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Why is Task Manager using my USB drive?
After using the answers to this question: Can Windows tell me what is using my USB drive?, I found from Event Viewer that Task Manager was using the drive:
The application \Device\HarddiskVolume5\...
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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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Bitlocker decryption stuck at 82.1% (No disk activity)
📢 TL;DR: Bitlocker decryption of a 4TB USB HDD stuck at 82.1% with 0% disc activity for hours. No errors found on the drive, files still fully accessible.
I have been decrypting BitLocker on my USB ...
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How to format an unrecognisable external HDD?
I have formated an HDD in linux and my laptop died mid-formatting.
The disk cannot be recognised by windows now.
Output from USB Device Viewer:
[Port2] FailedEnumeration : Unknown USB Device (...
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Deleting or copying file: File to big for destination file system
I've got a Windows 10 pc, with an internal (S:/) and external (I:/) hdd. Both are formatted to NTFS. I've made copies using bvckup 2 in the past.
Today I found a small error for copying new files to, ...
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How To Make My Portable Hard Disk / USB Drive Undeletable and Uneditable?
I have a portable (external) hard disk and I use it on many different computers/laptops.
I want to know if it is possible to make the files and folders in my hard disk undeletable. So no matter who ...
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Windows Defender won't let an external drive (WD My Book) sleep
Well, the topic title says it all. I recently purchased a Western Digital My Book 8TB and no matter what I couldn't get it to stand by/sleep. I tried everything: messing around with USB power options, ...
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Accidentally removed all access for authenticated users to an external hard drive. Is it possible to revert this change?
I was trying to restrict access to my G: hard drive for guests and accidentally removed all access to the hard drive for all authenticated users. I am not able to access the drive or take ownership of ...
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'File or directory is corrupted or unreadable' in Windows 10 only; works in 8.1/7?
I can't seem to access my external hard drive in Windows 10 systems, producing the error said in title. I tried it other Win 10 PCs to same results.
However, when I plug it on 8.1 or 7, I can access ...
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Git files corrupted 50% of the time when shutting down
My git files are 50% of the time corrupted for no reason. I have no idea why, and hope one of you knows how to solve this.
I currently have a External SSD (Samsung T5, connected via USB, being seen ...
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I'm unable to browse an external HDD on a Windows 10 laptop but can mount and view the files on Ubuntu & Android
The NTFS formatted hard-drive shows up ‘Local Disk (F:)’ in Explorer. When trying to open it, the error window states:
F:\ is not accessible.
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
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UEFI Install of Windows 10 on external SSD/Harddrive
The question of installing Windows on an external harddisk has been answered here before. But the answers posted here go like this: create a single NTFS partition on the external disk (MBR partition ...
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External HDD not recognized on one computer
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I have a 3.5" HDD that I put in a USB enclosure (powered by its own brick). It works great on my laptop, but not on my Windows 10 desktop computer.
The HDD LED blinks red for a bit and the ...
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SSD HD works for 10 seconds and shuts down
I used Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP SSD Hard-Drive for quite a while. Yesterday it broke.
It didn't turned on the operation system (windows 10) and just stuck on loading.
On rare cases it did turned it on, ...
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Frequently getting message about corrupt recycle bin
I keep getting the error message the recycle bin on E is corrupt and asks if I would like to delete it. Regardless of what I choose, the error message popsup every 10 or 15 minutes. E: is an external ...
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