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Windows 7 BIOS Message ?
I just installed a WD Caviar Black internal as a second drive with no OS on it. It works fine but when I boot up there is a message right after HP splash screen the pops up and down and has something about drives. It's black background with white print. It goes down to fast to read. I don't...- Joe S
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- bios boot issues caviar black computer science configuration disk management error checking hardware internal drive loading screen pc upgrade secondary drive storage issues troubleshooting ultimate user inquiry windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 SSD missing after hybernate
I have a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit, and I am running two SSD's. Yesterday I had no computer issues what so ever, last night my computer went to "sleep", this morning I wake it up and my secondary SSD is not showing up in "my computer" or "disc management". I restarted and even unplugged...- Twrenn
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- clean install computer sleep disk management driver issues hard drive dock hibernation secondary drive software issues ssd thermaltake troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Hard Drive not detected
Hi, I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows 7 to my computer and it works perfectly fine, but Windows can't seem to find my secondary hard drive with some very important stuff on it. I earlier installed Ubuntu to try it out (from recommendation of a friend) and I could access the drive...- Untitled001
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- access issues data recovery disk management find and mount formatting hard drive reinstall secondary drive ubuntu windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Adding a second drive
I’m adding a 10x Internal Blu-ray Disc Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive to my computer. Is there a preferred socket I should connect the SATA cable to on the mother board or can I use any empty socket? I'm running Windows 7 (64-bit) Thanks Jessie- Jessie711
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- blu-ray drive configuration dvd drive hardware installation motherboard sata cable secondary drive storage devices windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Windows 7/XP/XP Setup dual booting issue
Hello, looking for some help with a couple of boot issues i'm having with my Windows 7 computer. I had better start from the beginning: This computer has 4 HDDs, 2x 1TB HDDs for storage, 2 for my seperate windows installations. Story: The first operating system was Windows XP and is...- djscrew
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- backup drive bios settings boot issues boot manager boot order clean install dual boot hard drive hdd format installation multi-os primary drive raid configuration recovery console secondary drive system post virtual drive windows 7 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 2 HDD/ Drive letter problem....WHY??
hi guys... i have vista sp2 OS installed(this prob is same in win7 too),on my dell studio 1737 laptop...it has 2 hdd options,my primary hdd is 320GB n secondary one is 500GB (purely for data,movies,songs). when i install OS,n in my computer it takes 500GBs hdd 1st drive as D drive.n then 320GBs...- awaisagha
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- computer management computer setup configuration data management dell studio disk management drive letter file system hard drive hdd issues partition primary drive secondary drive sp2 storage storage issues windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Told windows my second drive is CDFS its not.
I wanted to make Windows 7 recognize my second hard drive. Following online instructions I went to control panel --> computer management --> storage. when the window opened it asked me what filetype the drive is. I accdentally/stupidly clicked CDFS. now storage manager sees the disk, but...- GRY086
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- access issues cdfs computer management data recovery disk formatting disk management drive recognition file system file types guidance hard drive recovery replugging secondary drive storage issues troubleshooting unallocated drive windows 7 windows troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Trouble Accessing Secondary Hard Drive After Upgrading from Windows XP
I upgraded from xp. I have a primary and secondary in my pc, when i upgraded the secondary is no where to be found in my computer, i can still see it in devices, but there are no useful options for it. how can i read it, without having to reformat?- Enaxe
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- data recovery device management drive access file system hard drive secondary drive storage issues upgrade windows 10 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't share ONE folder.
I just installed Windows 7 and set up a secondary drive to share many folders including music, video, pictures, etc. and want to be able to view or listen to this content on my PS3. I set up sharing by creating libraries for each media type in WMP12 and set the sharing and security permissions...- drac
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- file sharing media library network sharing ps3 secondary drive troubleshooting video files windows 7 wmp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista Want to install Windows 7 on second drive....How?
Want to install Windows 7 on second drive....How? I am currently on Vista which is on C: drive, and I want to install Windows 7 on F: drive. How can I do that? Also how will I select which Windows I want to log on to? Thanks.- awaisuk
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- dual boot f drive installation logon selection secondary drive windows 7 windows upgrade windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Windows 7 can't find my second harddrive
Hi I recently installed Windows 7 and it's been working fine but when I go to "computers" it does not display my secondary harddrive only my primary, how do I add it? thank you- Gasgat
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- computer hard drive installation secondary drive storage windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Relocating personal folder to 2nd drive??
How can we change the personal folder to be located in the second drive? I know you can go in there and change individual folders, but I always ad folders . I just want to put things in there and have them go to the hard drive! Microsoft should have known to allow this! Easily!- professorkev
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- file management folders hard drive microsoft personal files relocation secondary drive storage windows settings
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows Vista Screen goes black
When I boot, after the Vista green loading bar disappears and before the Windows Vista logo appears, the system stops to respond (I get a black screen, no mouse, no cursor, no HDD activity, nothing). This occurred after I installed a second hard drive. When I disconnect the drive I can boot up...- stsaf
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- black screen boot issues hard drive installation secondary drive system freeze system response troubleshooting windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Dual Boot Win7(x64) and XP Pro (x86)
I have Windows XP (SP3) in a 32-bit OS loaded on my primary hdd. I loaded Windows 7 (64-bit) on a secondary hdd and can select upon boot which OS I want to use. I seem to be having some trouble with this config because I've had to reload Win7 twice so far. Once I get it loaded and office back...- KOKJ
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- 32-bit 64-bit boot issues configuration disk management dual boot error resolution installation issues microsoft office primary drive repair mode secondary drive sp3 system performance tech support troubleshooting user experience windows 7 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 no secondary hdd
my device manager says my secondary drive is attached and working properly but I can't seem to access it, is there something I'm missing or is it one of those things that hasn't been fixed yet, I just built a new system with a 64gb ssd and a 1tb hdd and ssd is reading wonderfully but not enough...- omnivious
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- 1tb 64gb access issues device manager hdd new build secondary drive ssd storage system build
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Resolving 2MB Visibility Issue on 320GB Drive with GUID Partition Table
i can only see 2mb of my 320Gig secondary drive. in he device manager it says GUID partition table. I need the info on the rest of the drive. Common and give me a reason to come back From using LINUX.....- hvacmoose
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- configuration data recovery device manager disk management file system guid linux partition secondary drive storage
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Windows Vista Deleting Windows Vista from a secondary hard drive?
I installed Windows Vista yesterday, accidentally doing so on my "D" drive rather than my primary "C" drive. After realizing my mistake, I simply did an image restore of my former XP OS and reinstalled Vista on my primary "C" drive. No problems except.... The Windows files from my initial...- NJRonbo
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- disk cleanup file deletion file management hard drive image restore installation secondary drive windows vista windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support