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windows 8 on external drive: how to make a volume bootable?
I want to install Windows 8 Release preview on an external drive.
When I selected a partition from my external HD, it displayed
Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Setup does not support ...
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Slow Transfer Speed Between USB 3.0 Devices
I have an SSD installed, and when I'm transferring to or from an external HDD via USB 3.0 I get speeds of upwards 100mb/s.
However if I'm transferring between 2 external HDDs both on 3.0 I get a ...
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Using an encrypted external disk to restore windows backups (system image)
I have an external hard disk that I have encrypted it using windows
bitLocker
and I have made a backup of windows 7 using system image in
windows backup and restore and saved it to that hard disk.
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Sync files to an external hard drive and the cloud at the same time
I have been looking for a way to sync my files (on my Windows XP machine) to the cloud and at the same time sync those same files to my external hard drive.
Is there any software out there (pref ...
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how to retrieve data from partially formatted disk?
I format my external HDD by mistake and cancel the formatting process within 2 to 3 seconds. but now, HDD is not opening. What should i do?
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Hard Drive not running
I've seen several question here, but apparently no one exacly like my problem.
Whats happening to me is that in the moment I plug the power wire to my external 1TB Lacie HDD, it makes the sound like ...
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External 3TB hard drive shows only 746GB
I'm having problems using an external 3TB hard drive. I've tried using both MBR and GPT, and in both cases my computer only sees 746GB. However, I have another 3TB hard drive (also Western Digital, ...
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New Seagate GoFlex external hard drive reporting temperature 50C and higher--defective or normal?
I have a brand-new Seagate GoFlex hard drive, and my SMART diagnostics program (CrystalDiskInfo) is warnings me that the drive is running too hot.
The lowest reported temperature I've seen it is 48C, ...
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Cannot copy anything onto WD Elements 1TB External USB HDD
I have a Western Digital 1023 Elements 1TB External USB HDD. Recently, it has started an unusual problem. I cannot copy any file of any size on to that 1TB hard-drive, eventhough it has more than 400 ...
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Can a hp SimpleSave 2TB External Hard Drive be recovered thats possibly been infected by a Mac computer?
A hp simplesave 2TB external HD owner, recently lent it out. When it came back, it couldn't be used with Windows anymore
They thought it may have become too full
It went to the 2nd person again with ...
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OS X Lion thinks Windows UDF-formatted external drive as exFAT and tells that the drive is invalid
I've recently bought a Mac, and I want to share my Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB external hard drive with both my Mac and my PC. I've searched and found that exFAT or UDF is the way to go to have ...
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How to XCOPY to a removable drive - should be trivial, right?
Ok, so I have a 2TB drive in an enclosure, that I connect to my Win7 Ultimate x64 computer over USB 2 for backup purposes.
I have a batch file that XCOPYs all the changed files to it, from my G: ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.04 on an external hard-drive
I found this website talking about installing Ubuntu on an external hard-drive.
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/02/20/install-ubuntu-11-10-on-external-hard-drive-with-an-ntfs-partition-at-the-end/
I ...
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What do I need to do to install Windows onto my new SSD?
I am in the process of building a new computer, and while I'm still waiting on the important parts of the computer, like the CPU and the Motherboard, my 120 GB Solid State drive has arrived, and I ...
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how to make a bootable partition on an external hard drive? or solve my dynamic disk woes
I have a 250 gig external hard drive and I need to make a small partition on it and run Ubuntu live from it to recover files from a corrupt hard drive that Windows can no longer read. I want to make ...
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Calculate disk i/o of the disk on my laptop [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to measure disk performance?
How do I calculate the maximum disk i/o for my windows 7 laptop?
Similar, how do I calculate the maximum disk i/o for my external ...
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Mount RAID1 drive - other drive missing
Case:
Two drives had been configured in a NAS (DNS-323) as RAID1 drives (ext3).
Now one drive is .., gone, and the NAS too.
How can I mount the second remaining drive?
I have a docking station ...
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Sleeping external hard drive slows down program search in Windows 7
I am running Windows 7 and have a couple of external hard drives attached via USB. The external hard drives are configured to spin down when not used for a while.
The downside of this is that when I ...
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xp laptop can't handle 2 external hd
I have an old XP laptop with 2 big powered external usb hard drives (1 TB) each. Either one works correctly by itself, but the second one I plug in does not get recognized. I wanted to copy the data ...
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Newly formatted (NTFS) external hard drive already has 'Used space'. What determines the used space's amount? Is it correlated to the HD's capacity?
I just bought a new external hard drive (WD Elements - 1 TB). In a PC with Windows 7, I formatted it by Right-clicking the drive > Format (Quick Format - NTFS) before using it and, and then checked ...
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How to limit access just for one user on external drive folder?
I have an external drive with one TB capacity, which is being used by others also to store their personal data. Usually the hard drive is being used with different versions of windows some times I ...
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Is my HDD toast?
My hard disk keeps getting remounted in read-only mode. Disk is a 1.5TB external USB2 on Debian squeeze (armv5tel).
Had similar errors previously so reformatted with a full surface scan (mkfs.ext4 ...
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What would have happened to my external hard disk drive?
I accidently plugged in the power cable of my laptop into my Seagate external hard disk drive, 1TB. That is 19.5V, 6.15A in place of 12V, 1.5A. Now the drive does not show up. Obviously I blew up ...
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Suggestions for data recovery from an external hard-disk
Recently when I was installing Ubuntu on my Laptop, I had an external 500 GB SeaGate hard-drive attached to the Laptop. During the installation setup Ubuntu asked where I would like to have my ...
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Will “shaking” a hard disk cause any damage to its internal components?
Good afternoon all,
I was wondering should external hard disks be put flat on the table when we are transfering data to prevent possible physical damage to the inner components of the disk,
Or is it ...
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What are the main differences between the Western Digital “My Passport,” “My Passport Essential,” and “My Passport Studio” external hard drives?
My goal is to buy a 2TB external portable drive for use with my current MacBook Pro (Mid-2007) and for use with my next Mac (hopefully the rumored 15" MacBook Air).
I'm planning to buy a Western ...
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mounting 3TB hard disk
I have a 3TB Seagate Barracuda disk (model no. st3000dm001). The disk contains data and uses ext3. I am using an external SATA enclouser via USB. I am trying to mount the disk using my ubuntu machine. ...
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External HDD disconnects whenever computer try to access any files
Connected via USB through separately bought docking station
Used to work, but now disconnects whenever trying to access any file including loading of thumbnails.
Opening empty folders are ok, but if ...
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External hard disk stopped encrypting part way, freezes when trying to unlock
After a hard disk stopped in the middle of an encryption, I can no longer get access to it or unlock it since it keeps freezing up on me.
I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate and have a Western Digital external ...
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Can I run an application from a time machine backup (external HD) of one computer on a different computer?
I am going on vacation and don't want to have to install my Photoshop on my macbook air (too large of an app); currently PS only installed on my iMac. Can I use my external HD (iMac's time machine ...
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Are there any advantages to USB-SATA over USB-IDE?
I have an external USB hard disk that I use with VirtualBox (the VM has exclusive access to the disk). It's an IDE disk. I've recently come into possession of a SATA hard disk of the same size.
Since ...
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Would it better to partition my secondary drive?
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro (MBP). The main drive is a Solid State Disk (SSD) with OSX. I have removed the SuperDrive and replaced it with a 750GB Hybrid Hard Drive (HHD) (this is the secondary drive).
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External HDD and NAS File system (Linux/Mac/Win 7 Home Network)
I have a HP Microserver that I want to use primarily as a file server (music, movies etc.) in a home network that has Win 7 laptops, Ubuntu/Mint laptops and a new addition of a Mac Mini. I have a ...
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Run external hard drive without case
My external hard drive case broke. The drive still works.
Can I just place it on my desk, out of the way, without it being in a case? Does it have to have a fan?
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How to partition and format a new HDD when it is connected via USB 3.0 (Linux)?
I just received a new unformatted 2.5" hard disk (1 TB) and an external USB 3.0 enclosure to use with my laptop (Thinkpad). I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 on my laptop.
How do I access and format this HDD ...
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Partition External Hard Drive 1.5TB which is on FAT32 format into 3 partitions of 500GB each in Windows 7
I would like to partition a 1.5TB external hard drive which is in FAT32 format into 3 partitions of 500GB each.
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WD Elements External HDD not showing up its drive even though its recognized?
I've got a 320GB WD Elements HDD that when plugged in shows up in device manager but it doesn't show its drive in 'MyComputer'. I've tried on several computers and still no luck. Any ideas as to what ...
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My Passport external drive, usb drive for Windows and for Mac
I'd like to have this My Password Essential external drive and my usb drive on both the Windows PC and the Mac. I have had them only on the Windows PC and have backed up a lot of files on them. I'd ...
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IOMEGA BlackBelt 1TB 2.5" External Firewire Drive won't spin up - Contains 1 big (950 GB) True Crypt Volume
I've got a 1TB Iomega 2.5" FireWire Drive. The drive contains important data which is contained in a 950GB TrueCrypt volume. Format is MAC OS Extended (Journaled). I'm mainly connecting it on a ...
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Errors in explorer.exe when accessing external USB HDD's and some internal partitions on Win7 x86
The whole question is in the title. Details:
Main problem with a Western Digital My Passport Essentials III 320 GB.
Same with 2 (3 GB) partitions on an internal 120 GB Samsung HDD.
OS: Windows 7 ...
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Seagate Barracuda model st3000dm001 [closed]
I wonder what is the best external enclosure for a 3TB SATA Seagate Barracuda disk model no.: st3000dm001.
Thanks,
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Recovered Files with TestDisk, but File Names and Folder Structure is Bad
I used Testdisk to recover files from an internal harddrive which I connected externally to my other PC.
With Photorec all the file names are wrong and the original folder structure doesn't exist.
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Synching two different USB drives not connected simultaneously
I'm trying to find a software that can handle my requirement. I have a notebook that I use at work and Home. I have an external usb drive here at work and another one at home. I would like to find a ...
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Is it possible to repair corrupted hard disk?
I have a 500 GB Seagate portable hard disk. It was partitioned with 5 partitions, each of 100 GB. 3 partitions are working properly, but 2 partitions are corrupted. When I plug the hard disk into my ...
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Prevent Windows 7 from unpluging External HDD
I have installed Windows 7 as my media server. I pluged in 500GB external HDD via USB. I have changed power plan to Best Performance and changed advenced power settings to never turn off HDD etc. I ...
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Recovering data from an external hard drive
I have a WD Elements 2TB hard drive (formatted NTFS). I accidentally kicked out the USB cable while writing data to the disk, and now I can't access most of the data. Although this was ostensibly my ...
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Western Digital external drive issues
I recently bought an external drive from Western Digital, a My Passport Essential se 1TB drive; the smartware software continually says "discovering" and does not stop. On Windows, the operating ...
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Effective system to backup this setup? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Software to backup data and files on a Windows computer
I currently have my development environment on a usb hd. It has things like portable xampp, virtualbox with ...
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Does a Samsung G3 Station external hard drive stop working when power supply is too high?
I have a Samsung G3 Station 2TB external hard drive (link to PDF specs here). It was working perfectly when I accidentally plugged it in my notebook's power source. Now, it doesn't work even with the ...
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Ways to recover data from external hard drive
I use an external hard disk for backup of my mac with time machine (OS 10.5.8).
I have made something wrong and I have found important folders in the recycler bin. These folders come from external ...
