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Drive name greyed out in safely remove hardware option and no eject option present
The option to eject is not present and the drive name is greyed out.
I tried RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll in Run and it is not able to stop there as well.
I tried unmounting ...
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Adding custom text after portable USB drive letter
Kinda fancy question, but how can I add custom text after portable drive letter name?
My DVD has the following name pattern:
Label (DriveLetter:) CustomText
But my other USB portable drive has:
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Does MacOS locally store information about external drives?
I used a borrowed Mac to transfer sensitive data directly between two USB thumb drives. Ideally, I'd like to not leave a single trace of the files and transfers on the borrowed Mac, but I understand ...
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Force every external USB storage device (USB HDD, USB flash drives of any brand, etc.) to be assigned the same letter G:
I know the "Disk management" (diskmgmt.msc) way to assign a driver letter such as G: to a (currently physically present) specific disk or device. But here my question is a little bit ...
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is it ok to leave external ssd drive plugged in?
I Usually prefer to keep my USB flash drive plugged in all the time and got no problem with it.
But this time I am planning to get a new portable ssd for bigger capacity.
This is what it looks like as ...
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Restore files USB memory WD turned into windows upgrade
I've created a windows upgrade from my WD external data disk and it has taken over all of the visible files. The WD wasn't empty and had files before I turned it into a windows upgrade.
If I check ...
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Do all non-mechanical drives use Flash Memory?
I would like to know this because there is a precaution not to defrag drives that use flash memory as it would decrease their lifespan. Correct my understanding if I'm wrong:
Mechanical drives: Hard ...
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My microSD to USB adapter isn't recognized by my computer anymore. It's probably corrupt or something. How can I repair it?
My micro USB adapter is most likely broken. It's no longer recognized as even existing by either my Linux laptop or my Linux desktop, eg. the file /dev/sda does not exist. How do I repair this device, ...
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Mount USB flash drive or external hard drive on Windows as drive letter A: or B:?
Is there any way to get Windows to assign drive letter A: or B: (instead of D: or a subsequent letter) to a connected USB flash drive or external hard drive?
(This is purely for nostalgia purposes, ...
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No EJECT option to safely eject a portable hard drive Windows 10 system
No EJECT option to safely eject a portable hard drive but if i connect a USB stick there is. How do i safely eject the Portable Hard Drive.
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Does [MicroSD Card] + [USB Reader] = [USB Memory Stick] for Windows installatoin media?
On Microsoft's "Create Windows 10 Installation Media" page, it says that in order to create the installation media I need:
A blank USB flash drive with at least 8GB of space or blank DVD (and DVD ...
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External HDD unejectable in Windows 10, no joy from unlockers
This is a problem as old as Windows itself, however none of my old workarounds or those suggested more recently in forums I've searched for, are helping.
I often connect and disconnect external hard ...
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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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External hard drive not showing up in Windows 10
I recently Installed windows 10 on my laptop. just after windows was done applying some updates It doesn't show my External Hard drive and USB flash memory! these hardwares show up everywhere like ...
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Will a USB 3 device work in a USB 1.1 port?
I've searched quite a bit for the answer to this question but there surprisingly isn't much information on it. I have an old system that only has USB 1.1 ports and I want to expand its storage by ...
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