files back on and hooked it back up to WD TV LIve and left it for about a month, while NEVER deleting anything on the drive.

Now having just plugged the drive back into my windows 7 x64 U pc, i get the same error

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WHat is going on, i’m doing nothing with this drive apart from watchingt he media on it yet it’s always coming up with this error, can anyone shed any light on this for me and maybe suggest a fix.

All1

PS I have posted in external drive section as well as it covers both areas IMO

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Are you remembering to eject the drive before unplugging it?

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No i normally just turn off the media player then push the power switch at the back of the external drive, to be honest i didn’t even know there was an eject option. Doh!

All1

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Also, B4 ejecting, it’s a good idea to first change your sources to your internal live hub drive.

When you eject (from root menu), wait a few secounds after drive activity light stops.

I am using this method with a pair of 4tb drives and it has worked well for me.

Dan