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External HDD not appearing in windows explorer
My Toshiba 2TB external HDD was working fine for about 1 year when it suddenly disappeared in file explorer. It is also not listed on Disk Manager and using different USB 3.0 ports don't solve the ...
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Windows 8.1 External drive seen by Device Manager but not by disk manager or explorer
I got an external drive from a family member (who usually uses it with a Mac), and when I plug it into my computer nothing happens. A couple times (trying different USB slots), a dialog popped up ...
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Installing Windows from a USB drive
I am installing Windows 8.1 through a usb stick. Here's how I did it:
Download the media creation tool from MS website.
Run the tool and get the setup stuff onto the drive.
Insert the drive ...
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VirtualBox claims a USB drive, but hosted CentOS 7 cannot access it
How can I get CentOS 7 to open a USB hard drive from within VirtualBox running inside Windows 8.1? I have VirtualBox installed in Windows 8.1 and I am using it to launch and use CentOS 7 within ...
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I can't copy a folder to my USB drive
I have an 8 GB USB drive. When I tried copying a folder of 90 MB with 4 files, it becomes unresponsive (Not Responding is displayed). I have to go to Task manager to end the task.
It is not write ...
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Flash drive is only recognized either/or by Chrome OS, Windows
I have had problems recently after I formatted a USB flash drive on my Chromebook. When I plugged it in to my computer, it did not show a notification for the drive, or indicate that it recognized it ...
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USB 3.0 HDD not working
I'm using Windows 8.1
When I plug in my brand-new-awesome 2TB Adata HDD in a USB 3.0 port,
it isn't recognized by the OS
When I try to use a USB 2.0 port, it works well
The drivers seem to be up-to-...
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Can win8.1 system image backup files be relocated to USB drive?
As per http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-8/what-happened-to-backup-restore, I tried twice to backup my win8.1 to my USB 3.0 WD Ultra My Passport 1TB Drive; both times the backup failed.
For ...
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Disk drive not recognized by laptop
I have an external USB drive. Took it apart and got the internal drive. Used it as normal on my desktop. Put it back together and tried to use it on a laptop.
The laptop recognizes the drive but does ...
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Drive unable to be initialized in Windows 8.1 - "The device is not ready"
I've got a Western Digital WD10EZEX drive that arrived today. It is a replacement for another drive of the same make and model. I'm plugging it in to a Plugable Hard Drive Dock, which is connected to ...
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Windows 8.1 powering off USB Drives
Since upgrading to 8.1, Windows will shut down my hard drive bay connected by USB after about 10 minutes. I didn't have this issue in Windows 8 as I just went in and changed the hard drive sleep time ...
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