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external HD RAW, then what?
Argh. It is one of these bad days really.
I had my work archive external 6tb HD attached on my main computer
(no bootable system on it)
I don't really know what happened, but when I put it back on, ...
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What are my options for installing Windows (10/11) on an external m.2 ssd, to later be used on an internal one, and is using windows to go okay?
My friend's birthday is coming up, me and some mutual friends are planning on building him a computer. I have been given the SSD and have been tasked with preparing it so it's ready to go asap (we are ...
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Automated dismounting & mounting of external hard drive
I have an external hard drive for my backups, but to better protect it against ransomware, I want to have a scheduled script after the backup finishes, that dismounts the drive, and then a similar one ...
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Changing a folder icon on an external hard drive not working
So I've been putting custom icons on folders for years. I do it on my desktop. I do it on any external hard drive folders I have....just for fun and it looks better.
Here is the method I use:
Take ...
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Unable to merge all partitions (including the Recovery partition) in my Old Laptop hard drive turned external drive
I have the hard drive of my laptop that was replaced with a SSD so I wanted to use it as an external storage space by combining them all into one. There were 3 partitions previously that I formatted ...
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How to delete ProgramFiles x86 and Windows folders (external hard drive)
I’ve upgraded an old HDD on a laptop to an SSD (the SSD has already windows on it, last update, drivers etc, so the laptop is fully operational).
I’d like to delete the ProgramFiles, ProgramFiles (x86)...
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Drive not appearing in Optimise Drives (Windows 10)
Running Windows 10 with two 16GB pen drives (mapped to F: and P:) and a larger 4TB WD external disk (mapped to W:). All drives work correctly, appear in Windows Explorer, Disk Management, you can ...
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How can I prevent Backblaze from frequently (every few days) reuploading my entire external hard drives?
It seems that Backblaze is frequently (every few days) reuploading my entire external hard drives. Backblaze already has the files on its server, so it's only scanning my entire external hard drives, ...
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Lost the data I moved to an external drive on Windows
This happened to me twice so far. I have 2 Windows PCs with an external drive attached to one of them (Windows 11 Pro). It is a 3TB HDD that is about 25% full. Yesterday, I switched off the Windows 11 ...
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Windows 11 does "system reset" when trying to boot from external USB
I have a HP Windows 11 laptop. I made a live fully installed USB with Ubuntu on it. The USB is tested on Linux machines and it boots nicely, no problems.
On the Windows 11 device (with HP Wolf ...
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Why don't I see some of the backed up hard drives on backblaze.com?
I am looking at some Backblaze account with the 1-Year Version History option activated over 1 year ago. The Backblaze Windows client indicates that at least one file from external hard drives with ...
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Western Digital External Hard Drive Isn't Compatible with Newer Windows Systems?
My old 10TB WD Elements external hard drive works with multiple old laptops without any issue for years and is currently still working.
The external hard drive comes with an external power supply.
But ...
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How to tell if a hard drive with Windows was used in AHCI or RAID mode?
I have a computer with a corrupted windows installation that will not boot into the OS. I am trying to fix the operating system, but I am not sure at this point if the drive was using RAID or AHCI. ...
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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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