USB is a universal, general interface standard for connecting peripheral devices to PCs.
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Install Windows 7 from USB flash drive
I have an ISO of the Windows 7 installation DVD, but I can't burn it to CD or DVD. I have an empty flash drive with plenty of space; is there anyway I can put the ISO on it and install from it as if ...
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Installing Windows XP from USB pen drive
I want to install Windows XP on my desktop computer (only XP) but my CD drive is not working.
I've only found installation tutorials on how to install it on the pen drive rather than from the pen ...
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How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive?
What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.
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Booting Linux off USB pendrives
Booting a Linux system off USB Pendrives is one of my favorite things.
On a laptop we have the following advantages,
The Harddisk can be shutdown and that reduces power consumption (hdparm)
The ...
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How do I recover files from an USB flash drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
flash drive ejected improperly- lost files
I have a USB flash drive that claims it needs to be formatted every time I put it into my computer (Windows). Yesterday the ...
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Can I install Windows OS (Windows 7) on a removable USB hard drive?
I wanted to take a sneak peak at Windows 7 so I thought of installing it. I have Windows Vista on my laptop which came pre-installed with it. I didnt want to mess with it.
So I created a partition ...
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USB-Sticks and multiple Partitions
I've got an USB-Stick with multiple Partitions on it (FAT32 (active), FAT32, Ext2 but that's another story) and it seems like that my Windows XP can only mount the first partition of the stick. If I ...
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Using UDF on a USB flash drive
After failing to copy a file bigger than 4G to my 8G USB flash drive, I formatted it as ext3. While this is working fine for me so far, it will cause problems if I want to use it to copy files to ...
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Automatically copy files to USB drive when connected
I am looking for a solution for copying all the files from a specific directory on the hard drive, to a specific directory on a USB memory device, once this device is connected.
I have a program that ...
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Remove the write protection from an USB flash disk
My flash disk encountered an error saying that it has been write protected, so of course I can't even copy files or even format my flash drive.
What happened to my flash drive to cause this?
Any ...
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Troubleshooting a Windows 7 PC that wouldn't sleep
I have a new Windows 7 PC that wouldn't sleep (not just automatically, but also when specifically told to). The screen goes black momentarily, but within two seconds the machine comes back as if ...
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What is the best way to keep a folder synchronized with my USB drive?
I know there is a similar topic on syncing between computers, but I'm looking for an application to run on one computer that will sync a "document/file" folder with a folder on my secondary/external ...
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Make a bootable usb to install Windows XP from Linux
I have a Dell Mini 9 with only Ubuntu installed, I want to install Windows XP also but I don't have and can't get an external CD drive, so I need to make a windows installation from the usb.
All the ...
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USB stick appearing as hard disk drive, not removable storage device
I just plugged in a very simple 1GB USB stick from the office in hopes of making it a Fedora Live USB stick. For that to work, I need a removable storage device, or else it won't appear in LiveUSB ...
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Make a USB drive read only
I have a 1.5TB USB drive with many important files that I want to give to a friend (they have Windows7) for reading only purposes. thumbscrew appears to flip a registry switch but it seems to be on ...
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How to tell if my USB ports are 1.1 or 2.0 for different OSes?
In the same vein as this question, how do you determine what speed the USB ports are on your machine with different OSes installed?
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Mac OS X
Linux (Ubuntu)
...
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How to wipe a USB hard drive
I have a USB hard drive that I'm planning on donating. Before I donate it, however, I want to be sure that it has been completely and unrecoverably wiped of personal information.
Darik's ...
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Windows Installer using usb drive for temp purposes
When installing apps that are built around Windows Installer, it would appear that it often uses my external usb hard disk (when it's connected) as the temp location while it expands and installs the ...
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Reusing a USB Boot Drive - Format back to factory state?
I am trying to reuse a USB boot drive (Mac) for regular file storage on Windows ... when Windows detects it, it won't let me reformat to anything greater than a 40 MB or so - and this is an 8 GB ...
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How do I make an external hard drive keep the same drive letter permanently?
I have a desktop PC (2002 vintage) running Windows XP that I turn on about 2 or 3 times per week. I have a mains powered 250Gb Western Digital hard disk connected to it via USB. I always turn the hard ...
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How to encrypt an USB stick?
When storing personal data on a USB stick, data needs to be encrypted to ensure privacy. Regrettably, this is far from easy to do without introducing a lot of overhead; ideally, the whole encryption ...
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iPod Touch Networking Without Wifi
I'm in a wifi-less office. It's a no go.
Is there a way I can connect my iPod Touch to my network with out using wifi. Perhaps using my workstation as a proxy (without having to resort to the ...
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Recovery of deleted data on SSD / USB Flash
Is there a way to recover deleted data from a SSD / USB Flash drive?
All I could find were recovery for damaged drives, but I want to recover deleted data.
So how do I do this?
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How do I simulate a parallel (LPT) Printer with a USB Printer?
I have some legacy software that only prints on printers connected via an LPT port. The machine I need to use, however, doesn't have a parallel port. Plus my printer is a USB device.
How do I trick ...
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How to install windows 7 RC from a USB disk?
Can anyone provide detailed steps to install Windows 7 RC from a USB hard disk (rather than a DVD)?
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Flipping the Removable Media bit — alternatives to BootIt?
There's a utility called the Lexar BootIt utility that flips the Removable Media Bit on certain USB flash drives.
I want to flip the bit on my USB flash drive (it's supported) but really am not too ...
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How to create a bootable USB Windows OS using Mac OS X
I'm having a trouble here because of my PC infected today and I tried everything to get it back and the only option left for me now is to do a clean install.
Now what happen is I have Macbook Pro ...
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How do you check how much power a USB port can deliver?
Some laptops have a special USB port that can deliver more power than the other ones. However it is not always easy to identify which one is the good one, nor how much power it can deliver.
So is ...
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Useful USB boot disks
What are some USB boot disks you have found most useful? I'm thinking of software that you keep on a bootable USB thumb drive that is your own personal Swiss army knife of neat software you use when ...
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Using USB 3.0 to speed up transfer between USB 2.0 devices?
I've noticed that transfers between USB 2.0 drives are usually very slow. From what I understand, this is because all USB 2.0 devices connected to the same USB 2.0-host share the same 480Mb/s of ...
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“Need to format the USB Flash drive” message… can the data be recovered
I have a USB flash drive, that when plugged into any machine (XP, Vista or Windows 7) the following message is displayed:
Indeed looking at the drive in Disk Managment the file system is recognized ...
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Can Windows tell me what is using my USB drive?
Being the good citizen I am, I left-click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in my taskbar, and select my USB drive to dismount.
Then I get the message:
Windows can't stop your Generic volume ...
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Virus protection for flash drives
At school, there is a large network with lots of non-technical minded people and lots of viruses. How can I protect my flash drive from these worms and viruses so I don't bring them home and infect my ...
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Which Windows 7 log file contains device connection/disconnection information?
Windows 7 frequently plays the usb/new device connection/disconnection sound. It happens both when the computer is idle and under load. All usb device connections have been checked (though I can't ...
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How do I get Windows Vista or Windows 7 to re-attach a USB device without having to plug it in again?
After I use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' notification area widget, how do I get Windows Vista or Windows 7 to re-attach a USB device (i.e. a USB drive) without having to unplug and plug it in again?
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How do you partition a USB Thumb / Flash Drive?
Out of the box, Windows will not allow you to partition a USB Thumb / Flash Drive. How can you do this?
In case anyone is wondering Why you would do this?
It's interesting in the case of a BitLocker ...
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Is it possible to use a PC as a external drive via USB?
I have a bluray player that has a USB interface that allows me to plug external hard drives and pendrives for me to play movies or music files.
I was wondering if it's possible to have the PC or ...
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What is a USB Wi-Fi dongle device that can emulate virtual mass storage device for a home video player?
What is a USB Wi-Fi dongle device that can emulate a virtual mass storage device for home video player, but in fact it shows the files from a network-shared enter code here folder?
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External video card for notebook?
I'd like to hook an external monitor to my notebook as I need a higher resolution (1680x1050).
My notebook supports that resolution (via analog vga out) but the quality is pretty awful - there are ...
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How to boot a Linux live USB on a Mac?
I have a USB stick with a Fedora 11 live environment on it.
It's booting fine on 3 PCs where I've tried it.
But I can't get it to boot on a Mac (Intel). When pressing the alt key (or command key, I ...
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Why is my USB mouse disconnecting and reconnecting randomly and often?
My mouse will reconnect/disconnect (will even hear the sounds from Windows), and the light on the bottom of the mouse will turn off/turn on as it starts working again.
It really sucks to be playing a ...
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I accidentally plugged my USB mouse into my eSata port… it works?
I'm on a Thinkpad T510 and I accidentally plugged my Razor USB mouse into the eSata port not realizing my error because it has been working fine this whole time. Does this seem a little odd?
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change USB vendor id / product id
Under Windows XP, is there any easy way to change or spoof the vendor- and product-id of a USB device? (changing the corresponding descriptive strings would probably be good too)
Say for example ...
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How to connect two Computers with USB?
There are two computers. The first one is the client, the second one is the server. The client needs access to some files on the server.
On the server it is possible for me to install any software ...
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Do USB or PS/2 keyboards respond faster?
Do USB or PS/2 keyboards respond faster in terms of end-to-end input latency, keystrike to character appearing on the screen?
Related:
Under either connection, is the time between keystrike to ...
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Windows XP Installation from USB [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Windows XP through Pen Drive
Is there any easiest way to make windows xp installation from USB ? Looking through google doesnt gives me anything. Any clues?
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Serve up PC hard drive as USB mass storage
Is there a software package available that can serve up a hard-drive internal to a PC and make it available over USB to other USB Master nodes as mass storage?
Ex: take your C: or /dev/hda drive on a ...
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If USB is not listed in BIOS as a boot option, does that mean the machine can't boot from USB?
I just purchased an Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A-DH51 with Windows 8. I want to wipe the drive and do a clean install but USB is not listed as a boot option in the BIOS. Does this mean it is not possible?
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Do not get 'Safely remove' option in Tray for USB storage devices
I had done some tweaks in service settings (Disabled some as I thought it is not needed). Now, I am not getting the option to safely remove mass storage device when I click the icon on the system ...
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How to remove Encrypted flag when copying a file from a HDD to a USB drive?
Environment: Windows 7, but applies to other EFS-compatible Windows versions
I have a file that is encrypted using standard Windows EFS encryption. When I copy that file to a USB drive using Total ...
