Maybe I was hasty; maybe it was the old Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive causing the problems with hangups or freezes on Windows 7. Just replaced it yesterday, so it is too soon to tell. If I have no further problems over the next several days, I will revise my rant on Win 7.

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