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Windows 7 Usb Flash Drive
i have a 8 gig flash drive ..ive used it before but now it wont even let me format it..it says write protection..- jester722014
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- data recovery device management file system flash drive format issues removable media storage troubleshooting usb write protection
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 Concerns About Account Security and Unusual Sign-In Prompt on Forum
Hello I started a thread in Win 8 hardware[flash drive] and when I tried to reply I was prompted to re enter my information again. I copied my post and left the site . I then returned and pasted the reply I was originally was sending. Do you think I was being phished when I could see my name...- Peterr
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- account security flash drive forum admins hardware mod help phishing user experience win8
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 Is a $7.49 64 GB Flash Drive Safe for System Imaging?
Hello I received a postcard from a credit card company with an offer for a 64 GB flash drive whose brand is a well known pc retail store. It is $7.49 if the credit card advertised is used. I don't think I can mention the store but my question is, would you consider this to be a safe drive...- Peterr
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- 64gb credit card data safety flash drive hardware image backup offer retail storage system image
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 How to Fix Shortcut Virus and Create Bootable Flash Drive on Sony VAIO Duo 11
On my sony VAIO duo 11 windows 8, I have a virus that makes everything a "shortcut" especially on my flash drives. The problem is, I want to reinstall windows from the recovery partition that's on the HDD. However, every time I try to copy the recovery partition onto a flash drive, it copies...- sameh83
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- antivirus bootable computer help data recovery file management flash drive malware recovery shortcuts sony system restore technical issues usb issues vaio virus windows 8 windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 HELP, I think I got a VIRUS
Today I tried to save a file to my flash drive and found that when I saved the file it also created a shortcut for the file. I attempted to delete the file, I was able to delete it but then a second later the file returned. I thought maybe it was the flash drive but when I was searching my...- scotty1105
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- antivirus c drive data loss file recovery flash drive malware registry security software removal startup system scan task manager tech support temporary files troubleshooting uninstall user files virus windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 USB Transfer Rate
I just tested a new Corsair Flash Voyager 3.0 flash drive I got, and was curious why it is considerably faster transferring a file to the drive than it is to transfer the same file off the flash drive back to the desktop? Shouldn't it be about the same either way?- seekermeister
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- corsair data rate desktop file transfer flash drive performance speed storage transfer usb
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Flash Drive Clipboard
I've done a little Googling...at least enough to know that the type of software that I want is available, but at a price. Does anyone know of a good clipboard manager that can be run from a flash drive and works with a variety of Windows and Linux OSs (preferably freeware)?- seekermeister
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- clipboard flash drive freeware linux manager software windows windows compatibility
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 win 8.1 installed in VM does not see my ext.hdd or flash drives.
Acer Aspire laptop. Host OS : Win 7 Home Premium SP1. Guest OS : Win 8.1 pro preview installed in VMware Player Win 8.1 does not see my external hard drive or flash drive when I plug them into the USB ports. How do I correct that? Thank you.- davidhk129
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- acer external drive flash drive guest os host os troubleshooting usb vmware windows 7 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How To Make A Bootable USB Flash Drive
Learn how to make any bootable CD or DVD bootable on a USB flash drive. This process allows you to quickly and easily create bootable USB flash drive copies of important software, such as Microsoft Windows, firmware update utilities, and various Linux operating system distributions. Most CDs and...- Mike
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- bootable flash drive hardware how to usb windows forum
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- Media category: Windows 7 Forums
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VIDEO How To Make Your Laptop USB3 Compatible
"In this video, I will show you how to make your laptop USB3 compatible, even if your laptop did not come with USB3 ports. The key to making this change is simply to use an express card in order to benefit from the new speed of USB3. The throughput and bandwidth capabilities of USB3 far exceed...- Mike
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- backup compatibility data transfer drivers esata express card external storage flash drive laptop m1330 network card pci performance solid state drive storage technology tutorial upgrade usb 3.0 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 7 BSOD computer unusable cant decipher
My computer has been blue screening for well over a year. I put it in storage after it started happening, the problem persists after os reinstall, complete and total format, and with a new graphics card. Myself and a colleague had assumed through process of elimination that it was my Radeon 4850...- Zyro
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- blue screen bsod computer issues diagnostics dump files error codes flash drive gaming graphics card hardware memory os reinstall performance radeon software storage issues system crash tech support troubleshooting user experience
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8 Suddenly many operationms require Run as Administrator
Of course this is Windows 8, with Start8 and ModernMix to make it bearable. My account is an administrator. UAC is off (I build a lot of live CDs and flash drives that can't be built with UAC on). For the last week or so I've had problems running Google Drive or choosing Run when I download a...- Jon Fleming
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- administrator flash drive google drive live cd python run as administrator setup issues temp files uac windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How About a Fast USB 3.0 Flash Drive (for cheap!)
Hello all, I purchased this flash drive from Amazon am I'm happy with its performance (for the price): Link Removed The manufacturer claims read speeds up to 190MB/s and write speeds up to 55MB/s. These benckmarks were conducted at USB 3.0 speeds and, FYI, my OS is on an SSD: Link Removed...- pagroundhog
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- affordable amazon benchmark flash drive performance read speed ssd storage usb 3.0 write speeds
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Guide to Creating Unattended Ghostcast Installations for Windows 7 on Dell Computers
I need to create an unattended ghostcast installation for windows 7 that won't care about the dell computer type. Here's the criteria: Install using ghost cast from flash drive Fill all windows installation forms Auto Enter the windows site license key Ask computer name Install the correct...- SteeleTheShow
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- computer name deployment domain join driver installation flash drive ghostcast ghosting microsoft licensing unattended install windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 8 "The drive where Windows is installed is locked.Unlock the drive and try again."
http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-discussion/18137-after-two-weeks-windows-8-i-find-least-stable-os-2.html#post24693 I've decided to move my comments about Windows 8 as "the least stable OS" to a new thread because my problems continue. My question is: What to do when you get the...- zmechys
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- blue screen clean install drive lock flash drive login issues os stability pdf issues repair tools windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Boot Issues After BIOS Update: Trouble with 32GB Corsair Memory on New Build
hi i recently built me a new computer installed everything SaberTooth 990fx R2.0 mobo and 32gb of corsair memory windows 7 64bit everything was working fine till i decided to bios update then after successfully doing soo my computer would not load windows it would say the boot drive is...- Matt Stowell
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- 64-bit bios black screen boot issues corsair crash drivers flash drive installation loop memory mobo pc build sabertooth startup repair troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Startup Recovery Corrupt Registry
I have a computer with a corrupt registry to the point where it will not boot. I do not have a good system recovery and the backup registry files in RegBack don't help when I copy them over to system32. I can't use any of the registry repair tools that I have found because they all require...- Tony Pitman
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- backup boot corruption files flash drive recovery registry repair scan startup system system32 tech support tools troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Transfer of e-mail folder files from Windows Vista computer to Windows 8 computer
I have been trying (without success) to transfer my e-mail folder files from my old computer (Dell Inspiron 530 using Vista) to my new computer (Sony Vaio using Windows 8). The transfer is from Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail. The recommended method on the old machine using a flash drive is...- 65petersan
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- backup computer help corrupted files dell disk space email eml files export file transfer flash drive import migration sony vaio transfer windows 8 windows live mail windows mail windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Cant upgrade to the latest BIOS
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-P61-S3 (rev. 2.0) Ive managed to update/flash (its the same thing?) my bios from F5 to F7 version within an utility provided by motherboard manufacturer called @BIOS ( you can find it on the same support and download section ). I had 3 options to...- StefaNafetS
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- autoexec batch file bios compatibility efiflash f8 version firmware flash drive gigabyte motherboard q-flash socket 1155 support page tech support update update method upgrade utility windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device dr
I'm having this problem with my flash disks on W8 Pro with Media Center x64: "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory. (Code 38) The driver could not be loaded because a previous version of the driver is...- ash0103
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- access issues bios update device driver device manager error flash drive hardware issues hp pavilion storage devices windows 8
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Hardware