storage device

Receiving a critical warning for a storage device on your Windows system is a serious alert that demands immediate attention. Such warnings often indicate potential hardware failures, particularly in Solid-State Drives (SSDs), and can lead to data loss if not addressed promptly. This article...

When your new SSD isn’t showing up in Windows 10 or Windows 11, the experience can feel both frustrating and perplexing. Despite the ease with which modern hardware is usually detected and recognized, it’s surprisingly common for both veteran PC builders and new users to encounter a missing...

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 purchased that PNY Turbo 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD128TBOP-GE from Staples for only $20. I then found out that a lot of people are having tons of issues but others report nothing, but it seems like this model is getting some bad press. To my issue: I plugged the FD into my customer...

I have a windows 8 system in which it started saying, "No bootable device found" but when I go into the boot it shows the HDD there. I have no idea what should I do. I already took it out and put it back millions times.

Hello, i have problems with random bluescreens. Prime95 and memtest86+ show no errors. I recently got a new videocard, ssd and an extern storage device. The recent bluescreens are caused by ntoskrnl.exe and i don't know why. I hope you can help. Infos about it are attached. Thanks.

An external USB-connected HDD is write-protected after reformatting. How do I remove the write-protection? I tried a tip I found on several sites where the suggested solution is to set the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies value to zero, but that didn't...

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Hi I have 5 computers at home and one printer. All machines are windows 7. I would like to network these together and have a seperate storage device. What I plan to do is buy a router and plug all the machines into that. Then I would like to plug a usb storage device into the router so that all...

My HP laptop HD crashed, am trying to replace it with a Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD. I do not have Windows installation disks, only have Windows Recovery Disks. All installation instructions I have found for SSD's is for cloning, which I cannot do since the HD is dead. I have installed the SSD...

Hello - I have a HP Pavilion with Windows 7 Premium 64, and have my computer back up daily, with weekly system image back ups using the Windows back up utility. This backs up to a DLink DNS 323 network storage device. Last Friday my hard drive failed, and I didn't feel too bad becuase of my back...

Hi everyone. I have a big problem with a MP3 Player which I use it as a storage device. It has only 512 MB and I decided to use it as a stick. A long time ago i had encountered the problem shown in the "TITLE". So when i connect the device in ANY usb port it connects and disconnects every 3...

Fixes an issue in which you receive a "0x000000C2" Stop error after you insert removable media or a removable storage device into a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer. Link Removed

Fixes an issue in which a computer crashes when try to use the Microsoft Multipath I/O Command Line Reference utility (Mpclaim.exe) to claim a storage device. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Fixes an issue in which a computer may crash when try to use the Microsoft Multipath I/O Command Line Reference utility (Mpclaim.exe) to claim a storage device. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Hey Chaps n Chapes's I have a 120Gig USB drive that plugs into my pc (Win 7) and works fine. I gave it to a friend as it is surplus to requirement, but when i plugged it into there laptop which has also has Win 7 on, the light on the drive lights up but it doesn't actually connect. :( Does...

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

When I plug in my external HDD I hear the USB noise, but it does not show up under My Computer. It does however show up and it allows me to safely remove the device, though it doesn't have the original device's name (FlexDrive). So instead of "Eject Flexdrive" it says "Eject External". I've...

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After searching around for a couple of weeks only to get more frustrated, I found a solution that worked for me last night. I do see there are many threads about this, but hope you can handle one more. Funny thing was that in Safe Mode my external disk showed up and I could even go into it like...