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Out of curiosity I checked the properties of my main folder under C:\Users and found that it contains about 55GB of data and 240,000 files. I back up most of my data files every day with Mozy, but I thought it might be good to have some sort of local backup in case of disaster. I'm not...

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 545 64-bit system. I have 6.00 GB of RAM. A couple days ago, my computer suddenly became unresponsive. I left it alone for awhile to see if it was just a lag, but it remained unresponsive for 4+ hours, so I performed a hard restart. I logged into my profile as normal...

I'm stuck at this screen. Starting Windows normally sends me back, and startup repair "can not fix this computer automatically". Choosing the other modes sends me back as well. I don't have a restore point, and I don't want to reinstall windows and lose all my files for a 2nd time in just a...

How do you setup an external USB dive to automatically open a specific folder when it's plugged in?

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I want to be able to access the files on my external drive from my Android tablet. I have shared the external drive, and it does show up on my tablet, but when I open it on the tablet only one folder appears (and there are many folders and files on it), and when I open that one folder, only one...

I have a Maxtor 3200 external hard drive and i have had it working on windows 7 but all of a sudden it has stop showing up on windows explorer, it is there on the Devices & Printers and when i have plug it in i get the ping, so i have tried to load the drivers in but they fail to install. the...

Can anyone help me, I am trying to load a program that I could use with XP and Windows 7 (32) bit, but it wont load on Windows 7 (64) bit and the company has gone out of business I have a exernal floopy drive the program was made for Windows 95 when I frist purchased it any help would be helpful...

I recently bought an SSD and reinstalled windows with my SATA set to AHCI instead of IDE, but ever since then I can't get my External HDD to show up anywhere, not even in disk management. It makes a noise when I plug it in, but that's it. I tried it on another computer running Windows 7 and it...

I have 2 computers running Windows 7, my home pc and a HTPC I have built. Both are connect to my homegroup. Both are set to workgroup. Both have the advance sharing features set with no password sharing. Attached to the HTPC via usb is an external 2TB drive with media on it. I want to...

Hi, I assembled a new PC for our Movie and Video Editing Team. The configuration is : Motherboard ASUS P9X79 Pro Model Processor Intel Core i7 3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz RAM Corsair Vengeance 8x4 GB kit , 32GB total RAM Boot Drive Crucial m4 256GB SSD Video Storage WD Caviar...

I have this problem with Windows 7 from time to time, and I finally want to find out the correct solution. Sometimes when Im done using a USB hard drive, and I've closed all applications saving to it (or copying from it), I can't eject the drive. I get an error message: "Windows can't stop your...

I unwittingly purchased a dodgy copy of Windows Ultimate a few months back - Microsoft just informed me a week ago. So I have now purchased a good copy of W7 Pro thinking I could just replace one with the other but on researching this, it doesn't appear to be the case. I have backed up all my...

Windows 8. I would like to clone my present 500 GB hard drive onto my new 1 TB drive. My HP has a C: and D: partition. The recovery files are on D: I would like to completely clone the old internal HD onto my new External HD which has the partitions set up at C: and D:. What software do...

My DVD disk drive is no longer working on my Sony Vaio laptop. Is any external disk drive compatible or do I need something compatible to Sony? Is it difficult to install a new internal disk drive? I'm terrible at things like that so an external is more appealing to me. The laptop really needs...

Many may know this (cool) and I could have mentioned it earlier but, I oft take things for granted & then impulsively think maybe it's not occurring to everyone & I suddenly say something so... Let me paint a scenario to make the point here... Let's say you put Win8 on a shiny new SSD. And...

Hi there, Recently purchased a USB Samsung M3 portable hdd 1TB- I have Windows 7 Ultimate Sp 1 installed- Plugged in the drive and it is listed under Device Manager->Disk drives> Samsung M3 portable and when you double click drive is listed as "working" When I go to my computer the drive...

I was emptying my external drive to start some new backups and I noticed that there was a msdia.dll in the directory of the external drive. How did it get there and should I delete it? Or is it OK there? I'ts a MS Debug Information Accessor. dll, whatever it does or is.

I have just re-built my windows 7 machine after a harddisk failure. All seems to be working fine except for my external USB drive which locks up explorer and windows in general, only way out is the magic reset (even Task manager locks up). Any suggestions most appreciated.+o(

I fix computers on the side and I have a client that brought me a laptop that they forgot the password to. I tried my boot-disks (ubcd, hirens, nt offline password reset) but the computer's cd-rom won't boot from any cd. option 1 - bootable cd not gonna work. the computer does not support...