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.AVI file plays to a point, but can't be copied (USB hard drive)
I have an .avi file (DVD encoded to MPEG4/DIVX ACS) that has a problem - or maybe it's the disk. The file is on a hard drive that I am accessing via a USB adapter. I can't copy the file to my local ...
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External Hard Drive not recognized in Windows Seven, but recognized in XP
I have a portable hard drive that has been formatted as NTFS with all the default values in Windows xp, the drive shows up on my Windows XP computer but doesn't show on my Windows Seven laptop. It's ...
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please help archiving and backing up to an external hard drive
Firstly I know nothing about computers so please bear with me. I have been searching Google but am now mega confused.
I have just bought a WD external harddrive 1TB to backup my Windows PC and store ...
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Cause of lost partition replaced by 2 Raw partitions
I had a curious problem over the weekend... My 500gb WD hard drive all of a sudden could not be discovered by xp, then when I plugged in again via USB it was being discovered as 2 separate Raw ...
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How do I get an external hard drive working with a PCMCIA USB card?
How do I get an external 2.5" IDE hard drive in an external case (with USB cable) working when plugged into a PCMCIA USB card?
My hard drive doesn't work when plugged into my HT-Link Cardbus/PCMCIA ...
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Which particular file caused "Delayed write failed" error?
I sometimes get this error when resuming from hibernation:
Delayed Write Failed:
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file G:\$Mft.
The data has been lost. This error may be caused by ...
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Unable to Boot from USB External Hard Drive
I recently upgraded my main development machine to Windows 7. This involved wiping out my primary boot drive (Windows XP 64-bit) and starting clean. Before I wiped it, I did a direct disk-to-disk ...
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Installing XP through USB-to-IDE/SATA connector?
To help someone reinstall a corrupt XP install on his IDE or SATA drive in a older desktop box (hence no Vista/W7), I was thinking of asking him to bring his harddrive and meet at Starbucks, and I ...
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How to measure data transfer speed between my internal SATA HDD and External USB HDD?
How to measure data transfer speed between my internal SATA HDD and External USB HDD?
I purchased new Seegate freego USB HDD but when i copy somthing from internal HDD to USB HDD or viceversa data ...
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How do I install Windows XP from an external hard drive?
I'm trying to install Windows XP Media Center edition by copying the install disc image to an external hard drive and making it bootable.
Has anyone had success getting this to work on systems that ...
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How to back up the system to mobile hard disk?
How do I back up my system to a mobile (external) hard disk, and then recover from it when necessary?
I'm using windows XP
Also, does most ghost software back up only C: or all disks?
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How do I keep my external hard drive shared between rebooting?
After using USBDLM to ensure my external USB hard drive is set to 'i' on my Windows XP PC (as detailed in this question), now every time I reboot, I have to re-share it so it can be seen on my network....
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No power save on external hard drive - How to implement?
I recently bought a new 3.5" USB external hard drive which I thought had a power save feature on it, but it turns out that it doesn't. So whether it's being used or not, it spins, which wouldn't be a ...
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How do I make an external hard drive keep the same drive letter permanently?
I have a desktop PC (2002 vintage) running Windows XP that I turn on about two or three times per week. I have a mains powered 250 GB Western Digital hard disk connected to it via USB. I ...
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Can i use a external USB portable HDD as a main HDD for PC?
Can i use a external USB portable HDD as a main HDD for PC?
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It takes a long time until Windows XP recognize I connected USB drive
I have a problem with my new USB disk. When I connect it to my laptop with Windows XP SP2 it takes about 4-5min until Windows recognizes it and shows it as a new disk. I can also see (disk's LED is ...
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Speed of Windows XP on external USB harddrive using VirtualBox on Mac
I am considering installing Windows XP on an external hard drive in a VM with VirtualBox, but I am worried about it's speed? Would the slow transfer rate of USB slow down the performance of VirtualBox ...
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Install Windows XP to USB Hard Drive and Run from It
I wanted to know if there was a way (that worked!) to both Install and Run Windows XP Pro from a USB 2.0 connected Hard Drive. My system does allow to boot from external usb hard drive, but when I ...
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Drive fails to automatically assign a letter
I have 2 identical SATA-2 drives I use for backup purposes.
Basically I have got e-Sata/USB2.0 cradle and 2 drives. When I
need to do a peform a backup I "on" the drive cradle, do a backup,
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Installing Windows XP on an external hard drive?
I am going to be using eSATA connection. What r the advantages and disadvantages of doing this?
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Booting from a USB drive that was originally a boot drive
When Win 7 went RTM, I upgraded my laptop from XP. But to protect myself against the possibility of having data inaccessible, I got a new disk and put it in the laptop, and took the old (XP) disk and ...
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Can I defrag my hard drive while downloading a file, if the file is on an external hdd?
I'm running Windows XP, so my guess is that the answer would be no.
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Using Windows XP Professional SP3, how do I reformat an external hard drive as FAT32?
I'll soon be getting a new laptop with Windows Vista or Windows 7 and turning my current laptop into a Linux box. Since FAT32 works out of the box on both Windows and Linux machines and I've had some ...
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External hard drive not connecting USB
I recently bought a Western Digital 1 TB Black hard disk drive (HDD). Upon realizing that I didn't have that extra SATA cable lying around, I put it in my external USB case until I could buy a ...
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