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No Space on Internal Hardrive C: want to run computer through external hardrive :D
Okay so I have the newest Macbook Pro, and I made a windows partition a minute ago with I forgot how much storage but definitely not enough. Every time I want to download something it says C:/User/J1/....
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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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External hard drive (WD20EZAZ) shows up as SSD in Windows 10
I have a WD20EZAZ drive in a generic, usb (ssk branded) hdd dock. Windows defrag (also defraggler) thinks it's an SSD.
Things I have tried:
reformatting the drive in both windows and linux (both as ...
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chkdsk An unspecified error occured (6c6f6766696c652e 2a9)
I ran the chkdsk /f command for my external Toshiba 2TB hard drive. It ran the first two stages just fine. However, gave an error at the 3rd Stage. Following is the output log from chkdsk at Stage 3 ...
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Offline button is not active in Disk Management
I have a loptop with 2 hard drives , The original one is sata and I added SSD drive to it after I purchase it. with windows 10 installed on it on SSD drive. I offline the sata disk from disk ...
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Why do identical folders on two different hard drives of the same file count and file sizes, take up a different size on disk? [duplicate]
Both have
216,540 files
52,103 folders
Size: 278 GB (299,363,715,785 bytes)
But for one hard drive the size on disk is 278 GB (299,672,182,784 bytes) and for another it's 278 GB (299,672,211,456 ...
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How do I install a program on an external drive while using it on my computer?
I'm looking to recover files from my laptop.
I don't want to install the recovery software on the internal HDD, and instead on an external drive (like a USB flash drive) and operate the software on ...
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Are there unwanted consequences in swapping HDDs in a built-in dock?
I have a PC tower with a built-in hard-drive dock. Windows 10 is installed on an SSD drive, and I use an HDD — let's call it HDD1 — plugged into the built-in dock mostly for saving files. However, I ...
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Cloning windows 10 to SSD NVMe without a reader
I just bought a new SSD NVMe and I want to clone my existing windows 10 with all the softwares installed and configurations to the new SSD. The problem is that I don't have an SSD reader to connect it ...
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Unsure of how to 'access' the HDD on my Razer Blade 15
I recently purchased a Razer Blade 15 base model from Amazon (link here). I'm decent with computers but one thing is stumping me. The laptop is advertised as 128 GB SSD and 1TB HDD. However, I can ...
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External HDD no longer asks to "recycle" deleted files, only deletes permanently
EDIT: Solved by restarting computer (cue rolling eyes)- it's strange that it worked the second time I did this, but not the first. Ah well, question can be considered closed.
I'm on Windows 10, and ...
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Delete "last opened" metadata on files on external hard drive
So I messed up. I was about the upload a file to my friends external hard drive when I saw a folder called "funny party images" - I opened it. And yeah - it wasn't party pictures! It was something ...
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External Western Digital HDD not working
I've an external Western Digital HDD that suddenly decided to make problems.
I have 3 computers and this is the behavior:
Laptop WIN10 - formatted to exFAT and it works.
PC WIN10 - is detected by ...
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Hard disk doesn't show up on Windows 10, but it shows up on Windows 7 - Symbol of deactivation
Since yesterday my hard drive doesn't show up on Windows 10, only on Windows 7.
In Device Management, in correspondence of the hard drive item, there is the symbol (circle with inside a black arrow ...
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Accidentally removed all access for authenticated users to an external hard drive. Is it possible to revert this change?
I was trying to restrict access to my G: hard drive for guests and accidentally removed all access to the hard drive for all authenticated users. I am not able to access the drive or take ownership of ...
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