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Why Do Some USB Cables Have Two USB Connectors at the End?
I've recently bought an external hard drive enclosure and it had arrived with an USB cable, with one USB connector on one side and two on the other. Why do some USB cables have two connectors while ...
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How to connect Western Digital "My passport" using other means?
I have a Western Digital My Passport 500Gb external Harddrive where the USB connection on the drive seems to have worn out. I am trying to retrieve the data for a friend.
Here is an image of the ...
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Seagate Expansion Hard Drive (Portable) is not recognized By Windows!
My Seagate Expansion Hard Drive is not recognized by windows. When I connect it to the computer I do not see "Mass Storage Device" Under "Universal Serial Bus Controller". I already check the ...
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Multiple partitions for an external USB hard drive used by Linux and Windows
I want to split a large external USB hard drive into at least 2 partitions.
I've heard that multiple partitions on a USB drive involves problems not associated with partitioning a regular IDE/SATA ...
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Is it safe to remove USB media when a computer is suspended?
We are often cautioned against unplugging USB drives in case it is currently being read from or written to. When a computer is suspended, hibernated, or asleep is it obviously not writing any data; it ...
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Which external USB drives work with Windows 8 Storage Spaces?
First, a bit of background:
Microsoft brags about how the new Windows 8 Storage Spaces support any interface (including USB) for attaching drives to add to a Storage Pool:
http://windows.microsoft....
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Why do some SATA to USB adapters list a maximum supported drive size?
Many SATA to USB adapters list a maximum supported size such as 4TB, 10TB, etc. Why?
For example, this adapter lists a 4TB max whereas this other popular adapter lists 12TB as the max supported.
Here ...
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Is it true that a hard drive need to be used once in a while to stay alive?
I have heard someone saying that someone else said hard-disks need to be "moved" once in a while, meaning it has to spin or data has to read or written to once in a while or something like that.
I am ...
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WD USB HDD not recognized: Elements 10B8 [duplicate]
Any idea what could be the problem and how to solve it?
Details:
HDD: WD Elements 2TB (P/N: WDBU6Y0020BBK-05)
When first connecting the device to my ThinkPad T420si (4174-E37), a
dialog appeared ...
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