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I'm new to Raspberry Pi, but I bought a Pi with Kodi/OpenElec pre-installed. I attached an external USB hard drive to it, and set it up to expose that as an SMB network share.

I'm using Windows on my laptop and I want to create a backup to this network share. I've set the share up with a username and password, and I can find it via Windows Explorer.

But after a while, the share just disappears. I start my backup and after some time, the backup fails. When I then try to navigate to the share in Windows Explorer again, it's no longer there...

Has anyone experienced something similar or know how I can diagnose this (any logs I should check)...?

What I'm trying to do, is set up (part of) my Pi as a sort of NAS to store backups and other stuff to. The data I store to the Pi should end up on the external hard drive.

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If you're using an external hard drive without a dedicated power supply you might be having a power supply problem. I've had a similar issue with my Raspberry Pi B+ when using a substandard power supply - the Pi would sometimes reset spontaneously. All in all, it depends on the hard drive, your Pi's power supply and any other peripherals (mouse, keyboard, etc.) you have connected.

According to this answer you should have at least a 2A power supply to keep a USB hard drive working.

I also had to raise my current limit using this guide, but, depending on your HDD, you may be able to avoid it.

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