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Hard drive uninitialized when switching enclosure
I have a 3TB SATA drive which I've been using in an external USB enclosure. Today I upgraded the enclosure in order to take advantage of USB 3.0 speeds. However, in this enclosure I am unable to ...
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Can I use Microsoft SyncToy to auto-backup my drives without me taking action?
Can I use Microsoft SyncToy to backup my drives without me taking action? I want to to back up often, like every 30 minutes.
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Formatting and Partitioning 1TB external hard drive [duplicate]
I just bought a 1TB external hard drive from Western Digital - My Passport.
I am planning to use it for couple of things;
Store my music
Store my videos
Store my pictures
Store my designs
Work as a ...
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Bad sectors in external HDD
I've had this external HDD for around 3 years give or take 6 months. For the last month or so, it was pretty slow but it worked. A few files couldn't be copied onto my system but files could be ...
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Windows 7 laptop keeps restarting if external hard drive isn't connected
My laptop restarts whenever I try to start Windows without my external HDD connected - after I log in an error message pops up (one of those 0x... errors) but it reboots before I can read what it ...
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Why SMART is passing while it indicates failure for RAW read error rate?
I have an external USB disk (WD Elements Caviar Green 2 To, WD20EADS-00W4B0) that started to fail (slow reads). My system logs didn't show anything unusual, this definitely indicates some supposedly ...
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Reading files from external HDD is very slow
I have here an external HDD (closed cage). Now the drive or the controller seems to have a problem. If I connect the drive via eSata the hard disk indicator (LED) is lighting up all the time. Normally ...
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External HDD partitioning - Mac OS X
I'm a Mac OS 10.8 user and I have a 1TB USB HDD partitioned before from my Mac in 3 parts. Now, I want to add another back-up partition but I'm not able to do it : I can't do anything on the HDD, not ...
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Can a faulty hard drive - even when it's external - cause a Blue Screen of Death upon plugin?
So, my GF's Windows 7 notebook was getting frequent BSODs and the culprits were diagnosed to be a fried RAM module and a somewhat faulty hard drive. The RAM was replaced, the hard drive too.
The old ...
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What kind of connector is this (WD Elements external HD opened)
I opened my WD elements in the hope of finding a SATA disk with a removable SATA-USB adaptor, but unfortunately it appears the USB is soldered on the board, and there's no SATA connector. There is, ...
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SOLVED - data loss on a external HDD? [closed]
I use an external 3TB HDD to store some documents and either a) I don't know what's real and dream anymore, b) someone sneaked into my room and deleted some files or c) some files actually disappeared ...
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WD HDD in endless power-cycling
My WD Red WD20EFRX making trouble again. Some weeks ago, I already had some problems with it and since it only works when directly plugged via USB without any interfering Hubs.
Yesterday my Mac ...
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If I plug a hibernated hard-drive to another laptop, what will happen to the hibernated hard-drive?
This is nothing too tech-savvy like mounting...
If I do these things:
Put my laptop into "hibernate" state instead of shutting it down
Open the back of the laptop (I mean something like this)
Pull ...
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My HDD fell from the table (but was saved by the cable). Now it does not spin up. Could it be the PCB? [closed]
I had a external 2.5" 1 TB HDD connected to my laptop via USB3. The HDD was pushed off the table and was saved by the cable (left dangling). However, now the HDD does not spin up.
I've tried another ...
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Ubuntu: Safely removed external disk reconnects on its own
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and I have an external USB 3.0 docking station. The docking station is made by Plugable and it has an ASMedia chipset (http://plugable.com/products/usb3-sata-u3).
In ...
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Internal IDE HDD used as external w/ usb adapter and suddenly 2 partitions were gone
I was searching through the internet trying to solve this problem and saw an answer in this site and it looked you really now about this subject. Of all the other webs I checked, this one seemed that ...
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Recover NTFS partition back without formatting
If I try to chkdsk, I get the error
Unable to unable to determine volume version and state
I'm currently running a Partition Wizard Home Edition scan on the drive and it is
finding files and ...
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Western Digital My Passport 1TB HDD Failed - Any last ditch things I can do?
So two days ago now my USB 2.0/3.0 external hard drive would not come up in Windows. When I plug the drive in it spins up and Windows recognizes that a USB drive was plugged in (I get the sound, but ...
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Increasing iMac performance with external Thunderbolt + SSD drive
I am planning to put this external Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter with a fast SSD SATA-III driver on my iMac (Mid-2011, 12,1; which has a regular hard drive).
My idea is to make this external ...
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RunDLL ~$WT.FAT error when accessing HDD
I can't access my hard drive. When I try to do it, I get the following error:
RUnDLL, there was a problem starting ~$WT.FAT The specified module could not be found.
My computer was infected with ...
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Internal SATA hard disk to USB 2.0
I have 3 internal SATA HDD's - 500GB, 1 TB, 2TB respectively.
I am wondering whether it is possible/are there any devices that I can use in which I can plug in any of my HDD and make it work. Please ...
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Mysterious external hard drive activity
I have two external hard drives that, when left idle for a certain amount of time, will begin a flurry of activity. So far I've been unable to find any culprits.
I've been going through the post ...
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How to turn off USB drive activity light on Ubuntu 12.10?
I just loaded ubuntu 12.10 and after I have copied from the USB drive and I eject it the light on my USB drive or the External drive is still on(the blue activity light in USB drive).
I do not want ...
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Is it possible to use a laptop as an external storage device?
I want to use my laptop as an external storage device with my PC. Is this possible? Is there a way to keep a backup of a file on my laptop hard drive and is there any software that can keep the backup ...
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What is the exact capacity of 1000GB HDD?
1 GiB = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes
1 GB = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 bytes
That is easy!
I don't want to talk about this!
I have laptop which should have (according to seller) 1000 GB. That is 1000 000 000 ...
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External hard drive unplugged while running iTunes…Corrupted files
I have nearly 2TB of Movies and TV Shows copied to iTunes on an external hard drive. Last night, I was unplugging a cord behind my desk and I accidentally unplugged my HD. Well, when I plugged it back ...
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What is the tolerable magnetic field (in Tesla) for a hard disk?
I was wondering what would be the safest magnetic field for a hard drive so that the data inside it is safe and not wiped off?
For example I have a 2.1 home theatre system and when I take my android ...
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How can I maintain identical data on local & external HDD?
I recently bought a Corsair Voyager Air in order to easily work on the same projects from my desktop and laptop.
I would like to be able to keep an identical (mirrored?) copy of the data both on my ...
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2.5 inch vs. 3.5 inch drive reliability [closed]
A few days ago I started getting the famous "Spinning Beach Balls" when read/writing to disk on my Mac (this isn't really a Mac specific question but it will refer to Mac tools, FWIW). In any case I ...
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SAS 15,000rpm RAID 0 slower than external eSATA single 7200rpm drive. Why?
I've got two internal 135GB SAS drives in a RAID 0 array making a 270GB logical volume talking to my Dell Precission T5500 motherboard via a Dell supplied SAS 6iR controller.
Writing Speed
I SaveAs ...
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Can storing my HDDs airtight damage them in anyway?
I have lost many electronics that I keep unused for a long time before due to the near sea (high humidity area) area that I live in. I learned this the hard way, so in order to protect hard drives ...
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Why would ExpressCache.exe appear to be constantly using an external HDD?
I bought ASUS VivoBook S550CM with hybrid drive SSD/HDD. There are many pre-installed Asus utilities, ExpressCache included.
Here is the problem: every time I connect any external USB HDD, the LED ...
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RAID0 Thunderbolt Drive failure risk
I'm thinking of purchasing a Thunderbolt drive to both work off of and also do some long term storage on. (The WD Velociraptor Duo, specifically.)
My problem though, is that the majority of 'speedy' ...
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What is the reason behind windows 7 going very slow and Kaspersky not detecting a single virus?
I have ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 installed on my laptop. The windows 7 was working well for a few years and suddenly it started giving problem and became unbearably slow. i suspected virus and ...
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Understanding SMART results
After experiencing slow copying from an 2.5" USB hard drive, I copied off all data, except for a few files which were unreadable, and then deleted and recreate the partition, and quick formatted the ...
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mount disk with password from applescript
I'm using a applescript to mount my harddrive.
At the moment im using:
do shell script "diskutil mountDisk diskutil list | grep \"Harddrive\" | grep -o 'disk[0-9]*'"
Now i want to do the same but ...
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Connecting a Hard Drive, Laptop-desktop What's the Difference [closed]
I was just wondering what's the difference when connecting a desktop and laptop hard drive to a computer, as I know from attempts, you connect them both internally no problem but if you were to use a ...
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Hard Drive Caddy corrupting drives
Something very funny is going on with my External Hard drive Caddy. I am running Linux Mint 14.
I had a laptop breakdown just before Christmas, removed the drive and placed it into a 2.5" SATA ...
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USB HDD won't spin down automatically but can stay spun down
I have an external USB HDD connected to a windows 7 machine. Using HDDScan I can get it to spin down after a certain amount of time but this only happens once. The next time I use the drive it won't ...
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Copy/Cloning A Windows Installation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What utility can move my Windows boot partition over to another hard drive?
What I have:
1 Laptop w/ vista and failing hard-drive. (only 1 drive bay)
1 Brand new ...
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External HD Hitachi XL1000 doesn't work
I have an External HDD Hitachi XL1000. I use it on Debian Wheezy and Windows 7, both worked perfectly. After backing up my files to format Win7 PC, the HD don't work anymore.
When I plug in the ...
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Segate NTFS hard disk on Mountain Lion
I have Segate external hard disk which can hold upto 1 TB data. I was able to use this hard disk on my Mac laptop even after upgrading to Mountain Lion.
However since last 2 weeks I am not able to ...
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External Hard drive not accessible [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Recover harddrive data
I've got a WD 500GB external hard drive. I've been using it for over a year now but suddenly ran into this problem where neither Windows 7, nor ...
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External HDD does not accept long filenames + other problems [closed]
My external USB harddrive was working fine until today. It doesn't appear to have a model number on it, but it's a 300 GB Toshiba. I'm running Windows XP, not sure which Service Pack.
I'm not sure ...
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Turn off write cache on all USB External Drives (Debian / Ubuntu / Linux)
How do you turn off write cache permanently for external USB drives in Linux (I'm using Ubuntu)?
I've tried:
Command line method :
hdparm -W0 /dev/sdb <---- that works but only for the current ...
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Which direction should I transfer my files? USB 2.0 to 3.0 or vise-versa?
I have a USB 2.0 enclosure and a USB 3.0 enclosure. I want to transfer large files from one to the other very often.
Should I put the source drive in the 3.0, or the 2.0? Theoretically, IF each ...
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What tests can you do on a hard drive that was recently bumped to see if it is ok?
What tests can you do on an external hard drive that was recently bumped to see if it is ok?
A SMART check perhaps? Filesystem check (Linux fsck)?
Is there anything further you might suggest?
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What makes a Partition Table valid?
QUESTION:
What makes a Partition Table recognizable and valid to an operating system? (Linux specifically) ?
Optional Background Info:
I thought there was some sort of "signature" that defines a ...
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How to reach files in a previously windows installed hdd
Here is the situation:
My friend's windows 8 installed computer screwed up and we want to recover the data (hdd is working properly)
We took the hdd and connected it to another windows 8 installed ...
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External drive corrupted or inaccessible in Windows XP, but works on Linux
Today I connected my Western Digital 1 TB HDD to my Windows XP system and discovered that in Explorer, its name was changed from My Passport to Local Disk K which shows 0 KB and is inaccessible.
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