portable storage

  1. Can we use External Hard with Laptop

    Hello, all I am curious to know can we connect an external hard drive to an HP laptop...? I am actually looking to run multiple OS so I thought using an external drive will be an ideal way...
  2. Windows 8 why are there 2 options for making a V-hdd.

    Creating a virtual drive in vmware or hyper-v As a modern system hyper-v breaks a hdd into small pieces automatically but vmware still asks the user a question… do you want me too do this? Option 1 = a single file and option 2 is break the disc up into small pieces so what's the different and...
  3. Windows 7 External hdd not showing up in My Computer and Disk Management is not up-to-date

    Hi, I have a problem with my hdd. It hasn't fallen or anything but just all of a sudden it doesn't show up in My Computer. Before, it was showing up but was not accessible but this time when i try to change letter, it tells me that the disk management is not up-to-date. I have a Samsung M3 1TB...
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    Windows 7 USB ports actiing strangely

    Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on troubleshooting a strange problem that occurs when I plug a Segate USB protable HD into any of the USB ports on my computer. From time to time when I plug it in, after a few seconds I get a dialog box saying that the drive is not...
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    Understanding the Places Bar, Favorites and Libraries: How do they work, and how they can be customi

    Hi all, While using Windows XP, I used TweakUI to get the directories I frequently used with a minimum of fuss. The default options just didn't cut for me. At first, I thought the Libraries feature would be useful on Windows 7 but in my experience, they're more trouble than they're worth. What...
  6. Windows 7 PC will no longer read SD Card

    First post - please be gentle :) My desktop PC (Win7 Pro, 64 bit) has 2 SD Card readers. One built in to the PC itself, the other, a slot on the side of my Dell monitor. Both of these - until last week - would read and write to my SD cards with no problem. Cards ranging in size from 1 to 16Gb...
  7. Windows 7 Flash Drives Guide..

    Recently we have had a few posts to do with flash drives and the like, with some being better than others. So having noticed this 'buyers' guide I thought I'd post it in case anyone was interested... Link Removed