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Windows 10 cannot format external hard drive
I have new 8tb external hard drive need use data recovery . I used Rufus to install windows to go. Rufus set maximum size to 2tb. now I want to format the drive back to 8tb. When use Windows format, it can get 2tb. how to solve this issue?- citrix
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- 8tb drive data recovery disk management drive size external drive formatting partition rufus storage issues windows format
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Mini PC with no screen - change native resolution?
I have a windows 8.1 mini PC with no screen (1.3Ghz Atom processor, 2GB ram, 32GB HDD - basically a standard tablet without the screen). I use Teamviewer to control this mini PC remotely. Teamviewer is basically a screen capture software and I was having an issue where because there is no screen...- buckeyestargazer
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- 2gb ram atom processor display device display settings display technology drive size graphics issues mini pc mobile pc display remote remote access resolution screen capture teamviewer tech support troubleshooting users windows 8.1 windows settings
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Windows 8 Unable to safely eject external hard drive
With all other devices I am given the option to safely eject before removal. However with my 1G USB hard drive I am not given this option. I'd be grateful if anyone knows a way around this. Thanks.- Trevor Condon
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- data safety drive size eject external drive hard drive removable media storage usb windows
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Seeking Reliable Hard Drive with Long Warranty: WD30EZRX Insights
Another of my WDC drives is biting the dust (WD30EZRX)...not that it seems to matter what the model is, because I've now owned a number of WDC drives, and none of them has lasted through their warranty period. It seems to be becoming a vicious RMA circle. The drive that I'm now having to...- seekermeister
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- archive management bad sectors consumer advice consumer electronics data loss drive comparison drive issues drive size failure rate hard drive performance reliability replacement rma stock storage video archive warranty wdc
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Hard Drive Benchmark Patterns
A question that has been bouncing around my head for years, is that when benchmarking any hard drive, it always produces the same general pattern...a gradually declining slope with regularly spaced dips across the entire slope. I just don't understand why those dips exist, because it doesn't...- seekermeister
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- analysis benchmark capacity data transfer dips disk performance drive size hard drive measurement os impact patterns performance performance metrics regular intervals slope storage test drive tool precision variability
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 7 WDC 3TB Installation/Diagnosis
A new WD30EZRX that I order arrived today, so I wasted no time trying to install it. However, when I put it in my external case, Windows seven couldn't set it up, even though Disk Management did see it. I then tried using Acronis DDS11, but it hung right after it opened. I then moved the...- seekermeister
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- 3tb acronis diagnosis disk management dlg drive size error scan external drive gpt hd tune installation mbr partition rma smart data support troubleshooting vendor issues wdc windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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WebDav mapped drive reports incorrect drive capacity
Consider the scenario with a WebDAV mapped drive on a Windows client. The drive's capacity is reported different than the actual capacity of the disk on the file server. Link Removed- News
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- drive size file server mapped drives webdav windows client
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Why can't I access 746Gb on my hard drive after partitioning?
Hi, I just partitioned my external 3.0Tb hard drive using the device manager in Win 7. At first I had one partition of around 2.8Tb, I shrunk the existing partition to around 1.9Tb and then Windows created 3 partitions instead of 2. I ended up with 1 partition of 1.9Tb, 1 partition unallocated...- jamesy3000
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- data recovery disk management drive size external drive file system formatting hard drive length limitations partition partition tables space management storage issues tech support troubleshooting unallocated space volume windows 7 windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 system image restore error 0x80042407
I am trying to restore a bran new install of win 7 with a sytem image created previously before a hardware failure. The machine is a lenov think center Clean install installed and the image is about 70 gig It is house on a 1tb external drive The internal drive on the machine is 160gb I get to...- automagp68
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- bios settings drive size external drive hardware issues lenovo restore system image usb windows 7 windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Creating a Windows 7 Image of the C: drive only
I recently installed an SSD in my laptop and moved the HDD to the secondary drive (I have room for two). I did a few of the prescribed steps for optimal SSD usage (moved user profiles to HDD, moved temp directory and page file, etc). Initially I was able to image only my C drive (about 30GB...- someotherguy
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- backup bios boot files disk management disk order drive selection drive size dual boot hdd image optimization partition software ssd system image windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Ghosting with two partitions?
on my laptop, running the grub bootloader, debian as the main os, and windows 7 as the secondary, how can i ghost it to a larger drive (from 250 split into two partitions, into 500 split into 2 partitions, 250 gigs for each)? im wondering this, because when i ghost the drive using norton ghost...- Tux
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- bootloader debian disk cloning drive size error 17 ghosting grub norton partition windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hard Drive size ridiculously far off, Disk Management shows full drive size
Ok, I've searched all over every forum I can think of and I can't find anything anywhere. I apologize if this has been answered on this site; I couldn't find it. My C: drive has been displaying a size of around 60 gb with 40 free even though it's a 300 gb drive. I thought the issue would...- muskamj
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- clean install computer help data recovery disk issues disk management drive size error resolution file system free space hard drive paragon partition software issues storage storage issues system restore tech support troubleshooting ubuntu windows
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 7 ntfs max
Hey adminer's.., sorry to post this here but I don't like to bother anybody. searching 1 hr for the simple spec like.....WHAT'S THE MAX PARTITION ALLOWED FOR W7 anyway. I tried 'max hd size.' max hdd isze.' w7 hd size, 'w7hdd size,' 'w7 max hd size.' windows7 max hdd size.' 'w7 NTFS size'...- apollos68
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- administrator drive size hard drive ntfs partition partition limit specs storage storage limits windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista Vista bashing or just saying how it is?
I was reading this forums news posts and followed up on one in particular, this can be found here: Link Removed The article in question discuss's how MS has dropped prices in an effort to generate more sales of Vista with the author then proposing why Vista is already a doomed os. I would be...- kemical
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- criticism discussion disk space drive size driver support game installation gui market strategy microsoft performance public perception resource usage sales service pack software variety tech industry debate user experience windows vista windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support