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Questions tagged [toshiba-hard-drive]

A range of hard drives by Toshiba. Use this tag if your question is about configuring, installing or otherwise using Toshiba-branded hard drives.

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What kind of cable do I need to connect a Toshiba MK1237GSX hard drive to another computer?

The connection on it seen in the picture seems different than the usual SATA connection and I can't find anything like it online. My old laptop won't turn on anymore and I was hoping to easily get a ...
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Toshiba external hard disk 2 tb undetected by pc however blinking [duplicate]

Suddenly my TOSHIBA EXTERNAL HDD fall down a small distance later i tried to connect it to pc but it keeps blinking or flashing and the windows makes sound like recognizing usb but it’s not showing on ...
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What is the pinout of this Toshiba SATA drive and does an adapter exist?

I have a small Toshiba SATA drive from a laptop that uses a modified power connector. Does anyone know the proper pinout of this, whether it has a name for the connector that I can reference, and ...
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An odd and random partition I found on an older HDD that I've put back into use

I recently added an HDD to my computer so I could enjoy more storage. I was and am running Windows 10 on an SSD, my C drive. As expected, the HDD shows up as D: drive. However, on the drive there is a ...
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Do I need to edit SCT Error Recovery Control time?

I plan to setup raid6 (lsi) or make pool(windows10). I have several hdds. === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba MG07ACA... Enterprise Capacity HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA ...
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Toshiba External Hard Drive not being detected or even turning on

Im new to this community but hopefully someone can help/advise me about this situation. I have a Toshiba dtc810 external hard drive: Bought it new 3 years ago. The problem is that suddenly the ...
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How can an external drive damage a motherboard?

I have an Asus Vivobook S510 laptop that I used for 1.5 years. With the laptop on, I connected to the USB port a Toshiba external HD. As a result, the screen went blank. I took it to the repair shop ...
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Is this drive still recoverable?

May I ask expert on hdds here if this status of hard drive via CrystalDisk is still recoverable? I have this HDD Toshiba MK3252gsx from an old laptop. Plug it in via a HDD reader and it just doesn't ...
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6TO Toshiba hard drive slowing after a couple of minutes

I have a very large amount of data to save to this hard drive (~3TB) in packets of approximately 10GB. Transfer rate begin at ~20-30MB/sec for a couple of minutes Then it slow down to max. 5MB/sec I ...
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Toshiba p300 2TB internal drive, meaning of 6 beeps?

I've just purchased a toshiba P300 internal 2TB sata hard drive. However I'm getting 6 beeps, what does this mean? Also there 2 pins rather than 4, couldn't this need a jumper? Here's a video ...
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Can't dual boot on my Toshiba laptop

I have recently installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 on my Toshiba Satellite C55-B5299. At first, GRUB was not booting at all. I used boot-repair to try to fix this. However, whenever I boot, I get this... ...
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Wiped Qosmio hard drive, any chance recovery partition still these?

I purchased a used Qosmio x70 which was slower than what I expected, So I tried resetting it to factory settings but it ended with me deleting everything on the hard drive I found this option in ...
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Bypass bios password on Toshiba Satellite C55Dt-A5106?

Soon as I turn it on it goes from the Toshiba logo screen to a blue box asking for a password. Is there a way by this or any way to get some kind of menu ? Just want the windows to load so I can ...
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PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable

My unit is toshiba Tecra R940 installed with windows 7. It became so slow and I think it could be with some virus. So I do reinstall of the OS. I load the installer on DVD, delete the partition with ...
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Will USB2.0 supply power enough for 3.5" HDD?

I've got Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB HDD. It is specified in HDD as 5v 420mA,12v 420mA.Does this mean i can operate HDD with help of USB to SATA cable??
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