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Windows 7 Windows 7 wont detect external dvd rom
Hey guys...newbie posting out of total desperation and needing help! I have posted in other forums with no luck... I bought a Samsung SH-D162D DVD Drive in a USB enclosure to connect to my Toshiba laptop via USB. I cannot get windows 7 to find it! When I plug in the USB cable the balloon...- Smee
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- cable device manager disk management driver issues dvd drive energy settings external drive hardware issues ide cable installation issues laptop support local disk power cable registry samsung tech support toshiba troubleshooting usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 C: is full and D: is empty; Can you help?
My wife's relatively new Dell Studio 1569 is showing 2 drive letters. C & D. It has one 500GB hard drive that apparently arrived with a partition. C: drive has an allocation of only 58.5 GB and D: drive is showing 397GB. The C: drive is listed as OS and the D drive is listed as Local Disk. The...- Fred T
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- c drive capacity computer issues d drive data optimization dell disk space drive management file management hard drive local disk partition performance storage tech support user files windows windows folder
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP team fortress 2
if i have 504MB of ram and have 23.0GB memory on my local disk(C:) will that be ok for me to get steam and team fortress 2 or get half life 2 deathmatch thank you to anyone who can give me the awnser- ihavewin7
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- gaming half life 2 hardware requirements installation local disk memory performance ram steam team fortress 2
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Chkdisk scan problem
There is a problem with my computer after i did a 5 hour chkdisk scan for errors. After the scan was over and had logged into windows, I have noticed that in "My Computer" there are 2 new hard drives partitions made. The first partition is "local disk F" and the second partition is "system...- grace
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- backup chkdisk corruption data loss data recovery disk management formatting hard drive local disk my computer partition raid scan storage system repair system reserved troubleshooting virus windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Ultimate error when saving file
Hello I am wondering if anyone else has seen this before where when you try to save a file to a hard drive (not on a network, just local HD - which is not even a Sata Raid) I get the following error" And when I click OK, and try to save again, it allows me to save but it also tells me that the...- keram617
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- disk issues error file management file override file saving local disk tech support troubleshooting user issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Local Disk D Icon
I don't know why the Local Disk D has that icon, how do I fix it?- Maleificus
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- customization drive issues file explorer fix icons local disk storage windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Complicated DVD-reader problem
So. I've got a LG GSA-4166B, and I was gonna install Battlefield: Bad Company2, but it did not find the disc (neither on my or my dads PC, and both got this DVD-reader/writer so I went into device manager and uninstalled the driver cause I was gonna install the new one I found by googling...- NumberOne
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- battlefield bad company 2 cd drive device manager disk recognition driver issues driver update dvd reader gaming hardware issues installation issues lg gsa-4166b local disk missing drivers pc freezing shutdown issues system restore troubleshooting windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Remote Desktop connection and Network printer.
Hi everyone, I'm currently using windows 7 and I have configure the options of remote desktop connections to see my printer and local drive (I'm able to see my local drive). I'm having an issue viewing my printer. My printer is on a wired network and I've been reading that its not being...- smoothrr
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- configuration local disk network printer printer issues rdc remote desktop windows 7 wired connection
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 NoDrives Key Hiding Local Drives
Hi, Ive pretty much exhausted every option to try and fix this and I hope someone here can help me. I have recently installed some windows 7 operating systems onto our company Domain. The Domain consists of primarily XP PCs and a few Vista Machines. On ALL the installations of Windows 7 the...- Skavenger
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- domain explorer group policy key reset local disk nodrives policies registry security system settings troubleshooting uac windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Phantom Drive showing in Computer
Somehow I've ended up with a "phantom" local disk Q showing in Computer. It shows as 0 bytes used and 0 free; it cannot be accessed. It does NOT show in either disk management or device manager. It is not my card reader which is removable drive F. I do not have an external drive connected of any...- nitewulf
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- computer device manager disk management ghost drive hard drive local disk phantom drive registry system restore uninstall apps
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows Vista Inexplicably full Local Disk (C:)
Pretty much overnight, the amount of free space in my local disk (C:) drive went from almost empty to almost full. I have a feeling I have a virus, though virus scan does not reveal anything out of the ordinary. Any suggestions?- Rjones
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- disk cleanup file management free space local disk malware storage system performance troubleshooting virus scan windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Winmail Live - strange behaviour
Firstly I am glad to find I can switch Messenger off & use Winmail Live as a normal email client with my emails archived on a local drive. I was beginning to think from the write-ups that I might have to use a 3rd party email client instead. Anyhow, if I select my font size & then apply...- caleula
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- archiving client email font size local disk messenger software issues stationery user experience winmail
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Error when saving files: creates empty file
Greetings all, I'm running the Windows 7 RTM and I've been recently getting this error in Firefox while trying to save images/files: "You don't have permission to modify files in this network location." These are files that I'm trying to save to local disk. Once this error message appears, a...- S432
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- administrator bugs empty files error file management file overwrite file saving firefox local disk network sharing notepad photoshop system settings user experience windows 7
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Windows 7 Access is Denied - Local Disk C:\ is not accessible
Hi everyone, I have this problem in which, windows 7 basically locks up the hard drive. Start > Computer > Hard Disk Drives(1) > Local Disk (C: \ >"Location is not accessible - C:\ is not accessible - Access is denied." I can access other parts of the hard drive like c:\users\etc... but...- Rongu
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- access denied cmd explorer file system hard drive local disk troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 windows cannot access
error code 0x800704b3 unable to access anything on the c drive or change any thing with the shield and the Local Disc (c:) have a 2 head item on the icon really need some help with this item Allen- htls69
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- access c drive error help local disk troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Local Drive "Access is Denied" Error
Whenever i try to access my 2nd HDD partition's, it says 'Access is Denied'. I have a dual boot of Vista, XP and Windows 7. All say Access is Denied when i try to access them. The weird thing is, i can still access some Shares from those drives. I noticed it when i used XBMC and i could still...- Qrusher14242
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- access denied data recovery drive management dual boot file access file ownership hdd local disk partition security tab troubleshooting windows 7 windows vista windows xp xbmc
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Media Center Shared Folder
I am currently testing out Media Center and trying to add a shared library folder for Music off of another networked machine. This machine's hostname begins with a ".". So, it looks like "\\.host\shared folder". When I try to connect to this share, Media Center will report "A valid shared...- dgh1981
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- file sharing host library folders local disk mapped drives media center network shared folders windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 External Powered USB drive not connecting correctly
Firstly like to say Hi to everyone and thanks for the support forum has been helpful in the past already. Basically I have the windows 7 beta installed on a samsung netbook NC10 and must admit considering it is not a powerhorse machine I am impressed at how windows 7 is actually running. The...- Zeus
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- beta chkdsk command prompt data recovery disk management external drive file system format drive icybox local disk my computer network issues ntfs power supply raw file system samsung nc10 storage tech support usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Drive not accessible
Hello there, I am running Windows 7 on the partition that I labeled "Win7Beta". The drive letter appears in Windows Vista as "W" drive. (I am running Windows Vista and Windows 7 Beta on the same computer, but different partitions.) Also in Vista, the Local Disk appears as "C" drive and the...- railfan2103
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- audio issues computer management drive access dual boot file system local disk partition recovery partition windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 hard drive access denied in windows 7
hey everyone, i'd be interested if anyone had a thought as to why i can access a secondary local hard drive using my XP install, but WIN7 says that access is denied. can't view storage stats, can't run any diagnostics... etc. thanks so much! carl.- carlsheldon
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- access denied diagnostics error hard drive local disk storage windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware