storage devices

Hi, I put two HDDs on GA P55A-UD4P motherboard in Raid1 type array (on Intel SATA Controller) and they were working fine for quite some time (2 weeks or so). One day, after Windows started up, I noticed a blue icon on Intel RST manager and it says that the array is initializing. What does...

How well do the PCI type cards for USB 3.0 and eSata work on PCs with motherboards that don't support USB 3.0 and eSata? I see WD has new externals and people are posting issues of slow transfer speeds and loosing conections. I suspect the above may be a big part of the problem. Joe

I upgraded from XP to W7 Pro. I can burn CD-ROMs but not DVDs. My two optical drives are SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A ATA. They worked fine in XP. I've tried updating and uninstalling the drivers from Device Manager, no good. The odd thing is that both Roxio 2010 and Windows DVD Maker will encode...

All my trip photos were on a DVD. I put the dvd in the computer and went to open it from MY COMPUTER. It asked me if I wanted to treat the DVD like a USB FLASH DRIVE and I said ok. Then it started formating the dvd and since usually formating a disk causes all the data to be erased I aborted the...

My computer suddenly, and for the first time since i got win7(x64) in nov 09, BSoD'd on me. My bios wont recognize the drive (OCZ vertex SSD) anymore, and when i loaded win7 repair disk and it wont recognize it either. I then loaded win7 onto another disk and put the problem disk on as a...

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...

My hard drive is not showing in my computer. I installed partition magic and it showed to fix some errors and i clicked yes it fixed 2 errors and then showed some problem.........and my laptop restarted and after it was reboot my two other drives not showing in my computer.......i tried to give...

The model number of the external hard drive is: PA4096-1HF4 Its a 3.5 inch, 640GB external drive from Toshiba with USB 2.0 interface. The OS is Windows 7 Home Ultimate (64 bit). As per this URL : Windows 7 Compatibility for Storage Devices: Hard Drives, External Hardware: Download Device...

usb bracelets plug right into your computer's usb port to read, write, copy and delete files just like you would with a disk. Measures 8 1/2 inches long. when you connect to your computer, your computer will automatically detect and configure the disk without the need to restart. You can play...

Windows 7 can be installed by a variety of methods although the one we are interested here is the 'Clean Install' method. This method can cause anxiety due to the 'Bios' changes that are used especially if the user is unfamiliar with entering the Bios and making changes. I must add that not all...

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...

Hello! I'm having this weird problem. After about each second/third reboot one of my 6 hard drives become read only. It usually happen to a random drive (though, so far drive where W7 is installed never had that disease, yet) . I can't change any files on that drive and even right click option...

Hi. I have 5 hard disks on my computer (four SATA internal + one external). I was able to get disk management in W7 to work one time. It reported one of my hard disks incorrectly, telling me I have a 2 Teribyte drive when I do not have it. I attempted a reformat (NTFS, default). Anyway, after...

After updating my HP a6500f desktop to Windows 7 Home Premium I am experiencing the following issue: Any of my 3 brands of External USB drives disconnect in 64 bit Windows 7 OS when transferring large files to USB from...

I have recently purchased a laptop with Windows 7 (64 bit).I also planned to buy Tata photon USB data card but when I plugged in to check, windows 7 is detecting it as storage device but it is not detecting modem. :( :confused: I have seen that data card working on all earlier versions of...

RUNNING WINDOWS 7600 RTM. acer m5641- q6600 4gig ram-ati 4650- all drivers are installed. Everything works except flashdrives. I plug the drive in and windows detects it and seems it as a flash drive- yet media player 12 only reports it as u3 not as the flsh drive, for some reason windows media...

DVD Drives not visible in "My Computer" [Solved] Hi all, I've recently reinstalled windows 7 x64 (build 7057) on my computer, due to irrecoverable issues I've faced before. Although I had no similar problem on the previous windows 7 x64 (build 7057) installation (despite no internet access was...

My 3.5 Floppy, that worked on a couple of Linux versions and on Windows XP, will not work in Windows 7. Windows Explorer recognizes the drive, but doesn't recognize a disc when a known good disc is inserted. Does anyone know if 3.5 Floppy support been eliminated from Windows 7? :confused...

I have a Windows Vista V6317 Home Premium 32bit Notebook. I have a 2.0 Kingston Flash Drive and I want to be able to view its contents in My Computer. http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z32/googlekit/preview.jpg USED to pop up when I inserted by USB flash drive. When I tried location and...

Hi all Just got a new laptop (Dell XPS M1530 800Mhz, 4GB memory, 250GB hard drive - sweet machine) with Win Vista Ultimate. On my old machine I had attached 2 external hard drives to hold photos/music/etc. Transfered the USB cables over to the new machine expecting them to just work. My Seagate...