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How can I force an internal hard drive to power on or off when I want?
Obviously there are power management settings which Windows uses to determine when to power a hard drive off, and when to power it back on again. Powered down I assume doesn't mean absolute zero power,...
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What happens when windows runs out of drive letters? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What if the hard disk is partitioned into more than 26 sections in Windows?
What happens when windows runs out of drive letters?
I searched Google and got no definite answer.
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How to change logical partition into primary one?
Currently I have both Windows XP and Windows 7 installed as dual-boot.
I've been wanting to remove my XP installation for a long time (was waiting to buy an external HDD to backup the data) to get ...
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Is it possible to install WinXP side-by-side to existing Win7 and access my data from both?
My dad has Windows 7 64bit installed on his computer. He had, on his previous Windows XP-running computer, an arcane piece of software that does not work on the newer OS, no matter what we try with ...
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How do I access my old XP hard drive from my new Windows 7 system & hard drive?
I have two hard drives, a new one with Windows 7 and an old one with Windows XP. I booted the new system with Windows 7, which is installed on the new C hard drive. I can see my old Windows XP hard ...
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How do I change the partition that Windows 7 boots from (the "system" partition)?
(I've searched around but most cases deal with having two hard drives, not two partitions on one hard drive.)
My 1TB hard drive has two partitions: one for Windows XP and one for Windows 7. The ...
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Windows 7 turns hard drives with data to hard drives with unallocated space after they are used with XP/Vista
This question was asked by a user on Microsoft Answers website las year, but it had no answers so far (unsurprisingly). I am facing the exact same issue.
Here are the steps to reproduce this problem ...
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Hard Disk marked as Unallocated on Windows 7
I had an XP System and I installed Windows 7 on another Hard Disk so now I have a dual boot. However, when I boot windows 7, the hard disk where XP is installed does not always show up.
This started ...
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Hard drive not correctly recognized on a new Windows 7 installation, but works correctly on Windows XP
I'm having problems configuring a hard disk in a brand new, clean Windows 7 installation. System specs:
Hard disk: WD VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX (600 GB, 10000 RPM)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
BIOS ...
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3 OS computer, Hard Drives Corrupted, Any way to save the data?
I have a computer. Its a pretty amazing computer. I built it myself. It has 3 500gb hard drives in it, all with different OS's: XP, Vista, and 7.
Some how, it seems ALL 3 have gotten corrupted. one ...
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Will Windows XP work on a Hybrid Hard Drive?
I'm looking into getting the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard drive, and I'm planning on dual booting between Windows 7 and Windows XP. I know 7 and Vista have native support for taking advantage of ...
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My hard disc makes a clicking noise while I'm working, I sent it to a service which found nothing
He said that there was no problem with the hdd. He checked it out with crystalnfo and it worked. But before I took it there,the pc wasn't turning on. He said that there was a problem with the system ...
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Moving Hard Drive between PCs
I know there are duplicate threads with similar questions, but none hit the mark I needed, including the answers on them.
My question is as follows;
I have an oldish laptop that ran Windows XP. The ...
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dual boot windows 7 with xp hard drive compatibility mode
I need to get a Compaq 620 laptop with Windows 7 to dual boot with Windows xp
I tried running the Windows XP setup CD, but soon after I get a BSOD error
This page says that I need to change the hard ...
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Desktop PC with 2 Hard Drives?
I have a PC with Windows XP.
Somehow my uncle has connected another hard drive from my older PC into the current one. The 2nd hard drive contains a few files. I was wondering whether having 2 hard ...
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