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How to repair or recover data from a dropped portable external hard drive
I accidentally dropped my 500GB Buffalo MiniStation portable hard drive on the ground. It was still sorta working afterward, but just extremely slow.
I then ran the Mac Disk Utility hard drive ...
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Connecting a Hard Drive, Laptop-desktop What's the Difference [closed]
I was just wondering what's the difference when connecting a desktop and laptop hard drive to a computer, as I know from attempts, you connect them both internally no problem but if you were to use a ...
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Is it possible to replace internal drive of a WD My Passport?
I need to buy a new HDD drive with more capacity for my laptop and want to keep my current HDD as backup.
Is it a good idea to buy an external My Passport model, open it and replace its internal HDD ...
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I encrypted an external hard drive using a laptop that's now irretrievably broken - have I lost the external hardrive my extension
I have basic computer literacy, and fear what I question might true - hugely grateful for any advice.
The hard drive was encrypted using VeraCrypt.
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Keeping a hdd (used for NAS) turned on indefinitely
I plan to connect a relatively old external 2.5' backup drive (Seagate STBU1000200 1 TB) to my router for simple NAS (movie, photo sharing on the home network).
It's a hdd, so does that mean it's not ...
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Why don't people use unpowered, external HDD enclosures with SATA/power from their mobo? [closed]
I have a PC that has room in its case for 3 HDDs, but 6 SATA connectors to the motherboard, and I have 6 HDDs. I am using these HDDs in a dynamics fashion (software raid, that sort of thing), but I ...
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Linux Internal HDD Cloning/Backup Issue [closed]
I have installed Manjaro XFCE in my Laptop, that also has Windows 8.1 in a dual-boot format. The Windows 8.1 was installed earlier than Linux. But, in terms of disk partitions, between two partitions ...
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What has changed in the last 9 years to make 2.5" USB HDDs so much lighter? [closed]
9-10 years ago, I bought a series of 2.5" USB HDDs from various brands. Recently, one of them died, after just 9 years of operating like half a day every six months at the most (more like every 8 ...
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How can I backup the data of my "windows" hard disk?
My problem is the following:
The mother board of my laptop is broken, but my HDD is ok.
Before changing the motherboard (which is still under warranty), I want to backup the data of my HDD.
What I ...
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external usb hard drive for win7 + ubuntu
I bought a new laptop and removed the hard drive and plugged it in an external HDD enclosure. I would like to use this external hard drive on Ubunutu and Windows.
I used the "Disk" utility from ...
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Is it safe to defragment platter-based USB hard drives?
Occasionally defragmenting internal IDE/EIDE/ATA/SATA/SATA2/SATA3/etc platter-based hard drives is often a recommended practice.
What about external USB/USB2/USB3 platter-based hard drives? Is it a ...
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Whether it is possible insert in Kingston SNA-DC/U hdd drive, but not ssd?
I have Kingston SNA-DC/U enclosure, it came bundled with ssd kingston drive.
Whether it is possible insert in this SNA-DC/U enclosure hdd drive, but not ssd?
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Software/Hardware RAID vs Windows Storage Spaces for DAS
I plan to upgrade my Intel RST Software RAID1 setup with 2 internal SATA drives to something more versatile:
Drives need to be external (they have to reside in an enclosure connected to PC via eSATA ...
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How to Format External 3TB Hard Drive as ext4 via Command Line (CLI)?
I know there are several similar questions out there, but many of the answers are terrible.
I guess fdisk can NOT support drives larger than 2TB? The interactive menu changed on me so I don't know ...
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Portable hard drive broken media
My portable hard drive fell on the on floor hard yesterday and stopped working, the hard light is flashing blue but my PC can't see it. I tried it with many machines, but the same it is not working. I ...
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