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    Windows 7 Need help with data transfer

    My wife's laptop broke. Sony Vaio running windows Vista. I took out the hard drives. (It has 2 of them) I plugged my SATA/IDE to USB adapter to one of the drives and I got a message saying I must format the drive before I can use it.im running a toshiba laptop with windows 7 64 bit. I plug it...
    • cmartin
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    • computer management data backup data transfer disk format drive letter external drives file access file recovery hard drive lost files recognition issues sata sony vaio storage solutions tech support toshiba troubleshooting usb adapter windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Usb 3.0 will not recognize my 1tb drive but 2.0 will

    I have two drives by seagate 1tb and 500gb. The 1tb drive is highspeed but when i plug it into the 3.0usb ss it does not show up. Im stuck using the 2.0 drive. Can anyone give any help on this?
    • Ben DuPont
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    • 1tb drive data transfer external drive help highspeed recognition issues seagate storage usb 2.0 usb 3.0
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 not consistently recognizing optical drives and external HD

    Okay I have been having this problem for the past two months or so where my BIOS and/or Windows 7 is only sporadically recognizing my two optical drives and my external HD. I can't seem to find a fix! First, here are my specs: OS: Windows 7 Ultimate CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 445 Motherboard...
    • afwm1985
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    • access problems amd bios boot issues cdburnerxp computer build external hard drive gigabyte hardware installation lite-on optical drives recognition issues seagate storage devices troubleshooting usb windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Nothing is working!

    Had a lovely new Sony VPC laptop with Windows 7, following the death of my old one. Anyway, working lovely for a month. Tried to plub my iphone usb in yesterday to transfer some pics, and the comp wouldn't recognise it. Didn't appear in windows explorer, device manager, anywhere at all...
    • zyderman
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    • device manager external hard drive laptop recognition issues sony vpc tech support troubleshooting usb devices webcam windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Install Issues: External Hard Drive Not Recognized via FireWire

    i installed windows 7 and immediately had problems. after spending literally days worth of time on the phone to Microsoft support my original problem remains,they can't fix it. but my latest problem,which they can't fix either is my computer no longer recognizes my external hard drive through...
    • slecks
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    • computer problems device manager drivers external hard drive firewire hardware issues hp pavilion installation problems legacy drivers ports recognition issues support tech support troubleshooting usb port western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Card Reader not recognized

    Hi, I have a Toshiba p205 s-6287 laptop. My OS is windows 7 home premium 64-bit. My card reader isn't working either with a direct plug-in to the reader or through the USB port with the adapter. I have a Sony Cyber Shot DSC 7 digital camera. I can attach the camera through the USB port and...
    • donaldadkins
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    • card reader digital camera driver issues hardware problem home premium recognition issues toshiba troubleshooting usb adapter windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Won't Recognize External Hard Drive

    I'm using the release candidate and whenever I plug in my Western Digital Passport USB external hard drive, I get nothing. It doesn't show up in device manager or in My Computer. The light on the harddrive comes on and the drive spins up, so I know it's working. Windows just won't recognize it...
    • mattjones16
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    • device manager external drive hard drive recognition issues troubleshooting usb western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows Vista External hard drive problems

    Hi First of all, apologies if this is in the wrong forum, but i need help from somebody. I recently bought a new laptop that uses vista, i want to use my western digital external hard drive with it but it doesn't recognise it all the time. I have used the external drive on my old laptop...
    • andy_ash1
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    • data access external drive hard drive laptop power supply recognition issues troubleshooting usb connection western digital windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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