A couple of thoughts.

I don't know about the 2010 hard drive. I don't have mine yet. Anxiously waiting... Plus, as has been pointed out, the type I get may not be the type you get.

An earlier version hard drive from PG Music required that I open the case and reinstall the cable, as Mac said, that had come loose in shipping. Also, I could not get that drive to power up using the Y USB cable supplied, until I put one end into a USB port on the back of my computer, and the other into a Belkin powered hub. My hub is several years old, so the model # wouldn't help, but the important thing is that it has its own power supply.

Front panel USB ports are connected to the motherboard via cable, so they should not be any different in function from one on the back that is built into the motherboard. But I admit, sometimes they are. Perhaps it's the quality of the connecting cable, I don't know, but the ones on the back are always the best choice. As mac recommended, I keep a short USB extension cable running from the back of the PC around to front, to make it convenient. I use this instead of the ports on the front.

There is one other thing, and if you want to know more, I can dig out the instructions. Apparently you can run out of USB resources and not know it. If you used a lot of USB devices in the past, and plugged them into different ports every time, you loaded a lot of drivers. Windows XP and Vista (don't know about Windows 7) used to run out of slots, so to speak, even if those devices were no longer plugged in. There are instructions for using Device Manager FROM COMMAND MODE to view and delete these drivers that are no longer needed. This trick saved me once when nothing else would. From then on, I ALWAYS plugged in a USB device to the same port every time.

Let me know if you want the instructions. Can't hurt. This would be something to try especially if you know the USB hard drive works on one machine but not another.

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