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Windows 7 Chkdsk on slow HDDs
One of my HDDs was doing incredibly slow today what made me run chkdsk in the command line. It says that there was an error in a file with the number 337105 - so I would like to know which file on my harddrive this is. Do you know how to find out what files are concerned according to a given...- TRSS
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- chkdsk command line data recovery error file recovery hdd performance issues storage issues
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 External HDD is read as a CD Drive
I have a 1tb HP External HDD that has a lot of files on it. The drive worked fine until yesterday and when I plugged it into the USB port it activated as "CD Drive (G:) HP Launcher". I used explorer and was not able to locate any of my files. There are 2 files showing: 1. HPLauncher.exe 2...- RobSr
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- autorun cd drive computing data recovery device recognition disk management drive not recognised external drive file access file management file system hp launcher rookie help storage issues tech support troubleshooting usb issues user guide windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 When renaming a fold "Photos" all contents disappear
I had a folder full of photos on my external hard drive and moved them to my new computer. I copied the folder over to: "My Documents"->"My Folder"->"Photos" on my laptop's D: partition (C: contains Win7) When I click into the Photos folder I don't see any files and the file counter at the...- beebopbogo
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- bug data loss external drive file properties file renaming file visibility folders photos storage issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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OneDrive help needed fasr !!!!!
I had a video file on OneDrive that has somehow disappeared. Does anyone know who I can contact at Microsoft to get this file back ? I need it to give it to law enforcement, as it's of someone breakinto my bedroom and stealing a few of my item's. The person is on probation and I need the video...- brkkab
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- account recovery backup cloud computing data loss disappearance evidence file recovery file search law enforcement microsoft onedrive privacy probation security storage issues support tech help troubleshooting user support video
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Incorrect Disk Free Space information for a DFS client share
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- data management dfs disk space error reporting file system microsoft network sharing storage issues
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 8 Unusual drive problem
I have a Windows XP SP3 computer with something strange going on that I've never seen before (see attachment). Windows explorer shows two drives C:\ and E:\ That wouldn't be particularly strange except there is only one physical drive with a single 1 terabyte partion on it. Disk Management show...- Trouble
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- chkdsk data integrity defrag disk management drive issues duplicate files explorers file management ghost drive malware partition storage issues system performance tech support troubleshooting user experience windows forum windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Drive F fills automatically
The drive F of my sister's PC has been automatically filling up for some time and now out of the 76 gb only 6.5 mb remains. There is nothing in the drive except somethings called WindowsImageBackup and USER-PC. Why is this happening? Is it a virus problem?- Rafid Mahbub
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- backup data recovery disk cleanup disk space file management pc maintenance storage issues user files virus concern windowsimagebackup
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Please Help - Bios detects HDD's, but fails to boot from CD or HDD.
A little odd, but maybe someone here can help :D If i have any drives hooked up via sata cable, the computer wont boot from disk. If I have no HDD hooked up, it will. I am using a GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2p motherboard with a amd 6 core 1045t. I truly appreciate any help, thank you again.- stepeato
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- amd bios boot boot drive gigabyte hdd motherboard sata storage issues troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can a certain hard drive size make a laptop shut down randomly?
Good day, I would like to know if a certain hard drive size, say 1TB, affect a laptop by making it shut down and restart before the laptop even starts. The laptop does not restart in safe mode, only in normal mode. I recently got a new 1TB hard drive for my HP g60-519 laptop and I am wondering...- RaenCamp
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- 1tb hard drive incompatibility laptop normal mode restart safe mode shutdown storage issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP HDD Visible in Explorer but Not in Device Manager on Windows XP SP3
my hdd works fine but does not show up in device manager or in computer managements. Shows up in explorer. The led also blinks ocassionally. Asus motherboard, Seagate 1T hdd. Windows XP sp3. Indexing is turned off. Partitioning and formatting was done with Partition Wizard v7. Could someone...- terry
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- asus computer management device manager disk issues drivers explorer file system formatting hardware hdd indexing motherboard partition partition wizard seagate sp3 storage issues support troubleshooting windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Folders missing from the additional hard drive.
Hello I have two Internal Hard disks in my system. First one is partitioned and used for system. i don't have problem on this hard disk. My second hard disk is 500 GB, and is not partitioned. I m using this drive for storing movies and music. The problem I faced is two of the folders are...- Watsmyname
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- chkdsk data loss data recovery disk space file management file search file system hard drive hidden files missing files movies music partition storage storage issues system files tech support used space user inquiry windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Error message occurs after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive
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- bios settings boot drive configuration disk management hardware compatibility microsoft support sata mode storage issues troubleshooting
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 8 Things in wrong places
This happened to me once before on my old computer and i don't know what I did to cause it then and still don't today. I have a new laptop and once again, things are in wrong places. ex: in the picture files are my downloaded files. In my download file there are only 5 items. If I try to put...- PattiChati
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- computer frustration desktop management documents download file location file management file recovery malware storage issues virus scan
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 External hdd data loss
Hello All, I seem to have encountered a strange problem with my external hdd (Transcend Storejet 1.5TB). For some reason the volume label changed to the label of another external hdd (same type). That's not really a problem but a large number of folders and files disappeared. I've tried...- Kaleido
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- corrupted files data loss external drive recovery recycle bin storage issues testdisk transcend storejet windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 I need to format? Again?
As of a few days an external drive connected via USB has generated this error message: Link Removed popping up every few minutes, despite the disk being recently wiped, repartitioned and fomatted and working well. Why is this? It stopped being fun a long time ago...what can I do? (Windows 7...- Commander_Cool
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- disk management external drive file system formatting partition storage issues usb issues windows 7 wipe drive
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD computer unusable cant decipher
My computer has been blue screening for well over a year. I put it in storage after it started happening, the problem persists after os reinstall, complete and total format, and with a new graphics card. Myself and a colleague had assumed through process of elimination that it was my Radeon 4850...- Zyro
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- blue screen bsod computer issues diagnostics dump files error codes flash drive gaming graphics card hardware memory os reinstall performance radeon software storage issues system crash tech support troubleshooting user experience
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 I corrupted my hard drive (HELP!)
Hi, i have a Fujitsu mhv2060ah 60GB with a S.M.A.R.T problem and it says the imminent something doesn't work or something like that. The way im guessing this happened was that i plugged this hard drive into another laptop and then plugged it into the original laptop and just saying it i did...- Lok
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- compaq connection issues corruption data recovery diagnostics disk issues external drive file system firmware formatting fujitsu hard drive laptop s.m.a.r.t. storage issues tablet tech support troubleshooting utilities
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 Unable to convert unallocated space to a New Disk
I have bought a brand new HP Pro 3330 Microtower model recently. I had ordered it with 500GB hard disk and it had come with Windows 8 Pro OS. OS was installed in the C drive having all the space (465GB) available. I would like to have another disk as I don't want to save my data in the same...- sanchit
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- data management disk management hard drive hp pro 3330 partition storage issues unallocated space volume resize windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Confusion About Logical Partition Properties and Usage in Windows 7
I created an extended logical partition on my HD using Paragon Partition Manager 10-64 bit (I'm running 64bit Win7 Home). In the creation process I left 121.x GB on the C: Primary partition (also left untouched the 2 unlabeled partitions for the system). And created an extended logical...- RWB
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- disk management drive properties extended partition free space logical drive ntfs paragon partition manager partition storage issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Can't upload data to my External Drive
I have two WD External Hard Drives and I can't copy some things to them. I don't think it's my hard drive because I can copy 70 GB of pictures with no problem but when I try and copy about 40 GB of DVD programs I get an error message. I have an attachment.- lostsoul65
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- copy issues data transfer dvd maker external drive file size file transfer hard drive storage issues
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- Forum: Windows Software