external storage

  1. External Hard Drives Ignoring "Turn off Hard Disk After" Setting – Mixed Results on Win 10/11

    I have two laptops (Windows 10) and a mini-PC (Windows 11) with external USB hard drives connected. The "Turn off hard disk after" setting is set to 10 minutes on all devices, but the drives turn off at different times on each machine. One shuts off around 2 minutes, another at 3, another at 6...
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    hyper V - move storage to a different pc

    hi, i have all my vm's on an external storage now, i have a new pc but i also need all my vm's so my idea is to connect the external storage to my new pc and get all vm's up an running is it possible? any idea?
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    External Storage Issue

    I use an external Drive to store my files. I frequently get diconnected (usually on Windows updates) and then it takes days to reconnect. I use two computers and both access the ext Drive wirelessly, and usually they can both connect.
  4. backup to 1 TB USB Drive

    I am trying to make a backup on a one-terabyte USB Drive. When I try to make a file history backup it will appear fine for about 5 minutes. Then it shows an error saying that a file on the drive is corrupted and cannot be read. After I got this message I checked the drive for corruption. I find...
  5. Windows 11 The SD card does not work in Windows 11.

    As I have asked some other people, they have told me that I need to remove its allocation on disk manager and then reLink Removedallocate it for it to work. I have tried moving, copying, pasting, deleting, creating, or doing anything on my MicroSD card. Can anyone help me with this?
  6. VIDEO Walmart lists a 30TB portable SSD for $39. It is, naturally, a scam

    It feels like high-capacity SSDs are getting cheaper all the time, but in the words of a security researcher known as Link Removed on Twitter, there are still some deals that are Link Removed. In the spirit of discovery, he bought a "30TB" external SSD from AliExpress for $31.40, which also...
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    Windows 10 HDD 100% disk usage while SSD is Primary

    I have upgraded my HDD to SSD, installed Windows on SSD, everything works fine, I have used HDD as an external storage, worked fine, then I have used HDD caddy, replaced DVD drive with HDD caddy, Windows is starting fine as SSD primary, but when I open windows explorer it doesn't open up, I...
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    Windows 10 Accidentally Formatted An SD Card, Need Help

    I did it. I was in a hurry and accidentally formatted a 200Gb Micro SD card in my external slot of my Android phone. It had every type of file you can imagine on it. Videos, Pics, PDFs, Word Documents, Rar, Zip & 7z files... and more. About 110Gb of data. There are so many reviews that are...
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    Restoring C Drive from a clone

    I have a Lenovo AIO 730S-24IKB computer running Windows 10. The computer has 2TB on-board M.2 PCIe SSD storage (Drive C) and a 1TB SSD 2.5" drive (Drive D). The OS is on dive C I create weekly backups of both C and D using Ashampoo software onto an external usb 4TB HDD and I also regularly...
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    Very small SSDs - Why?

    I'm shopping around for an SSD to replace my aging magnetic HDD in an old laptop. I see that they make SSDs as small as 8GB. How does that work? I'm guessing that you load your OS onto the small SSD and insert a separate HDD for files or just connect an external. But is 8 or even 16GB adequate...
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    Windows 10 Each USB drive appears 2 times in File Explorer: Top Level and under "This PC"

    Whenever I plugin an USB flash drive or USB hard disk then these devices are recognized by Win10 successfully. But they appear always two times in File Explorer: - As an entry on root level - as an entry below "This PC" The drive label is the same e.g. "USB Dive (F: )" How can I disable this...
  12. Need Help formatting Linux HDD Using Windows Computer

    I'm hoping someone in this community can help me with a hard drive problem. Recently, I replaced my old laptop (it ran a Linux/Ubuntu OS). Before getting rid of it, I removed the laptop's hard drive with the intent to repurpose it into a portable hard drive. I then encased it within a plug...
  13. Docking and Undocking with USB hard drives

    Seems to be several opinions on this as I Google, so thought to ask you all here as well for your thoughts. Lenovo P51S with Ultradock. Two USB hard drives attached to the dock. Both set for "Quick Removal" in Device Manager. Do I need to "safely remove" these drives before hot undocking and...
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    Windows 7 Disk Free Space

    I have an external Seagate 8TB USB disk . As usual , when I have less than 10% free disk space , Win 7 gives me a warning . If this is only a data disk , is it still important to have at least 10% free space ?
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    Windows 7 Slow Directory display on USB disk

    I have a Seagate Backup Plus 8TB Desktop USB External Hard Drive on my Win 7 ASUS G73S laptop . It works well , just for one problem . If I don't access a directory on it for a few minutes , then when I do , the file display can take quite a while to come up , while I get a slow advancing green...
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    Windows 8 Operating system not found + Files still there...

    I am using Windows 8.1. After getting stuck on a Windows update screen I turned off the computer via the power button. Long story short, when booting my laptop I get the message 'Operating System Not Found'. However, I bought a USB HDD Enclosure and plugged it into another computer. All my...
  17. Windows 10 November Update: Install Apps to SD Card

    A new feature in the November update for Windows 10 allows you to install apps to external storage by default. read more Continue reading...
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    Windows 7 Read errors for one block on harddisk a problem if I re-format harddisk?

    Assume I have a rather new external (Toshiba) 3TB USB harddisk. During the last days I experienced a data loss because one of the data blocks on the hard disk seems to get damaged. I run a surface test with one of these hardidsk management tools like Minitool Partition Wizard. It shows...
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    Windows 8 Flash drive issue

    Hi there, I have flash drive 9Little stick) over 2 years old and had bunch of pictures and documents stored on it. Yesterday I wanted to add some new pictures and could not. It says " Folder is empty" and shows 0 byte used /0 byte available. Where did my files go? Can I recover them or they are...
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    Windows 8 convert Mac files to Windows

    :)) My Macbook was stolen a few days ago and now it's time to get a new computer. Not certain that I'll get another Mac. Aside from several things that I'm not crazy about with Apple and the Macbook, there's this consideration. I backed up my whole hard drive onto an external hard disk. Whenever...