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...

Hi, I recently have been getting a warning of conteban trojan from windows security. It says the threat is severe. So I click remove. Everything seems ok then I edit word doc which is kept on an extrernal portable drive and try to attach it to an email and I get the Arno g again that the...

After I assemble an internal drive within the external enclosure with the cables are ready, do I create a simple volume, or just format or do both? I am hoping to salvage my other relatively new HDD into a portable HDD to contain photos etc. I would also like to image to this drive.

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...

When I used 2.5" portable hard drives, they were connected to the usb hub and it caused the issue. All of them got the logical bad sector and I had to throw them. I began to connect them to the main port of my computer and the issue had gone. I am using laptop now and have several 2.5"...

I need some help!! After I connected my portable HDD to a smart TV I lost access to the HDD when I tried to connected it to my laptop again. "F: is not accessible, access is denied" (funny ringtones) When I connected back to the smart tv I can read all the folders and files on the HDD. It looks...

I have a hp stream note book w/ 21.3 gb capacity; i tried to upgrade to 10 (I have 8.1) but I didn't have enough disk space in drive c. What it the best way to upgrade? Portable hard drive, flash drive, or another method? I have 4.35 gb available in c.

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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...

Where can I buy 5 terabyte external portable hdd?

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...

I have a Windows vista Home edition and will be upgrading to Windows 7 professional. Windows 7 professional doesn't allow an upgrade path from vista home so i'll need to do a clean install. My question is if there is some way to make a backup of my programs and then just transfer them into...

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

I have a new Ford that has the Ford Sync. I've had trouble finding something to work with Ford Sync from all kinds of usb thumbdrives, to Zune, to portable usb drive. I want it to show the artist/song title on the screen and be able to use voice commands to play songs/artists, etc. The only...

hey guys i started having these weird BSODs just popping on my face whenever i do anything normal, like when i open the lid on my laptop, or when i connect a portable hard drive or even a mouse, and sometimes when i wake my computer from hibernation. I don't think i did install anything new...