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Creating a bootable USB drive is becoming an essential task for many Windows users, particularly with the introduction of Windows 11. A bootable USB drive allows for convenient installation of the operating system on various devices and is particularly helpful for clean installations or system...

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Greetings, I have finally got a VM to boot to a 'SecureRescueCD' in order to repair my Western Digital MyCloud 6TB drive. I have the 6TB plugged into a USB port, and recognized within Disk Manager. As part of the procedure, I have taken the Drive 'Offline' If I boot the VM without the 6TB...

Hello! I'm trying to clone my 512GB SSD to my much larger 4TB USB hard drive, without disrupting the other partitions. I've tried cloning 3 different ways: GParted, Macrium reflect cloning, and Macrium Reflect image and then restored to the drive. In each case I cannot boot. Though the clone is...

I am trying to make a backup on a one-terabyte USB Drive. When I try to make a file history backup it will appear fine for about 5 minutes. Then it shows an error saying that a file on the drive is corrupted and cannot be read. After I got this message I checked the drive for corruption. I find...

I have a Samsung T7 with Samsung’s encrypted password option enabled. I want a daily scheduled task that will take the drive offline and the only way to access it again is to unplug and replug it - alternatively put it in such a state that even if something malicious was to run code on my pc to...

Hello, I work as the sole member of the IT department of a small business. I spend much time replacing dead storage drives or setting up new workstations. I was wondering if there was a way I could write a script that I could put on a USB drive that I could plug into a PC with a fresh...

I upgraded from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11 Pro on Dell XPS 8940 purchased 2 years ago. I upgraded a few months ago when Windows Update said my computer was ready. The upgrade went smoothly with no issues. I frequently attach a USB external drive to the computer and back up large files to it...

I have a new USB with windows 10 on it I've ad bad crash and I've tried just about everything. My pen drive is bootable with thru Rufus I have it format to fat32. BIOS recognizes it. But then I get to the installation to partition it doesn't show up. Can I plz get sum help. I even used (freeDOS)...

I do not understand formatting with different operating systems. An example would be using a flash drive in my computer running windows 11 and formatting it at the default which is fat 32. Then I insert in either a Chromebook or a MacBook or Linux each having different operating systems. When my...

Hello, I just bought a Lenovo Idea Pad with Windows 11 pre installed on it. However I cannot tolerate Windows 11 for x,y,z reasons. I saw on internet that in order to go to windows 10 professional, I have to re-image the laptop. I am a bit technology savvy so if anybody could give the desired...

My desktop is a mess so I'd like to take one of my spare hard drives (wiped) and turn it into something like a large USB drive. I don't know how to reactivate a totally wiped drive though. I bought the two 500gb drives from eBay. Wish they could have put something on them so they'd boot. I'll...

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I used it (not recently), a WD-10EAVS 1TB External, on Windows before, I tested the USB port with different non WD disks, all fine, I tested the disk itself on the same USB port with Seatools for Windows and it passes all and every test, It shows up in Disk Management, status OK, 1 Primary...

I created a Windows 10 install in a VHD file using VirtualBox to create the Windows 10 VHD and put it on a external USB Harddrive which has Ventoy flashed on it using the Ventoy Windows VHD plugin. And it works great, good performance even for gaming however the only downside is that around...

Downloaded latest version of Windows 10 ISO, created a bootable USB flash drive. Upon trying to boot with it install it on a 2021 Acer Swift 3 with EVO processor and UEFI Bios, the installer is unable to detect the NVME SSD drive !!

I have had this issue for awhile am I cannot find a permanent solution. I have an external drive that I use across computers for samples and I can never get it to stay at the same letter (R:), forcing me to change it in the disk manager each time it happens. It can stay on the drive letter for...

Hello I have a Windows 10 Enterprise ISO that I added to a USB drive by using RUFUS. I disabled “secure boot” to get the usb to boot up to Windows 10 Enterprise, but it doesn’t recognize the M.2 SSD hard drive when it boots up. I assume that the SSD drivers need to be added to the bootable USB...

after transferring a large no of files from this hard drive to another hard drive... after sometime i removed the drive and plugged in again... and then it appears like the photo i have uploaded.. please help..

Wanted to upgrade my old HP laptop from using Vista Home Premium to Win 7. Installed a clean copy of Win 7 Pro N. Installation not good and product key given not valid. Using on-line guide to restore Vista from "Windows.Old" was able to return setup to Vista ' almost. On start received the...