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    Windows 7 Dramatic difference between hard disk transferrate "sequential" vs. "random" access?

    I have connected my computer through USB 3.0 cable with an external (backup) hard disk (Hitachi HDS724040ALE640, SATA III, 7200rpm, 4TB, NTFS formatted, empty). The USB controller in external case box and the USB port on mainboard are USB 3.0 compatible. When I benchmark now the transfer rate...
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    Windows 7 Device\Raidport0 issue keeps freezing my computer

    Xml : <Event xmlns="Link Removed"> <System> <Provider Name="nvstor64" /> <EventID Qualifiers="49374">3</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-08-12T23:04:57.554687500Z" /> <EventRecordID>1585808</EventRecordID>...
  3. Windows 10 Can't recognize HDD as HDD

    Not sure whats going on but for some dumb reason windows 10 is not recognizing my 3TB Hitachi UltraStar 7K3000 as a HDD it insists its a SSD. My 850 evo has to go back to samsung so they told me to clone the c: onto D: then change boot order. Perfect sense, same as always so I do so and now not...
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    Windows 10 Disk Defragmenter Detects Hard drives as solid state instead of regular

    I converted from Windows 7 Home to windows10. When I go to Disk Defragmenter it tells me I can't optimize because my drives are solid state. My Drives are Hitachi SATA. How can I make Windows 10 redetect my Hard Drives?
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    Windows 7 Hitachi Touro USB 3 connection issues

    Hi, I brought a Hitachi USB 3.0 Touro Desk Pro external HDD a few months ago. It's never been smooth sailing with it, and I've finally given up and am asking for help. The drive I have is here: Touro Desk Pro | HGST, a Western Digital company The issue is that, when I connect it up, the...
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting B.S.O.D. Errors: IRQL-NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL & Memory Management Issues on Windows 7

    Hi this is my first post so i apologise in advanced if in the wrong place. i am having major Pc problems with machine giving me the B.S.O.D and numerous errors for its reason. these are from IRQL-NOT LESSOR EQUAL 0x0000000a to dxgkrnl.sys 92ecdd47 or memory management stop 0x0000008e...
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Stopped Working - How can i Fix?

    Hi All, Let me just start by saying, ARGGHGHGH; lol. I have had an expensive time with my computer recently but i am now beyond the brink and turning the tide of war to my favour. I have recently kitted my ailing PC out with a new SSD for the OS install. This is working great; i have just...
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    Windows 7 BSOD tcpip.sys

    My System is a Desktop with the following hardware/software: Software: Windows 7 ultimate 64bt McAfee VirusScan Enterprise +AntiSpyware Enterprise 8.8 Spyware Doctor 8.0.0.652 Hardware: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7200RPM Sata 6.0Gb/s LITE-ON 12x Blu-ray SATA MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard G. Skill...
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    Windows 7 Transferring a Windows 7 installation from one drive to another

    Hello there, My Uncle bought a new HDD and wanted to migrate his Windows 7 Installation from its original HDD to the new one (Maxtor to Hitachi). A tech friend of mine recommended CloneZilla, a freeware imaging program which would allow me to make an image of the HDD and transfer it to another...
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    Windows 7 Hitachi vs Samsung vs WD

    I've got a samsung HDD now, but it has died (within 3 days). So I don't know if I did something wrong or if the HDD sucks. anyway, I've got my eye on 2 new harddrives: samsung HD105SI(bulk, SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen) = 49 euros vs Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 (bulk, Deskstar 5K1000, 24/7) = 50 euros...
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    Windows 7 USB drive not recognized in Windows7, problem with services

    I have two external USB drives, one independently-powered, one USB-cable-powered, both with NTFS and linux ext2 and ext3 partitions. Under Windows7 both drives show up under Device Manager with the Property: "A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be...
  12. Windows 7 Western Digital to buy Hitachi disk division for $4.3B

    Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...
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    Windows 7 Ik kom er echt niet meer uit... please help

    :( Hallo Mensen .... Ik heb een PC samen gesteld en heb Het Probleem dat Mijn pc bij een Koude start een random bsod geeft Mijn Systeem samenstelling is: Moederboard: MSI P55-GD55 videokaart: Asus 5850 Hardeschijf: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C - Vaste schijf - 1 TB - SATA-300 NL 2 Schijven van...
  14. Windows 7 System Restore Failed, BSOD

    Hello! I am desperately trying to "train" my Windows 7 64-bit system to replace my aging (and last) XP system. It is giving me fits. I've been in here before describing how I gave up and reinstalled Windows (clean install) rather than "Update" because my SSD is too small to do the update...
  15. Windows 7 Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Toshiba Implicated in Memory Price Fixing Conspiracy

    Do you remember if you bought memory between 1999 and 2002? If you did, bet you thought it was really expensive. A major memory price fixing conspiracy is currently undergoing settlement in the United States, in which nearly every major DRAM manufacturer has been implicated. The alleged price...
  16. Windows 7 Cannot Install New HDD.

    Hi Guys I am trying to install an extra Hard Drive inside my machine. Everything connects ok via the cables etc and I set the new Hard Drive to slave, however when I boot up my computer, (Having told it to boot from my existing Hard Drive), it just hangs or doesn’t do anything, then, thinking...
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    Windows 7 LaCie External disk drive not visible

    Hello, I am experiencing the following issue on my system and have been unable to find a solution so far. I have connected a LaCie 1TB External Disk drive on my system and the disk randomly disappears from my system and is no more visible and accessible. Depending on the connection type the...
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    Windows 7 Intermitant Freezing

    I used to have windows xp. While using it my computer would occasionally freeze up for a second and then go back to normal. It usually did this about every 10-20 seconds. If I jiggled my hard drive SATA cable the problem would go away and then come back about 1 to 2 weeks later and I would just...
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    Hitachi 1TB Hard Drive $76

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145304
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    Windows 7 Can't find prior version of MS Office for Win 7 install

    Just successfully installed Win 7. However, I cannot re-install my MS Office 2007 in Win 7. My prior version is out there on my Maxtor drive however I cannot point to the correct location of the MS Office 2007 software on that drive so that I can re-install on my new Hitachi drive where Win 7...