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Windows does not mount USB NTFS superfloppy
I have a Transcend Storejet external USB hard disk. This is not an SSD, but a mechanical disk with rotating plates. I have formatted the whole disk, without partitioning, as NTFS. I have used mkntfs ...
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Windows: Changing an External Hard Drive's Drive Letter
I'm trying to resolve a file path error problem with TortoiseSVN in this question on Stack Overflow. One of the answers suggested trying to change the drive letter of my external hard drive. How can I ...
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USB hard drive doesn't graceful power off after eject on Windows 7
I have a couple of Seagate FreeAgent Go external USB hard drives and would like them to gracefully power off after ejecting in Windows 7.
With Windows XP a few seconds after they are ejected they ...
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USB External HDD NOT spinning down on Windows Vista / Windows 7
I have 3 external 2.5" USB HDDs - all from different manufacturers and with different capacities. I also have access to multiple Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows XP computers.
My problem is that ...
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Can't activate dynamic disk
For some reason I can't activate a dynamic disk connected to my PC via a USB hard disk enclosure. It has activated previously without any problems.
When I check the event logs, I get this message ...
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D:\ Drive Missing after Windows 11 upgrade
I have recently upgraded to Windows 11 from Windows 10, on a 'HP Pavilion 590-p0063na' Desktop. Since doing this, I have been unable to locate the 'D:' Drive. This absent drive, is also preventing ...
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External Enclosure; USB to IDE & SATA. Only old sata drives are recognized by Windows. Why?
I have some hard drives (IDE) from my old PC and I need the files that are on it to put onto my new PC. My new PC has a SATA drive and it's an All-in-One HP PC.
I bought an External Enclosure for ...
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What to do when USB hard drive suddenly became raw?
On June 2020 I made a similar post about my USB hard disk failure in here.
So, last July 2020 I bought a new 2 TB Seagate Slim USB hard drive.
The hard drive is full with HD movie mkv files.
The hard ...
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Windows 7: Error Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device
Sometimes, when trying to eject (remove) an external USB hard drive, Windows 7 issues the following error:
Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device
Windows can't stop your 'Generic volume' device ...
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External HDD unrecognized
I have an external IDE harddrive. I plug the USB to the PC, switch on the power and I hear that the HDD is working(no scratch, no shar noise, just a smooth hdd is what I hear). My problem is, that the ...
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