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How to resolve Hard disk failure with new external SSD
BIOS Boot Order
I have an error message on startup (SMART Hard Disk Error has detected an imminent failure, run the Hard Disk test in systems diagnostics). I can't even get to the login screen. I have ...
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Can I access command prompt through an installation disk without a C drive?
My C drive can't load into Windows 7 anymore. Any option I choose, advanced, normal, repair, it just says that it's loading windows files and then a black screen. I've read that this is the hard drive ...
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Copied all folders from a secondary drive to a peripheral drive, signifigant size difference?
I recently bought a drive docking station for drives to make some back ups to drives not in my system. In my computer I currently have a 256GB SSD for my OS (Windows 7) and a 2TB HDD for storage.
I ...
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ssd not recognized by windows 7
So I recently got a 2.5" 500GB SATA3 SSD (Crucial MX200) and a USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA3 adapter. When I try plugging the SSD into my laptop via USB3 I'd expect the drive to show up in Disk Management in ...
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HDD Bad sectors Regeneration
I've been trying for few days to figure this out and eventually I need some help. All suggestion gathered by the software are like 'get new hard drive'.
My 2nd HDD got some troubles runing normaly and ...
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Is it possible to lose data on an external SSD drive despite using the "safe remove" feature?
I have an SSD disk in a third party USB 3.0 disk enclosure. The drive is NTFS formatted.
Lately, I've almost lost some of my data despite using the "safe remove" windows feature.
Here is what ...
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Should symlinked programs be put on drives with fast write speeds?
When deciding where to symlink-move a program, should it be to a drive that has a fast write speed, in lieu of program's needing to cache/write to disk? OR, if/when a program needs to cache to disk, ...
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Harddisk advice: Run Visual Studio in Windows 7 in Parallels on external drive
I just bought the latest MacBook Air. I'm running Parallels with Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010.
Since I'm running out of disk space, I want to move the VM to an external drive.
Since I will be ...
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What do I need to do to install Windows onto my new SSD?
I am in the process of building a new computer, and while I'm still waiting on the important parts of the computer, like the CPU and the Motherboard, my 120 GB Solid State drive has arrived, and I ...
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