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Can't format SSD drive
I have an SSD drive I bought some time ago for using in an old Mac laptop, replacing the slow, spining disk that was inside. Eventually I bought a new laptop and wanted to use this SSD with a case as ...
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windows 8 on external drive: how to make a volume bootable?
I want to install Windows 8 Release preview on an external drive.
When I selected a partition from my external HD, it displayed
Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Setup does not support ...
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If I partition a drive connected via eSata will it show different partitions when connected via USB?
I have an odd problem with an external drive. I'm formatting it connected to my laptop prior to connecting it to my router. The HDD enclosure has both an eSata and USB connections.
Generally, I ...
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Is There a Way to See if a Hard Drive is Internal or External?
I've got to check to see what are on some external hard drives. However, I'm doing this remote, with a tech onsite. We can't disconnect them to see which ones they are because they be very important ...
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Create smaller partition to cope with bad sectors on 2TB HDD
I have a 2TB WD (My Passport Ultra) external HDD that has developed bad sectors, and I want to continue using it for non-essential/non-critical storage (I fortunately recovered all data that was on ...
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Windows does not recognize the drive partitions when I remove it from an external WD Elements Desktop
I used a procedure like this one to remove the derive from an external 4 TB WD Elements Desktop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3xVRmOgrs4
Once I connect the drive directly to my PC, Windows 10 ...
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