Questions tagged [external-hard-drive]
A hard drive designed to be connected to a computer via an external interface such as USB, eSATA, Thunderbolt, or IEEE 1394.
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Why does Windows 10 Task Manager say that my LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive's capacity is 4.5 TB?
Windows 10 Task Manager say that my LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive's capacity is 4.5 TB. See below. Why?
Disk management confirms that the LaCie 750GB Rikki external hard drive is 750 GB, i.e. ...
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Use redundant NAS drive as External HDD for laptop
I have swapped out 1 of my 3.5" SATA QNAP 4TB WD Red NAS drives and replaced it with an 8 TB drive. Now I would like to use the replaced disk inside an HDD enclosure and use it on my laptop as ...
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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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Is it possible to use a cloned operating system through an external disk connected by USB?
I'm trying to clone a laptop's disk using an external hard drive in order to then use it on a different computer. The problem is that while the external HDD has enough space (1TB), the other computer ...
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Why can't Windows 11 read properly the SSD which I connected to my laptop using a USB connector?
I wanted to wipe an SSD that was previously in a PC with Windows 11. I connected it via USB to my PC and Windows is telling me "A specified device does not exist". I checked it using "...
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5TB external HDD showing as 3.64 TiB
I bought a new 5TB Seagate backup plus portable external HDD. When connected with Manjaro, it shows only 3.64 TiB.
My calculation shows that 5TB should be more than 4.5 TiB. What could be wrong? On ...
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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.
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Mac Mini requires password to create directory on external drive, but not internal drive. Huh?
MacMini logs-itself-in on boot. Plug in a utility external drive, drag a folder from internal drive to blank external, password required. Make a directory on internal drive, no problem. Copy a file to ...
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Copying from an SSD external drive to local drive operates only in bursts and eventually stops
I have a new gaming-style PC running Windows 11 and a new Samsung T7 Portable SSD drive. When I plug the SSD drive into a USB 3.0 port on my new PC and attempt to copy about 150,000 image files of ...
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Why are these SATA bus ports different?
I bought several larger 3.5" HDDs in SATA format and two of them have a different port on them and will not mate with the external enclosure.
One of them is a 3TB and the other is a 6 TB. The 6TB ...
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Can I separate an external drive composed of 2 hard drives while keeping data?
I have an old external hard drive that is composed of two physical hard drives inside, but shows as one device in Windows. (it's twice the thickness)
Is it possible to open the enclosure and put them ...
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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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What are options to set up a new portable SSD for newer and legacy Windows computers?
I bought a new 4TB M.2 NVME and an external M.2 enclosure for it. I want to set this up to be used like portable storage (used like "flash" storage), so that it can be used on a new Win 11 ...
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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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