portable drive

Salutations. I was wondering if anyone knew of a software that will bring up a "enter password" box on Windows 11 Home (Android optional) whenever it's plugged in as to prevent any kind of access like on Bitlocker (I'm assuming) or like on any Laptop. I don't care if it's paid or free, but a...

Hey, guys! I recently transferred about 30 files (around 20 GB) to my portable drive and they disappeared. I'll try to explain what I did because I would like to know if I did something wrong so that I can avoid this in the future. 1. I unplugged my drive (Seagate Backup Plus 4TB formatted in...

I have a system that refuses to boot to Windows 10 Professional (64-bit), and I think I need to do a reinstall. The advanced boot options is available, but it will not go into safe mode. I can however get the command line, and it recognizes both robocopy and xcopy. Assume that C is the hard...

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...

I discovered what is called the $RECYCLE.BIN on a SimpleTech portable disk drive I use. It does not show up in the disk folder/file listing, but I can scan for it in the 'Find' routine (*recycle*.*)). What I am concerned with is that it may contain deleted files that need to be purged, but I...

I run Win 7 on a Dell XPS M1530 running on AC power. I attached an Iomega USB 2.5" portable drive and booted up. This drive worked OK when last used with a desktop PC. I wanted to delete unused and old files from the drive, but can't. I also can't transfer them to the laptop. They do open...

As the heading says I wiped my Operating Drive on my desktop. And created a fresh Windows 7 and other software. I am having problems with one program. I had it on the previous OP before I wiped it. Although I had a little problem connecting last time. The software worked great, the software is...

Hi. I have a text file on my portable hard disk (WD 250 GB) named urgenttttttttttt.txt you would have already assumed how important this file would be and it is updated daily. The size of the file is 545 kb which is HUGE for a notepad. I opened the file 3 days ago and it gives me an error...

Hello, Im currently running a Dell XPS, using windows 7 64 bit. I just bought a new external hard drive, the Iomega Ego Portable Hard Drive. Im trying to backup my pc to this drive. Whenever I backup, I get the error 0x8078002a I've searched the forums using the code but not found anything...

Just before the system crashed, a full backup was made using the Vista Backup and Restore feature. The PC is now dead. The owner is buying a new laptop with W-7. Can the backup that was saved on a portable drive, 12 Gb's worth, be restored to a new 7 machine? Pete

Hello, I have upgraded from Vista to windows 7 on my Sony Vaio Laptop, all appears to be working fine, but! I use this laptop during the evening whilst my son is on the Desk top upstairs. I am running a Buffalo portable hard drive with a capacity of 250 Gb with all my music files copied from...

Hi all, Is it possible to share a file or directory between 2+ libraries? There are at least three scenarios for which I can see this being highly useful -- 1) Flagging files/folders for backup, possibly in quite disparate places. I realise that you can do this from the Backup applet but...