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Windows 10 Full Drive Format Fails
I recently bought two USB3 external hard drives that I want to do a full (not quick) format on using the Windows formatter. For whatever reason though, I keep getting an error for both drives stating ...
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External hard drive forgets new data independent on dismount
I have two computers: A laptop for work and a personal computer at home. I also have an Intenso USB 3.0 external Hard Drive keeping them in sync. Both computers have been set up by myself and should ...
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WD mybook 6tb randomly disconecting
I have multiple hard drives hooked up to my computer (2tb WD portable, 2tb segate portable, 4tb Toshiba 2 tb Toshiba and two 6tb WD mybooks ).
The two Mybooks will randomly disconnect at anytime when ...
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What external drives work with Windows 10 Storage Spaces?
What external drives work with Windows 10 Storage Spaces? I'd like to set up a mirror with two external 4 TB WD drives, but I can't tell if they're compatible with Windows 10 Storage Spaces.
Is there ...
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External HD Sleeping on Windows 10
I have an external SSD HD (Kingston HD with an Orico USB3 enclosure) that seems to fall asleep after 15 minutes of being idle.
I've checked all my power settings for USB and for Hard drives to never ...
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External HDD detected, but doesn't have drive letter or show up in Windows Explorer
Today my Kodi HTPC, a Revo RL80 (Intel Celeron 1007 1.5GHz, 2GB RAM), gave me the option of upgrading to Windows 10. I thought I'd give it a go. I backed up Kodi and other such things and upgraded. ...
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All hard drives spinning up even though only accessing system SSD
This problem is quite annoying. I've just upgraded to Windows 10 and although I experienced it a bit in Windows 7, it seems much worse in 10. I have 2 SSDS (one C drive for Windows and another for ...
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Is there that can I create a virtual disk image out of my old laptop hard drive?
I have an old 2TB laptop hard drive from my old HP 15-da0061cl notebook. The notebook suffered from internal screen damage as well as the case breaking down due to fall damage. Due to my warranty ...
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HDD suddenly disappeared from Explorer
I have an older Seagate 120 GB HDD, that I'm connecting to my laptop with an IDE/SATA to USB adapter. The drive is easily 15 years old, but when I connected to the SATA/USB adapter (which is powered),...
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Preserving Quick Access Pins and Libraries with Robocopy
So I've had an external drive that I kept plugged into my laptop that later started having connection issues. I decided to use Robocopy to transfer the files over to a new drive with (effectively) the ...
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Why does Windows 10 Task Manager say that my LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive's capacity is 4.5 TB?
Windows 10 Task Manager say that my LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive's capacity is 4.5 TB. See below. Why?
Disk management confirms that the LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive is 750 GB, i.e. ...
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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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Unable to copy any file to external HDD
I have WD My Passport 4TB External Hard Drive. When I try to copy any file to WD HDD, it gives me error: "Cant read from the source file or disk". But I can copy any file in HDD to my laptop....
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What is using my external hard drive, without my permission, and how can I stop it?
I've noticed for a while now that my WD passport (2TB) blinks by itself, so I looked into the issue and checked in Resource Manager to see what's going on. In Resource Manager I saw that almost every ...
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After hibernation, USB SSD shows under "remove safely" but not in file explorer - until reboot
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Arrive at work, wake PC from hibernate-to-disk, plug in my WD Elements USB SSD.
See it's not shown in file explorer nor disk management, but it does show up in the systray USB icon ...
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