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HDD works when plugged in via USB SATA, but not internal SATA?
I have a client's laptop HDD that will boot (slowly) to Windows 10 if plugged in with my USB to SATA adapter connector, but won't boot if plugged directly into the standard on-board hard drive bay of ...
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PC suddenly froze and SSD is no longer recognisable
I was working on some project and suddenly the PC froze (mouse worked perfectly but every program i clicked on turned to "Not responding"). After reboot, the BIOS booted other OS from my HDD, later I ...
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Cant boot old drive after adding new drive
I have an HP EliteDesk 800 with a 500G drive on SATA-0. I added a 1TB drive on SATA-1. The 1TB drive came from a Window 8 machine where it was the primary drive. After the new drive was added the ...
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Best way to try to recover a failed hard SATA 3.5" drive?
When I booted my desktop this morning it announced it was scanning and repairing one of my drives.
When it finally booted into Windows, the drive showed up, but when I tried to right click it to ...
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Only 60 MB/s transfer rate from WD Green hard disk?
My Windows 10 x64 PC (Intel Core i5-3570K, 32 GB DDR3, GA-Z77M-D3H, multiple SSD as main drives) also has a WD Green hard 2 TB hard drive (WD20EARX). I know this is not a speed monster, but I was ...
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How Can I Help AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition Find My Drive I Want To Migrate My OS To?
I'm trying to replace my failing SSD with a Seagate 2TB BarraCuda SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Desktop Hard Drive (ST2000DM006).
I've made sure that my motherboard is compatible and it is....
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Windows setup unable to install windows 10 on new hard drive - total size 0 - free space 0
I am trying to replace the hard drive on a Lenovo Ideapad 100s. The new disk is a WD3200BUCT and is seen in BIOS, however when starting install, windows set up shows Drive 0 Unallocated space Total ...
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Why does my PC suddenly no longer work with SSD drives, but works fine with HDD drives?
I've had my main desktop PC for years, running Windows on a 250GB Samsung Evo SSD. A couple of months ago, all of a sudden I get lots of bluescreens at completely random moments. Mostly ...
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Sporadic extremly slow read speed on hard disk
For some time I have a sporadic issue with my hard disk, showing up in the form of extremely slow access time (~200 ms according to Windows) and read speed (~ 1 MB/sec). This holds even for sequential ...
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Cloned windows to SSD, but not in boot sequence and no OS found
Machine is a Dell Optiplex 380 (refurbished) with Windows 10 preinstalled.
I installed a Drevo SSD and since I moved the DVD sata cable from it's slot in the motherboard and connected the SSD there ...
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Access old laptop HDD from PC
Background;
Laptop HDD was designated C, is at least 10 years old and runs XP (I believe), password protected at login (not boot)
My computer is very new, runs windows 10
I am attempting to recover ...
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Will any damage occur if I remove or plug in a device to SATA port with computer switched on?
Is it likely that there would be any physical damage if I did this:
First I removed a hard drive from a SATA port but still had the power supply pluged in to my hard drive.
I turned my computer on.
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Hard drive in a notebook doesn't seem to work inside an adapter (optical drive replacement)
I have bought an SSD for my notebook (Aspire E5-571G, 2014 model), but because I didn't need a disc drive, I bought a cheap adapter/caddy (it didn't have a package or model number) where I could put ...
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Is my SATA controller failing?
My Windows 10 desktop has just recently randomly started freezing up completely - any windows that are open cannot close, and opening a program does nothing. Not even task manager can open. When this ...
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SATA hard drive not spinning up when connected to USB port
When I connect a SATA HDD out of a fat Playstation 3 to a USB port on a laptop using a sata to usb converter board and cable the HDD does not spin up, however I know the cable and board are not bad ...
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