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Security for portable disk drive
What's the best approach for securing portable harddrives?
I have a Segate portable drive and I want to secure it incase I lose it.
Any software solutions for this? Thanks.
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Folder that was copied from one PC to a portable HD doesn't show in another PC
I have an HTPC at my living room and it has a 3TB Western Digital portable hard-drive that stores all my media files. The HTPC is running Windows 7 32bit.
Yesterday I connected the hard drive to my ...
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Using an SSD as a portable external drive?
Is it possible to use an SSD as a portable external drive? Are there tangible benefits to doing so over using a HDD, such as improved read/write times?
I believe I am picking up where this thread ...
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Portable hard disk has apparently stopped working
I have a Western Digital 500 GB hard disk which I bought about a year ago. It has apparently stopped working since a while ago. The disk contains some very important data which I do not want to lose. ...
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Freecom portable drive is not working with longer cable
I got a FREECOM 2.5" Mobile Drive XXS 500 gb portable hdd, but on my laptop which stands on a laptop cooler it's coming unhandy for me to plug-it in, because the cooler it's too tall, so my hdd has to ...
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Clicks or ticks every minute when HDD is idle [duplicate]
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Clicks or ticks every minute when HDD is idle
My HDD is a My passport... It's 2 weeks old. I hear this tick or click followed by another one about 8-9 secs later, and ...
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Encryption of external HDD — accessible from windows without installation
I would like to use encryption on my external HDD but I would like to be able to access the encrypted data from Windows as well. As suggested in other questions, TrueCrypt is one option here, or I am ...
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Portability of external HDD, especially NAS and RAID
I wonder how portability of external HDD is defined in terms of size
and weight? In other words, how do you tell if an external HDD is portable or not?
Are NAS usually not portable?
Are RAID ...
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Choosing protocol between my Lenovo T400 laptop and portable external HDD [closed]
My laptop is Lenovo T400. I wonder what kind of portable external HDD you would recommend me to buy, in terms of protocols?
For example, if I am correct, my Lenovo T400 doesn't have USB 3.0 port.
I ...
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How to connect a desktop SATA harddrive to laptop?
I will be going out of the country for a couple of months, and most of my stuff will go in storage. I will be taking my laptop, and will be keeping the desktop back at home.
I was thinking of taking ...
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Need help making a bootable portable USB hard drive. [Utility I need will only create bootable CDs or USB flash drives]
I've got a copy of Spotmau's Bootsuite 2012, which is an utterly fantastic tool. It has completely replaced Bart PE for me, and I relied on BPE for YEARS.
Anyway, the issue I'm having is that the ...
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Copy all contents of an Amiga harddrive to a PC
I have an old Amiga hard disk drive (CP2088 Conner drive). It is a 2.5" IDE drive (see bottom).
How can I connect this to a PC, what software is needed, and how can I convert the entire disk to a ...
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PCMCIA card is not detecting external drive, but mouse works
I'm using a Lenovo 3000 Y500 laptop. All four ports are not working.
I bought a PCMCIA card for USB. Through an USB charger I supplied power to the PCMCIA card.
Now it is detecting the mouse and pen ...
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How to sync a Portable Apps folder?
Couldn't find a good resource for this particular dilemma, so I thought asking the good people at super user for help.
Background:
I am a portable apps enthusiast, and whenever possible, my apps are ...
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Running a Single OS Across Multiple Machines [closed]
Here is the (hypothetical) situation: I have one low-performance, high-mobility device (laptop) and one high-performance, low-mobility device (desktop workstation). The two are used as frequently as ...
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Speed difference between Portable HDD and USB Flash Drive?
I am considering purchasing one of the following for data backup purposes. In either case, they would be used with a USB 2 port on XP Home SP 3.
Seagate 500GB Expansion Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive
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Are there something called wifi-enabled external storage disks?
I have 2 laptops at my home and one external disk. I have a requirement (more out of curiosity on how to achieve it than a real need):
I have set-up basic adhoc home network where one laptop accesses ...
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Portable Hard Drive- partitions
I just got my first portable hard drive (WD Elements SE 500GB USB 2.0) and I guess I'll be using it for quite a while. So, I just wanted to ask whether I should or should not partition the hard drive. ...
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Portable USB harddisk regardless in Windows and Ubuntu / Linux environment
I am doing web development mostly in Ubuntu. Sometimes I need to go into Windows to do other administrative work. Now, I am ignorant about file systems. I cannot tell the difference between NTFS and ...
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use ubuntu from a removable drive to work both on laptop and desktop computer
my laptop, which i run ubuntu on, is getting a bit old and i find it's getting slower and slower at running applications. My desktop computer is stronger, but I can't give up on the portability of my ...
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How may I transfer my media from a Maxtor OneTouch drive to WHS?
I have a great deal of music on my OneTouch, which I would like to stream from my new HP Mediasmart EX490 to my XBox 360. Using the Windows Home Server console does not seem to be any help? I may ...
