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Is it safe to unplug a blinking USB drive after 'safely' ejecting it?
There is a lot of information about how to safely unplug USB hard drives. However, the articles tend to stop at the part where the operating system says it is safe to unplug, or where you're sure ...
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Windows 10 is unable to load Android devices as MTP devices
I had recently upgraded my laptop from Windows 8.1 to 10. Since the upgrade, I am unable to connect my Android devices as MTP (or Portable Media Player) devices on Windows.
The devices that I am ...
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Create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive (UEFI) from Linux
How can I create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive from Linux ?
Please note:
WinUSB doesn't work with Windows 10.
UNetbootin doesn't work either.
dd method didn't work as well.
Beside this, I've ...
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Where can I find logs on recent USB insertion in the Event Viewer? [duplicate]
I am using Windows 10 and would like to find logs of recent USB insertions on my desktop. Using the built in Event Viewer, where can I find these logs?
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How to prevent creation of "System Volume Information" folder in Windows 10 for USB flash drives?
Whenever I plug in a USB flash drive, Windows 10 insists on creating the folder "System Volume Information." I really don't need this for a USB flash drive, especially if I'm planning on using this in ...
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Windows 10: No option to Eject External HARD DRIVE (NOT USB Stick)
When I plug in my external hard drive (again, NOT USB stick), and right click on the icon in This PC, there is no option to eject the drive.
There is a system tray option to "safely eject" it, but ...
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USB Audio Device Preventing Sleep (Windows 10)
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I have been having issues with my computer not entering sleep and also waking from sleep since Window 8.1. I had hoped that Windows 10 would resolve these issues, but unfortunately this is ...
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2 exact copies of autorun.inf, one works one doesnt [duplicate]
I have two Autorun.inf files, the code inside them are exact same.
But only 1 works, other one doesn't work.
The one that work is copied from DVD, and i edited it.
The one that doesn't work created ...
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Can't boot from Windows 10 USB stick: Black screen with blinking cursor
Having an about 10 year old i7 machine, I want to re-install Windows 10 Pro over the existing Win10 Education installation using a USB stick. But when booting the Win10 iso, I only get a black screen ...
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How to run Windows 10 from an external hard drive? [duplicate]
I am currently able to boot from an external drive or multiboot USB. Taking this concept one step further, I have 3 questions:
1) Is it possible to install and run Windows 10 on a portable external ...
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Internal card reader fails after upgrade to Windows 10 - "Device could not be migrated"
I have just upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, everything went smoothly except for one thing: My internal card reader mostly stopped working - it doesn't recognize any card that I can insert into ...
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Laptop won't wake from sleep when external Keyboard and Mouse are plugged in via USB Hub. How to fix?
We have an ASUS Zenbook UX305FA laptop running Windows 10 that is able to be woken from sleep with an external Keyboard and Mouse when they are plugged-in directly into their individual USB ports.
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Cannot remove write protection from USB drive
I am aware that this question has been asked before, but none of the solutions work for me.
I have multiple MicroCenter USB 3.1 32GB flash drives that the issue. Originally, they worked, but as soon ...
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KVM switch not recognizing USB devices on Windows 10?
I installed Windows 10 earlier this week. All week my computer has functioned fine, but today when I turned it on I get an alert saying USB Device not recognized. I have several USB devices plugged ...
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windows 10 does not discover DVD device
This is a BR-DVD (ASUS SBC-06D2X-U) device plugged in USB port.
Device is present in the BIOS and can be booted from.
It is also present when machine runs Ubuntu or previous version W 8.1
Under ...
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