Questions tagged [external-drive]
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What are Windows $DATA files, and can I delete them?
I am running WIndows 10.
I have moved my Desktop file to an external drive. My Windows is running in a virtual machine, and I need to access the desktop from elsewhere, so I though I’d try this. I ...
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What is the advisable unplugging procedure when using an external NVMe PCIe SSD drive via USB?
From a broken laptop computer, I removed the SSD and installed it in an external drive enclosure that supports NVMe and PCIe and attached it via a USB cable. I briefly looked at the directory ...
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SSD/HDD connected to windows10 via usb comes up as readonly but writable in linux
I've bought a new SSD (Acer SA100 480GB MAS0902+3D NAND SATA 2.5 inch). I want to clone my older HDD (running win10) to the SSD. I've also purchased a SATA to USB connector (Cablet 2.5 Inch SATA USB 3....
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USB 2.0 external 5.25" enclosure doesn't show up in Windows Explorer [closed]
I am running Windows 10 on a HP EliteBook 650 G9 laptop. I plugged in a Vantec NexStar DX external 5.2" enclosure. It doesn't show up in Windows Explorer. I used Disk Management to see that it ...
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How do I emulate a "fake" external USB drive?
My goal is to create a disk partition that my Windows computer recognises as a removable device, but is actually a virtual hard disk.
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Windows 10 0xc000021a error after booting from external Windows 11 USB flash
I can't boot into Windows 10, it shows blue screen with 0xc000021a error code. Then tries to autorestore, but fails. I tried to restore it from Windows 11 on USB drive with DISM, but it shows me an ...
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do hard drives have aluminum on them for a reason or just to keep dust out
i grabbed this hard drive from my laptop thinking it was a lost cause, now i've found out that i MIGHT be able to save my data but... when it came out of the laptop it had an aluminum cover on it... i ...
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What would the best practice be for installing any OS onto an external drive that could boot and run or install for use on a Lenovo Thinkcentre m82?
I first got the desktop from the scrap bin at my old job, it had no ram or internal hard drive. Just got the ram sticks in mail and now it goes to the recovery menu. I have a win 10 and a win8.1 ...
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How to recover file system access after losing non-mirrored MFT records?
After I unplugged my external drive after a phony safe removal on Ubuntu, two sectors are destroyed. The important sector contained records 4 to 7 (which is $AttrDef, $ (root), $Bitmap and $Boot) of ...
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Permissions depend on from where the command is executed
I have encountered a very strange behaviour I do not know how to solve: the action permissions depend on where the command is executed.
My situation: I set up a Nextcloud server on a Raspberry Pi 4. ...
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Swapping software on external drives then changing drive letter [duplicate]
I received a new external SSD from Santa :-) I have software that runs on an older external drive. Can I transfer the contents of the old drive to the new SSD then swap drive letters to save ...
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Do modern USB external disks need parking or "safe removal"? What is the recommended way to turn them off?
I am trying to turn the off when I do not use it, as Seagate 3.5-inch USB drives never seem to lower the spinning speed even after I have not accessed the drive for hours.
I would like to use the &...
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How to know the disk name instead of "Eject device" on the "Safely Remove" context menu on the notification area?
If the drive has partitions that Windows can recognise, the menu displays the drive label and letter. But for disks that do not have such partitions, it just shows "Eject Device" like the ...
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Why an external USB SSD drive light is blinking after ejecting it in Linux?
I am running MX Linux 19.2 (Debian 10) with KDE desktop manager.
Normally, after I eject this SSD drive, the light will be off.
But today, I noticed that the light keeps blinking after I ejected ...
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What partition types should I use for my external HDD? Will the choice affect the performance?
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I have a 2TB external HDD with two partition = 1.6 TB for files+ 300GB for system image(made after ransomware attack).
The 300GB partition is NTFS format with partition type primary.
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