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Are disks in multi-bay enclosure seen as individual disks or one?
They should show up as individual disks – likely as a single USB device with multiple SCSI LUNs (each appearing as an independent /dev/sd* disk). Though enclosures with a RAID feature do exist, but I ...
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External hard drive unmounts when spun down
I had a similar issue with a regular HDD (WD Red 3 TB) connected via USB 3.0 -> SATA dock based on JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s.
But in my case the ...
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Is it possible to use a PC to simulate an external hard drive?
Speaking of local connections:
It is possible to turn some computers into USB 'devices' – although regular USB is asymmetric and most desktop/laptop PCs don't have the hardware that would support ...
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Is it possible to use a PC to simulate an external hard drive?
Yes, this is possible - although there is quite a bit of nuance on what can and can't be done. It is easier to do in Linux than in Windows.
One standardized way of doing this is using the iSCSI ...
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How to find what programs are using an external SSD?
You can find programs which are using the drive with Process Explorer from SysInternals package. There is option to find handles and DLLs.
But for you solution may be the same package (SysInternals) ...
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How to find what programs are using an external SSD?
Sometimes things just get hung up. Especially as you have not written any data to the drive (that you know about or care about) at this time, just disconnect the drive and see whether or not things ...
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How can I test external HDDs after 3 computers fail to turn on after using external HDDs?
All external HDDs I've seen are just normal HDDs in an enclosure which has a some sort of converter. There is a good chance it the electronics in the enclosure that is causing the issues, while the ...
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File Transfer of ISO files using ROBOCOPY and Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V
The SMART attributes show a disk in a very good shape.
The only attributes that are negative in nature are :
Newly Added Bad Flash Block : 1
Your disk has had one bad spot since it came out of the ...
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File Transfer of ISO files using ROBOCOPY and Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V
Source of this error may be damaged file system on disk. First backup all important files elsewhere and then run chkdsk /f G: on that drive (put proper letter before :) as an Administrator.
File ...
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