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Should I replace My internal hardisk to a new external one? [closed]
My old internal 1TB HDD becomes so slow suddenly, and I'm afraid that it's about to die, so I will try to copy my data to external HDD.
I have two Questions:
What's the best tool to copy all the HDD ...
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I have had 500gb HD this whole time but my system has only been showing 250gb on my Windows 10
So basically like the title says I have had a 500GB Hard disk this whole time but my C drive has only been showing about 250GB in total. I only noticed this because I opened my laptop and saw the Hard ...
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How to check if external hard drive is spinning or in sleep mode through the command line?
How can I determine through the command line whether or not an external drive that is connected to my system is awake (spinning) or sleeping?
None of the answers here have helped. The Powershell ...
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Turned old SSD into USB external drive - But not working
I recently upgraded my PCs SSD storage from 500gb to a new 1tb disk. I've removed the 500gb and placed it within an external SSD enclosure.
When plugging it into the USB port it's not recognised as a ...
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Is Windows unable to re-mount USB Attached SCSI (UAS) devices after removal, or is this just a defective drive dock?
I purchased a SABRENT EC-HD2B 2.5" & 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 USB 3.0 to SATA I/II/III Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station It works, but appears to be impossible to re-...
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How do I make Windows spin down my external HDD before cutting power to it when I shutdown?
Whenever I shutdown my laptop, my external HDD make a loud "click" sound when the power is cut. Even if the hard drive is idle, it spins up for a few seconds before being forcibly turned off ...
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Hard disk not properly working
I have a 4tb Seagate expansion hard disk which worked fine I used it for quiet a while and had 2 partitions , only one partition was bit locked
Yesterday I removed bit lock protection and in the ...
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How can I restore acces to an external hard drive that was marked as hibernated on Windows?
I used my external hard drive on a Windows 10 computer at my university to transfer some files for a conference, the files were fully transfered at least 2 hours before I left, when I unplugged the ...
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Files not deleting to Recycle bin from External Hard Drive - Windows 10
I recently realized that deleting files from my Toshiba External drive (E:), deletes permanently instead of going to the Recycle bin (I get the message to "permanently delete the files") Not ...
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Can't safely eject external hard drive on Windows 10. How to Solve it?
Whenever I am trying to eject my external hard drive I am getting "Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device" alert and it is not allowing me to eject the device safely.
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Prevent Volume Shadow Copies on removable media
We sell an integrated system, where we use a set of SSDs as exchangeable data storage. The system has a built-in Compact-Flash disk used for the OS (Windows 10) and several SSDs attached via SATA in ...
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External USB HD does not get recognized after Windows start - only after plugin it out and in first
When I start Windows, my external USB hard disk does not appear at all:
When I unplug and plug it in again, it appears normally and stays that way:
What I checked already is that Windows does a ...
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Best practices for formatting a new external hard drive in Windows 10: Quick Format with chkdsk pass, or Full Format?
This seems like a basic question, but I think the details I am hoping someone can tell me, are not basic-- and there is a lot of contradictory information out there on the topic.
I know the usual ...
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How to move EVERYTHING to external drive
I plan to format my laptop although I've files on there that I don't want to lose.
My question: How can I move / copy ALL files from my laptop to an external drive?
The OS is Windows 10.
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Why is my newly formatted (NTFS) 4 TB external hard drive has a Total Reserved Clusters of 4.7 GB?
I just bought a new external HDD (WD My Book 4 TB, it's my 3rd of the 4 TB variant).
As per usual, I formatted it using NTFS with 4KB cluster size because I'm using Windows 10, but then when I checked ...
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