Just re-read the thread and here are some thoughts, and things you could try:
-
Lots of people use WD with the WMR200 so I doubt it’s anything fundamental with the wmr100.exe gatherer (the WMR200 part of it), ie I was simply saying that the restarting is normal, done to help stability I believe. It may/may not be related to your data dropping out. As you say, if you can correlate it with the restarts then that would help, eg rule out a faultly WMR200 console. But you said it had happened at other times too, so a dodgy console / USB link remains an option.
-
It was working fine with WMR100, now gone flaky with WMR200 - what happens if you revert to WMR100 console, does it run ok? Even if it does, that doesn’t remove the possibility it’s the USB link that’s the problem as the consoles are different.
-
One thing that’s unusual about your set-up is that you’ve changed from WMR100 to WMR200. So perhaps, despite changing the station type, as they’re v similar stations there’s still some internal setting that’s telling wmr100.exe it’s talking to a WMR100, eg only when it restarts (I’m guessing here of course). To eliminate the wmr100->200 change being the cause, you could try a completely fresh install, set up for the WMR200, ie no trace of WMR100.
You can install a new copy alongside your current one (I haven’t done this but see ‘Installing a second version of WD on your computer’ on the faq board).
If it’s still flakey then, I’d be looking even more closely at the USB link & console (change lead, re-route, check firm connection in the WMR200, relocate the entire thing and starting to wonder if it’s the console - can you borrow a different one to try?). There have been plenty of reports of people with odd USB glitches etc and even interference from wireless routers.
Hope that helps - good luck!