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Is it worth buying more expensive USB 3.0 case for old laptop HDD?
I am planning to buy an external USB case for my dead (bought in 2010) laptop's 2.5" hard disk. Would a USB 3.0 case be actually faster than USB 2.0 for it, or does it not matter because HDD cannot ...
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Mirroring a system in a virtual machine
I have an “old” desktop computer that runs Windows 7 Pro, with a number of hard drives, where the C: drive is >500 GB.
I have a new laptop that runs Windows 10, with a solid-state drive with a 200 GB ...
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External HDD in enclosure disconnects after some time
I have an external hard drive in a SATA/USB 3.0 enclosure. It usually works fine, but if I plug it in my Windows 10 laptop for too long, it briefly disconnects after some time. It's not mounted ...
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Installing Windows on external hard drive
For the last half of the year, I have been using Windows installed on my external HDD, which uses USB 3.0 port, I had to install Windows (Windows 10) by copying virtual disk file into the drive. ...
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Front panel usb3 not recognizing usb3 hdd
The problem is the following...
My PCs front USB 3.0 ports (which are connected to the usb3.0 internal headers) do not work with my USB3.0 External HDD...
If I plug it in via a USB 2.0 cable it works ...
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You need to format the disk in drive.... a more mysterious case
This problem has almost drives me crazy. I DIY my first PC since 1993 and have never been facing such an unsolvable problem at all, without any clues!!!!
I have a DIY PC running XEON E3-1230 and a ...
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My external hard drive not detected from my Windows pc despite can be detected from my Samsung tablet
I have an external hard drive Seagate model: SRD0NF1 size 1TB and it is not being detected on my Windows PC.
The PC specs:
Windows 10 Home
64bit
ASUS rog GL752VW
When I say its not detected, it means ...
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usb flash drive and external hard drive won't appear in windows 11
After upgrading windows 10 to windows 11 the usb flash drives and my external hard drive won't appear in the file explorer and the windows not playing the sound of something is plugged in.
but my ...
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External USB drive does not appear in Windows Explorer when connected to the front panel of the PC
External drive does not appear in Windows Explorer. The problem arose unexpectedly with the USB ports on the front panel of PC.
All specified USB ports are version 2.0 and initially everything worked ...
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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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xHCI causes "USB device not recognized" until reboot
When I enable xHCI in my BIOS, I get three times faster speed (90 MB/s file copying in Windows Explorer) with my external hard drive, but paradoxically I get the message "USB device can perform faster"...
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Do Thunderbird 3-to-USB 3.1 Type-C adapters/converters for external hard drives exist?
MSI GE73 7RD Raider has an USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port and 3x USB 3.0 Type-A (no idea about the gen) ports, but no Thunderbolt ports of any kind. My desktop should eventually have an USB Type-C.
Not to ...
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WD HDD Works only on USB 3.0
WD My Passport Ultra is showing up a weird behavior. When i connect it with USB 3.0 it works perfectly without any issue. But when i try to connect it using USB 2.0 port it doesn't work. It shows up ...
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Can I be sure that my WD Passport Ultra 3.0 2 TB external hard drive is fixed?
5 days ago Windows 10 Notifications section warned me that there were errors on my WD Passport Ultra 3.0 2 TB drive. I went to Properties and chose Check Disk twice and both times it took about 20 ...
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Error Loading Operating System - SATA External Hard Drive
I bought a SATA to USB adapter to attempt to use my labtop's hard drive as an external one for my desktop. If I plug the adapter into my desktop after already booting the current OS, I can see my ...
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