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External Hard drive not accessible [duplicate]
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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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3TB WD30EZRX is only recognized as an 1.8TB Disk - GPT formatted, UEFI-System - what can I do?
Searched through the net for about 3h now, tested anything that seemed promising - but still no 3TB! And I don't mean no 3TB partition - the drive is actually detected as 1.8TB by various programs!
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How to see whether my HDD is “advanced format”-capable and if yes, what to modify?
I have a WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2-type hard disk drive: Western Digital Caviar Black, 500 GB SATA-2 with 32MiB cache.
I have came across this Advanced Format, and I am not entirely sure whether my hard ...
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WD SmartWare Drive Unlock, Western Digital?
I bought a 1TB Western Digital (USB3) some days ago.
I was using it without any problems, but now whenever I attach it to my laptop USB, the following window up and I can't use it at all.
The Drive ...
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WesternDigital SmartWare - still problematic?
I've seen a lot of bad press on WD SmartWare (I think it comes on most WD backup devices now, such as their MyBook product line), mostly related to how it's impossible to remove properly or replace. ...
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Bootable Clone Hard Disk Drive Utility [duplicate]
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How do I easily copy or clone a Windows boot partition onto a new hard drive?
My computer's 1TB hard drive failed not too long ago and I got a replacement from Western ...
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WD20EARS 2TB Compatibility Issues
I have a system that runs the Asus P5Q Pro mother board and I recently added the 2TB WD Green HDD (WD20EARS). I formatted it NTFS with MBR. The system has been running for a week now without any ...
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Hard drive, CPU, or other issue?
It seems my computer has crashed but not sure what the problem is. I have an HP Pavillion p6310f with Windows 7 home edition. I bought it less than 2 years ago. 6GB RAM, 1TB Western Digital (green ...
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Windows 7 setup doesn't see hard drive
I have a blank hard drive which I am trying to install Windows 7 on.
The BIOS can see the drive is connected but when I go through the Windows setup it doesn't detect the drive.
If I load my other ...
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WD My Book on Windows 7 disappears after a certain amount of time
Recently (<2 weeks) bought a WD My Book 2TB USB3 external HDD. After a seemingly random amount of time, when not in use, the drive will disappear.
I have checked under computer management -> disk ...
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Hard-Drive Health Analysis - Western Digital Hard Drive (7200RPM, 320GB)
What is the best tool for determining the health of an internal hard drive? I have a Western Digital 320GB at 7200 RPM. The OS currently installed on it (a fresh install) is Windows 7 Professional ...
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Cloning onto Western Digital Caviar Green
I am considering purchasing a pair of 2 TB WD Caviar Green disks to build a RAID-1 (using the integrated controller on my ASUS P6X58D-E).
Currently, my system (Windows 7) is installed on a terminally ...
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Remote desktop disables eSATA drive (MyBook)
I'm running Windows 7 and I have a 1TB Western Digital MyBook drive attached via eSATA. Whenever I connect via remote desktop, the drive seems to disappear. If I login to the system locally and reboot ...
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Windows 7 Can't see harddrive, but Device Manager does…?
I just upgraded to Windows 7.
I have an old western Digital Hard drive that is 120GB's of Data. I have everything that my life holds digitally dear on it. I can't find the Driver for it on Western ...
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2 x WD20EARS (2TB) Raid 1 via Windows 7
I'm planning on setting up a raid 1 for storing data.
The drives are Western Digital WD20EARS 2TB drives.
I will be using RAID 1 in Windows 7
Will i have any problems with the setup ?
Is there ...
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Opening Time-Machine OSX backup files on Windows 7?
Have Time Machine backups on a Western Digital External HD.
The Time Machine backups were done on my now dead Mac G4 running OSX Leopard-
I am waiting on a new iMac but in the meantime I need to ...
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How to fix: Western Digital My Book 500GB - fail to install drivers, is not accessible
The WD-My Book 500GB is recognized as a local disc in my system(Windows 7), but it's drivers fail to install successfully when connected via USB cable with computer. Then when I try to open ...
