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Are forensic USB write blockers OK to use during data backup? (On Windows 10)
I've long been looking for a way to write protect one USB drive, while backing it up to another USB drive. And also to be able to mount USB drives as read-only to be confident of their contents ...
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Some USB devices not working properly on a new W10 x64 machine
Can you help me with a problem that I have with some USB devices not working properly on a new built machine.
I hope you will be able to help me, being myself a power user, but here a little lost in ...
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Extending C drive with external storage
I have a very specific use case in which I have a internal SSD that has 120GB of free space after a fresh install of windows 10 and manually removal of as much bloat as possible (I also compressed the ...
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Format USB Disk Using DiskPart Yields "No volume selected" Error
I use the following diskpart.exe sequence. I want to specify the disk number and then format the disk.
C:\>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
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Windows completely destroyed my USB
I own a 32GB USB stick. 2 years ago, when I was transferring files from my Windows 7 computer to the aforementioned USB my then computer got completely stuck. I hard reset the computer, and this ...
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Any ways to repair a HDD which cannot be formatted and write-protected? (+Disk error: CRC)
For a few months, I used the 3.5 inch WD Blue 500GB HDD and a SATA to USB docking station so that I can connect the HDD to my Raspberry Pi, to be used as a small version of NAS.
However, in some days,...
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How to safely turn off USB-connected, ATX PSU powered 3.5" hard disk drives built as internal?
I have a bunch of internal, 3.5" HDDs which I connect them to my laptop using an adaptor which converts SATA/IDE to USB 2.0. I can choose the "Safely remove storage" option in Windows 10 and it ...
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What is "launch efi shell from filesystem device" from the boot manager?
Im trying to boot my laptop from my USB Flash drive with its USB Legacy disabled and the internal Hard Drive has no Operating system (clean). After i entered the "launch efi shell from filesystem ...
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Using external storage as primary partition
My PC is a Laptab and hence has very low internal storage. i.e just 32 GB that is totally not suitable for a device running windows 10, cuz OS files itself are eating up more than half of the storage. ...
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Windows 10 doesn't react when I attempt to eject a disk?
I'm dealing with a problem that is making me wonder whether I should just give up and reinstall the OS. I have a Windows 10 PC that absolutely will not eject any device. No, this is not the typical, ...
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Laptop restarts when I plug in a specific external hard drive
I have a Western Digital WD Elements external hard drive. When I plug it into my laptop, the laptop behaves like there has been a short circuit and restarts immediately. After the restart, everything ...
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BitLocker encrypted drive doesn't work on other PCs
I have a BitLocker encrypted 1TB USB drive which is usually always connected to my work PC, and it works perfectly:
However, if I try to move the drive to another PC, it will always say that the "USB ...
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How to force system detection during boot: Inaccessible Boot Device Error
I have a Windows 10 disk from a computer, which I cloned. I plugged the disk into the USB port of the original computer, pressed F11 to get to the boot menu, selected the disk plugged into the USB ...
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Issues with USB Devices and Hard Drives
Few weeks ago I built a new PC (Spec below). Nearly everything worked fine so far with that pc, but when I first wanted to use the Hard drive from an older PC I noticed, that it didn't show up in "...
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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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