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Should I replace My internal hardisk to a new external one? [closed]
My old internal 1TB HDD becomes so slow suddenly, and I'm afraid that it's about to die, so I will try to copy my data to external HDD.
I have two Questions:
What's the best tool to copy all the HDD ...
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I have had 500gb HD this whole time but my system has only been showing 250gb on my Windows 10
So basically like the title says I have had a 500GB Hard disk this whole time but my C drive has only been showing about 250GB in total. I only noticed this because I opened my laptop and saw the Hard ...
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How to check if external hard drive is spinning or in sleep mode through the command line?
How can I determine through the command line whether or not an external drive that is connected to my system is awake (spinning) or sleeping?
None of the answers here have helped. The Powershell ...
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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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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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Best practices for formatting a new external hard drive in Windows 10: Quick Format with chkdsk pass, or Full Format?
This seems like a basic question, but I think the details I am hoping someone can tell me, are not basic-- and there is a lot of contradictory information out there on the topic.
I know the usual ...
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Why is my newly formatted (NTFS) 4 TB external hard drive has a Total Reserved Clusters of 4.7 GB?
I just bought a new external HDD (WD My Book 4 TB, it's my 3rd of the 4 TB variant).
As per usual, I formatted it using NTFS with 4KB cluster size because I'm using Windows 10, but then when I checked ...
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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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Recovering data and fixing RAW format on Seagate Backup Plus 4TB External Hard Drive
I need some help from you.
I'm on Windows 10 with a 4TB Seagate Backup Plus External Hard Drive and it seems to be in RAW format. I say "it seems" because it is really hard to try to load/...
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Can't access folder on external drive
I'm in a pickle. Yesterday, I was looking for a couple of old photos I had taken years ago. (I'm an armature photographer and over the years I've accumulated many terabytes of RAW images, edits and PS ...
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External HDD Plugged into SATA shows uninitialized
I checked my Seagate external drive, or tried to, but it just wouldn't open up in Windows Explorer. (It had been plugged into the PC's USB for months, but I had not bothered to access it in this ...
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Can I link folders from an external drive to show up on my c drive?
I am running Windows 10 and my c: drive is almost full. I have a d: drive but the partitions are not adjacent, so apparently I cannot reallocate that drive to my c: drive. I have managed to link ...
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How to scan a external hard disk with RAW file system for viruses
I have a 1TB external hard disk (HD) that I lent to my friend to give me some folders. It worked normally for him.
When I got it back, I plugged it in my laptop and the laptop wouldn't read it. I ...
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Can I write into an NTFS system from Linux? [duplicate]
I have two hard drives, one have Arch Linux and the other one Windows 10, I know I can't write from W10 to linux (although there are applications for that but is not recommended). But what about ...
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