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  1. What is the best way to update my music files to an external hard drive?

    I have a Windows 10 desktop computer and a Seagate 1 TB external hard drive, and I would like to know: What is the best and easiest way to update my music files onto the external hard drive? I often add new music files to my computer and sometimes delete music files that I don't really listen...
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    Copy and Paste with a folder using Dell Win10 laptop and 2TB Seagate drive

    I am trying to back up contents of my "Documents" folder which is on my C: drive of a Dell Win10 laptop, by copying the entire "Documents" folder onto my Seagate 2TB USB external drive. But something looks very odd with the result. When I compare the size of the "copied-from" folder to the size...
  3. Windows 10 Data Recovery

    I stupidly deleted files from my Seagate backup, OneDrive, and computer. How can I get them back? I have tried Recuva but it does not work. The Windows Recovery does not work. Any suggestions particularly any software that really works? Thanks, srbuckeye
  4. Windows 10 Disk usage always at 100%, random fps drop

    I've already disabled Superfetch and sysmain, but my disk usage is still always at 100%. How do I fix this? Not sure if that's related to my random fps dropping? Help with fps dropping is appreciated too. PC specs- Asus rog GL753VD windows 10 64-bit hard drive: Seagate firecuda gaming 2tb SSHD...
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    Windows 10 IRQL_NOT_LESS_EQUAL ndis.sys error

    Hello.I'm currently experiencing repeated BSOD followed by reboot with the message IRQL_NOT_LESS_EQUAL ndis.sys error. The situation began shortly after getting the July update on my Windows 10 pro AND after updating my LAN Driver with driver booster to Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller...
  6. Windows 10 PC not starting as before

    On start up is interrupted asking to press either f1 to get in Bios to sort it out & set date/time or f2 for defaults. Whichever I choose it still does same on every star up. Can you help? Home build, Asus P5K Premium wifi Intel, Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM...
  7. Windows 10 Diskpart seems confused as to disk size - but only sometimes

    Hello everyone, I've come across a weird problem that I'd like to share with you: under certain circumstances, Diskpart and some other programs don't report the correct capacity of a hard disk. The disk in question is a new 4 TB, or 3.64 TiB (3726 GiB), Seagate BarraCuda, initalized as a GPT...
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    Windows 10 Can you have multiple operating systems on a Windows PC?

    I'm on a Windows 10 high end laptop. I have the C drive and also D, E and G drives. G drive is a USB 2TB Seagate. Is it possible for me to install a Linux distribution on the G drive (or the D drive) and run this instead of the Windows 10 installation?
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    Windows 7 Disk Free Space

    I have an external Seagate 8TB USB disk . As usual , when I have less than 10% free disk space , Win 7 gives me a warning . If this is only a data disk , is it still important to have at least 10% free space ?
  10. Aggravated.. External HDD not detected.

    Hello. So, I have this 2 TB HDD and up until about a week ago Windows 10 stopped detecting it. I connected it to my laptop also running Windows 10 and reformatted it to FAT32. Was that the ring thing to do or should I have formatted it to NTSF? Windows 10 (this computer) still can't detect the...
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    Windows 10 Computer with Win 10 needs new Hard drive

    My HP dc7900 desktop came with Win 7 Home. It was upgraded up to Win 10 in 2015. It has all the latest updates, etc. It has a few... (be honest many) problems almost every day to contend with. I think the hard drive may be the problem. It has a Seagate Barracuda 7200-9 160 GB HP WGBU...
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    Very slow internal hard drive transfer speeds

    Hi I'm getting very slow hard drive transfer speeds. Both drives are SATA: Seagate Barracude Green 2TB 6Gb/s 5900RPM ST2000DL003 HGST 4TB 6Gb/s 7200RPM HDN724040ALE640 There is plenty of space on each drive. I'm transferring from the Seagate to the HGST. I'm copying over some video...
  13. Windows 7 Back to investigating network discrepancy

    I'm trying to figure out why my htpc is suffering at streaming videos from the net. htpc is running Windows 7 SP1 with all the patches etc., except the annoying Windows 10 stuff. (I've not upgraded this to 10 nor do I plan to as it is an htpc using MediaCenter.) htpc Configuration OS: Windows...
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    Windows 7 Slow Directory display on USB disk

    I have a Seagate Backup Plus 8TB Desktop USB External Hard Drive on my Win 7 ASUS G73S laptop . It works well , just for one problem . If I don't access a directory on it for a few minutes , then when I do , the file display can take quite a while to come up , while I get a slow advancing green...
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Partition Problems

    I have a seagate 3tb hdd that i got about a year ago and have noticed that i can only use 1.27tb of it. After some investigation i learned about partitions but i can not extend the volume to use the rest, when i try to i get the error:"only the first 2tb are usable on large mbr" can anybody help me?
  16. Windows 10 System Image help needed

    I'm having issue's in Windows 10 Pro x64 making system images. I've got Windows & Programs on a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB ssd. I created a folder in C:\Program Files(x86)\ named Games. I setup Disk Management to use this folder in Windows to store my Games on a Intel 530 Series 480GB ss I have. My...
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    Windows 10 Unable To Install Windows 10/8.1/7 On MSI Z170a Xpower Gaming Titanium Edition

    Issue: Each time i try to install windows 10 pro 64bit the install crashes and gives me a blue screen giving me two errors. The first being the one that comes up most often IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL and the second Drive Overran Stack Buffer. Also in the Bios when i try to enable windows 8.1/10 whql...
  18. Need help deciding on 2 components for new pc build

    I'm currently in the process of getting parts for a new computer build. So far I have a Asus Maximus VIII Hero mobo and a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB. M/2 ssd for it. I'm also going to be re-using the Seagate Barracuda 3.0TB h.d , Intel 530 Series 400GB ssd (for Games), Lite On DVD-RW, Lite ON Blu-ray...
  19. Tappin firmware update

    FYI On 6th Oct 2015 the service provider of Tappin will be updating their certificates to increase the security of their servers. When this occurs Seagate Central devices will need a firmware update to continue to utilize the remote access functionality. Link Removed
  20. Windows 7 BSOD playing games

    My specs GPU: Gtx 960 CPU: fx 8320 @3.5 MoBo:GB-78LMT-USB3 RAM: 4x4gb Ripjaw HDD: Seagate 7900rpm(I think) SDD: Intel 250gb PSU: 475w I also have multiple fans and temps are good I've been getting the BSODs when playing games and they are getting spookin me. I have dont the following tests...