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Usb flash drive not detected
I have a problem wich is my usb flash drives are 8gb and 16gb not detected by ubuntu 21.04 but my hard drive 1tb is being detected.
I have disabled secure boot, fast boot and enabled csm and pxe on ...
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3.5" HDD spinning up via usb adapter but not via sata
I have a 14TB WD Elements external HDD. It's about 1 year old. Then I opened the case to use it as an internal HDD.
If I use the USB adapter from the case everything works fine (The adapter is a small ...
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How do I transfer 148GiB files from an Android phone to a computer?
Please help, I need to transfer 148GiB worth of data from my Android phone to a computer.
My phone is Oppo A96 and it has run out of space:
It is filled screen recording videos, and they collectively ...
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Is there a way to put an split an ISO file onto 2 USB drives too small for it?
So I have 2 4GB USB drives and I want to split an ISO file between the two of them. (As in like a "Insert Disk 2" situation) Are there anyways I can go about doing this? All of the questions ...
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External harddrive not recognized when plugging in directly, but recognized when plugging in via an USB C hub
I have an external harddrive (an old model of Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Drive that requires external power source), and it used to work fine for a few years. Recently, I tried to plugged the drive ...
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Windows 7 : How to remove option to "Save Windows on external hard drive" upon plugging the drive
Small question for an annoying issue :)
I have an external 3TB hard drive I use for storage (Western Digital). I use it with an older PC, Asus, on Windows 7.
When plugging the drive, there's a small ...
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Laptop can’t boot. How to tell if the internal hard drive is physically damaged?
My Asus laptop can't boot. When I tried to repair it using bootable Windows 10 USB's command line, chkdsk C: /f /r report not issue.
I then removed the hard drive from the computer and put it into a ...
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How to use an USB to IDE adapter to connect old hard drives to laptop through USB port?
I bought an USB / SATA / IDE combined adapter. The adapter can connect SATA and IDE hard drives through USB. Connecting SATA hard drives is not a problem. I have no clue how to place the jumper ...
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Script to eject usb disk from task scheduler on Synology nas?
I would like to be able to eject a certain disk from the task scheduler. I can find out which disk I want to eject with the lsusb -ciu command. If for example I want to eject disk 5-1.2, how could I ...
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Accessing multi partition USB hard drive on MacOS
I'm having problem accessing a healthy USB hard drive on MacOS. The HD is specially partitioned to have
EFI
5T ExFat
diskutil list output
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
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Does anybody know how to boot a PC Desktop CQ 1010LA from a pen drive?
This PC, released in 2011, originally came with Windows 7 Starter 32 bits and now is updated to Windows 10 Home. Its motherboard is Foxcom 2ACA with Legacy BIOS, AMI 7.07 from 2011. BIOS interface is ...
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Shared USB drive
I’m looking for a way to share an USB flash drive between two units ,the devices being a raspberry pi and a blackmagic atem mini pro switcher.
I know that two devices can’t access a usb drive at the ...
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What causes "A device which does not exist was specified" errors?
I recently moved from my old Windows 10 PC to a new one with Windows 11. Both computers had/have a number of external drives connected through a USB hub.
When I run a backup from one of the external ...
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Samsung DVD HDD Recorder HR 775, Copy from hardrive to external source
Hi I own the Samsung HR775 and i'm trying to copy files from it's hardrive to an external computer but there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this, It has a USB port but that seems to be more for ...
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8 TB Disk dying - or is it the Controller?
During the last copy operation of my Seagate 8 TB disk (connected via USB 3.0), the speed of my disk dropped dramatically (from 90 MB/s to 100 kB/s). So I took CrystalDiskInfo to check the SMART ...
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USB Flash Drive Corrupted While Copying File (can't format)
I have a Kingston DT50/16GB USB stick that had been corrupted a couple of times where formatting would fix it. However this time, while copying a file, the USB got corrupted and wouldn't allow me to ...
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Fio results for USB drive are too fast on Windows
I am trying to test the performance between two USB SATA adapters and so I started some fio test runs.
First I installed fio on my Windows 10 machine (3.27) and ran the following command (Windows ...
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USB 3 write speed fluctuates in Windows 10
I am using a 1TB SSD drive for file transfer between two Windows 10 computers that i connect using a USB 3 adapter and ports.
I copy files from System A to the drive and then from the drive onto ...
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Sata to usb c not recognized on ideapad gaming 3
A SATA to USB C cable meant for a 2.5 drive, plugged into a 2.5 SSD, and into my IdeaPad Gaming 3, isn't showing up. What am I doing wrong?
These are the SSD and cable I've got.
Benfei USB-C to SATA ...
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How to Fix a Corrupted USB Drive?
I recently just wanted to move all my data from old laptop to a new one using a USB. The total data was around 10GB and my USB has 16GB space. It took me around 1-2 hours to move the old data to new ...
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Turned old SSD into USB external drive - But not working
I recently upgraded my PCs SSD storage from 500gb to a new 1tb disk. I've removed the 500gb and placed it within an external SSD enclosure.
When plugging it into the USB port it's not recognised as a ...
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Using Windows 10, how to "sync" documents, pictures, videos... folders with USB drive backup?
I have a backup of the documents, pictures and videos folders on a large external USB drive which took many hours to create. - Hey, even cloud services can lose files, as I found out to my cost 😏
I ...
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USB 2 cable causes clicking sound (and the device data not being able to be read) when connected to external HDDs
So I have this USB 2 cable, and it works fine with flash drives (tried with 2 different ones, both USB 2), but whenever I try to external HDDs to it, the HDD makes a clicking sound like it's turning ...
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USB 2.0 and 3.0 speed comparison for HDD
So I have a Synology device, with both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports. I wanted to add on additional HDD devices for backing up data. Now my problem is that the USB 3.0 has already been utilized now I am ...
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HDD or USB stick for keeping VirtualBox disk images for efficiency and durability?
I recently replaced a storage device and copied all my VirtalBox VMs to a large USB stick. The USB stick advertizes IO performance so I thought VMs may run efficiently out of it, but a few minutes ...
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Is Windows unable to re-mount USB Attached SCSI (UAS) devices after removal, or is this just a defective drive dock?
I purchased a SABRENT EC-HD2B 2.5" & 3.5" Black SATA I/II/III USB 3.0 USB 3.0 to SATA I/II/III Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station It works, but appears to be impossible to re-...
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How do I make Windows spin down my external HDD before cutting power to it when I shutdown?
Whenever I shutdown my laptop, my external HDD make a loud "click" sound when the power is cut. Even if the hard drive is idle, it spins up for a few seconds before being forcibly turned off ...
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IDE to USB can't see the disk
What should I look for when my IDE to USB enclosure doesn't show the drive in Windows?
I have 3 IDE drives and following is the situation
Works
A pretty old drive of 400MB works in a salvaged old ...
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How to transfer data from a desktop pc to a USB flash drive?
On a windows 10 Home Edition desktop pc how do i transfer data Firefox browsing history to a USB flash drive? I see a lot of how-to's on the web, but they don't tell me exactly on how to do it.
They ...
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USB harddisk does not get recognized by Windows anymore
Just a few days ago, Windows did recognize my quite new USB disk (also on my second pc and smart tv) - with some issues however: External USB HD does not get recognized after Windows start - only ...
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Disk drive serial number reversed in /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-*
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with USB external drives and experiencing a rather odd bug. I've got a bunch of USB enclosures for hard disk drives here (or rather sold as external drives):
Samsung Portable ...
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How to recover faulty USB drive
I was asked to help read a friend's USB disk, a WD My Passport 1TB. The disk was used on Windows (unknown version), but I'm using a Mac.
When plugged in, the partition does not mount. In Disk Utility ...
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USB plug/remove always wakes up *all* HDDs in powersave
I got an anoying problem: Anytime I plug in or remove an USB-Stick from my Machine, Ubuntu 20.04 wakes up all HDDs in Standby. Those are even non-USB connected, internal HDDs.
I already disabled the ...
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What is the difference between an external hard drive and convert an internal one using an enclousure?
I would like to know what is the difference between an external hard drive and convert a internal one using an enclosure caddy case? I talk about 2.5" format only.
Which is the best option? there ...
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Real life speed difference between USB 3 and USB-C?
While I can find speed ratings for USB 3 (600 MBps), lot of articles I read about USB-C start with "it depends". Some mention transfer speeds of up to 10GBps, while others claim that it's ...
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Best way to wipe linux and reinstall from a USB drive [closed]
I have a machine with a single hard drive and I have an Ubuntu ISO installed on a USB thumb drive.
I'd like to -
Wipe my entire current hard drive entirely
Re-install the OS from my USB drive
What's ...
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How do I "simply" "RAID 1" two USB drives without over-complicated schemes?
Update 1:ChironFS is really what I need, but it has been deprecated for more than 10 years now. I'm looking for the same, but still maintained.
I got two old USB keys and also two old hard drives ...
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Hard disk drive is visible via USB 3.0 but not via SATA
I have connected and initialized(as GPT) a new 3.5 3TB hard disk drive via USB 3.0 (using this Orient UHD-523 adapter with external power supply), moved my data from two old 1TB hard disk drives into ...
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Prevent external hard drive from sleeping Windows 10
I have Windows 10 Pro on MS Surface go 2.
The external HDD is connected with USB3.0 hub.
All works fine, but once the HDD is for like 10 sec inactive, it's going to sleep right away.
I haven't found ...
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Maximum number of external Hard drives?
What would be the maximum number of external hdds I could connect via usb 3.0 hubs, specifically https://www.seagate.com/au/en/products/external-hard-drives/expansion-external-drives/
I'll be using ...
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If i download a file straight to the flash drive, will it go directly there?
So suppose I want to download something from the browser (Save as). The download prompt appears and I'm choosing the location to be somewhere on my flash USB drive. Now, will it go directly to the USB ...
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Why would changing USB ports fix "hardware issues" with an USB hard disk?
The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error.
This BS showed up for my 8-year-old external USB HDD. Then I demounted it and simply hooked it up to the same computer with a different USB ...
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USB Stick not showing up properly despite it being detected
I have a 8GB USB Stick. When connecting to my PC it gets detected and shows up in the Device Manager like any other USB Drive. But in Explorer it doesn't show up, there is however a drive Letter added,...
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Can USB 3.0 device without its own power be plugged in to USB 2.0 port without blowing it out? [duplicate]
I have a computer with three USB 2.0 ports, but only one of them works correctly (the other two disconnect on their own after a seemingly random interval; it's a refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad running ...
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laptop won't boot any OS no windows,no linux,no android x86 7 r5
I have a dell vostro 1015 core 2 duo with 3GB of RAM and a Seagate HDD with 250GB capacity, when I turn it off and leave it for a long time, it boots up any OS and works normally, but takes a short ...
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UGREEN M2 SSD External Hard Drive Keeps Connecting and Disconnecting
I'm facing one of the biggest problems in my life, I have UGREEN USB M2 External Hard Drive. It had no media for the first time but when I upload the framework 'Asmedia ASMT-2105 Firmware (ASM1051, ...
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Is there a way to recover a bad/broken USB hard disk (not the data, just the disk)?
I have an old USB hard drive that I use to make nightly backups (using rsync). But it seems to have "broken".
I am running Ubuntu Server LTS (20.04) headless, and didn't notice until I had ...
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Writing to USB flash drive taking forever, unable to exit program using Ctrl + C
I am trying to write an ISO to a USB drive using the following command:
sudo cp -v Downloads/archlinux-2021.02.01-x86_64.iso /dev/sdb
My flash drive has a blinking red light, which I believe means ...
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Installing an ISO onto a local hard drive?
I just got an old 1997 Dell Dimension XPS Pro200n and I'm trying to figure out how to install an OS on it. Unfortunately, it does not have any USB's to boot from USB, and my previous experiences with ...
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Will the cache work after I format a USB HDD with ext4?
I have a USB HDD. With fdisk -l I get:
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdc1 34 262177 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdc2 264192 9767540735 9767276544 4.6T ...
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