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How to use your USB External drive as primary drive?
I would like to use my main Internal drive to install software's but use my external USB drive to saves my files. Sound simple but I want it to be done automatically, like exchanging My Documents, ...
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If I Install Windows from from USB, will Ubuntu be removed from my harddrive completely?
I need Ubuntu gone from my harddrive, is it possible that if I install Windows from USB that Ubuntu will be gone and Windows will just overwrite and replace it?
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Hard disk recognised by laptop but can not copy/past data from it
I had a hard disk, the main disk that came with the computer.
Due to power failure my computer shut down and the drive was not detected.
So, I replaced it.
Now I have the old drive and as I have ...
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How can I create a valid partition to install Windows 10 on it?
I have a problem with installing Windows 10 on my computer. I have only an empty HDD (I want to install windows on it) and bootable USB with windows plugged into my PC. When I get to the window where ...
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USB Drive not usable after Windows 10 update
After an automatic update in (not to) Windows 10 my external USB drive is no longer visible in explorer. It is visible in Disk Manager but I can't assign it a drive letter (it says that it can't find ...
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I have created a Windows 10 USB recovery drive. Do I still need to create a system image?
I have followed these instructions to create a USB recovery drive for my new Windows 10 machine.
I would like to just have something where I can restore the original (now current) state of my ...
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Getting "The semaphore timeout period has expired" error on front USB 3 ports
I've recently assembled a new PC on my own! ( This is not the first time ) The config is as below.
Processor : Intel i5 6500
Motherboard : ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
RAM : 16GB DDR4
All my ...
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Windows 10 not recognizing Seagate USB 3.0 external drive
I have a lot of data in my USB 3.0 external drive from Seagate but since this morning Windows 10 does open it.
If I open "My PC" I can see the G: Drive in there but has no name or disk information ...
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"Drive where Windows is installed is locked" and no USB devices are working
Problems:
No USB device works (including mice/keyboards)
Tried doing a Reset with the repair disk but I cannot ("Drive where Windows is installed is locked")
Can't boot into safe mode as for whatever ...
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Always need to assign USB storage device drive letter
I upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
In Windows 7 my USB hard drive was automatically assigned a drive letter. Since the upgrade, I now need to do this myself.
I have read answers here:...
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