hard drives

I have a number of different drives that I use for different purposes but I only use two of them frequently. I would like for the others to enter sleep mode when not in use, but never my main two. Is there any way to edit power saving settings for individual drives?

Hi, I hope someone can help. I have put together data in hopes that someone could tell me why i keep on getting BSOD on my new build. All the parts i am using are quality. The hard drives are in good health. I have tried many things to try and figure out what the source of the problem is but...

Can you use the built in Windows 7 Resize Feature to resize a Raid 1 Mirror (2 hard drives)? My C: drive is actually two hard drives in a Raid 1 Mirror and I would like to resize the partition so I can have a C: and a D: drive. Does the Windows 7 Resize Feature resize a Raid 1 Mirror?

Hello, first of all, here are my system specs (also in my profile): Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i7 3930K @ 3.20GHz 48 °C Sandy Bridge-E 32nm Technology RAM 16.0 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-11-24) Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X79-UD3...

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32 vs 64 bit programs on secondary drives or partitions? I recently built a new PC and made a major jump from WinXP to Windows 8. I have been so used to organizing things my own way on my system by partitioning two different hard drives, with each partition used for different types of...

I have a terabyte HDD and a 64gb SSD. I have windows installed on both but I can't boot to the SSD. I plan on formatting it regardless but I want to find out when windows was installed on it last. I know I can do it using the cmd/systeminfo command but that only shows me the info for windows...

I have a lenovo pc running windows 7 and only is used to run a digital signage program which displays on a TV. The program will run when I start it at 4:30 am and will run constantly all day. We close at midnight and it is still running. At some point between midnight and 4;30 am again, I...

I have 3 hard disks of 2 TB each with plenty of space for partitions. I run a multi-boot manager with a number of Windows OSs including Windows Vista and Windows 7, along with a number of Linux distros. I would like to install Windows 8 in its own partition, not upgrade Windows 7. I am...

Hi Today I pulled the hard drives out of my lightning zapped computer. I'm happy to say that it was easier then I imagined. You don't even have to open the case. You remove a large wireless plugin fan from the front of the computer and the hard drives are right there. The retaining...

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Hello all, I have a toshoba satellite with windows 7 home version I have a couple of old 2.5 hard drives from an old IBM thinkpad that I want to get the pictures from. I bought a SATA/IDE USB cable and plugged it in after a while it loaded and i could see the drive in "my computer", and I...

Hello Forum, It's not a hardware issue, so I'm posting it here. Seems I'm not the first one but it seems to be a recurring issue which is slightly different for everyone. I cannot access external HDDs connected via USB. The Device Manager shows a device. Under "Properties, Volume, polulate"...

Does anyone know of a good Webcam? Logitech gave my computer the Blue screen of death because Ihave WD Hard drives and could not take out the WD programs to install Logitech’ssoftware with the help of Logitech’s tech support. Microsoft has the worst tech support I’ve seen in a longtime. I...

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I have 4 PCs running Windows. I make image files of the system partition of each one and store the image files on a USB hard drive. I would like to create a flash drive that can be used on any of the PCs and which boots to a menu. From the menu I would like to select the appropriate image...

Hello, i have two hard drives: A 250gb and a 1TB When I installed windows I chose the 1TB, but just left my other in there as it had some files I wanted on it. Now when I try to remove the 250gb drive, windows will not boot up. I tried marking the 250gb drive as inactive, but then during boot...

I am trying to open my hard drives of my dell windows 7 laptop, but unable to open and the error continuously going on. I think it is badly affected with virus. But my anti-virus is still running, can any one suggest me what should I do to access my drives again?

I want to install Win7 on 2 H/Ds is there anything that I should be aware of before I start? One drive is PATA and the other is SATA I think I must select which drive to boot from in the BIOS' I realize I cannot run 2 instances of the same Win 7 at the same time and the end goal is to reduce...