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Why large number of files wouldn't copy to an external hard drive with enough space?
I have 4 TB Western Digital my-passport drive. When I copy a folder with large number of files, the copy (or move files) dialog just sits there forever without returning but no further copying takes ...
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How to get rid of grub boot loader from external HDD
For a while, I tried Linux Ubuntu as my OS. Like any OS, Linux has its drawbacks, some of which are a big issue for me. So I went back to Windows 7.
To prevent modifications to my system while I was ...
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Sharing External Hard drive on Network
I got problem when I try to share the external hard drive over the network. Basically the hard drive are connected using USB port and having 3 partition. My machine work on Windows 7.
When I ...
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Differences in unplugging an external hard drive from USB2 port vs USB3?
On a Win7 laptop, when I plug in any external USB3 platter-based hard drive into a...
USB3 port, and then click on the Eject option in the system tray (and receive the Windows message that it safe to ...
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Internal 2.5" HDD of old laptop connected via external USB SATA enclosure but no letter assigned, no way to access it
I open disk management in windows 7 and it is listed as a basic drive online with 75GB RAW (It is actually FAT), 243MB Active Primary partition and the bulk in a separate partition.
If I right click ...
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Can my Windows 7 computer read a Windows 10 HDD as external storage?
I'm creating a new computer and intend to go back to Windows 7. My current computer is Windows 10.
Is there a solution so that I can access files from my old computer on my new one by attaching it ...
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How to access or recover a defective harddrive [closed]
My ex hdd appears neither in windows explorer nor in CMD. I tried with another computer ...it appears in windows explorer as a local disk and asked me to format it but formatting didnt work, it was ...
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Cancel and pull out the external hdd cable while coping a large file
I have a Transcend 1TB external hard drive. I had 40GB free space on the drive. I started coping a large (31GB) iso file from my windows 7 pc to this hard drive. And I cancelled the copy process ...
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External eSATA HDD nowhere to be found in Windows 7 Explorer, Disk Management, but visible in Device Manager
I have an external HDD using enclosure. It has both USB and eSATA interface.
The USB interface works well, the autoplay shows and the drive is visible from Windows Explorer.
I would like to use the ...
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How to make sure Windows (7) does update names of drives?
The issue: I have two network drives set up, that are however not always connected. When they are not connected, and I connect a usb drive or insert an sd card, often these drives/cards will not show ...
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Why are partition and data recovery utilities saying my 2TB external hard drive is FAT16?
I accidentally ran...
diskpart
format override /fs=ntfs
...on my 2TB external hard-drive. This only lasted for a few seconds before I stopped it with Ctrl+C, but was enough to make the drive ...
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CHKDSK takes hours – is it safe to terminate it?
Corruption was found while examining files in directory ...
It's been close to 7 hours and still going. I think it started because I was moving GBs of files from my rusty notebook into my 2 TB ...
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Disable (hide from tray) "Safely remove hardware" for particular external (usb) hdd
I'm using external hdd as one of prime hdd for my laptop (with windows 7). It is always plugged in. But as it is plugged into the usb port, it shows in "Safely remove hardware". Sometimes I missclick ...
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External HDD nowhere listed in Explorer / My Computer, but listed in Device Manager
I recently bought a cheap external HDD case to use with a laptop HDD, so I can have a cheap and simple backup external HDD.
Unfortunately the HDD does not show up in My Computer and Windows Explorer (...
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Accidentally started diskpart format on 2TB external drive, and now Explorer can't see it
On the command line, I used format override fs=fat32 while in diskpart, assuming I had selected my 8GB flash drive, and realised I'd accidentally selected my 2TB external drive which had been assigned ...
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