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When attempting to turn on BitLocker using a Startup Key as a protector and the system check option is accepted, BitLocker restarts the machine to complete the hardware test. If the USB drive holding the Startup Key is removed, or if USB ports are not... More...

When attempting to turn-on BitLocker using a Startup-Key as a protector and the system check option is accepted. BitLocker restarts the machine to complete the hardware test. If the USB drive holding the Startup-Key is removed or if USB ports are not... More...

From a fresh start up of the computer, I can get my thumbnails to generate any where on my computer, the NAS, or the USB attached to the NAS. However, after a short period (not specific, can be 5 mins or 30 mins), the USB drive attached to the NAS will no longer generate thumbnails, however...

Hi, I recently purchased Windows 7 and for a few months it was great. Then I did a repair install because I kept getting the 'busy' blue circle around the mouse pointer which was very distracting when trying to do my accountancy tests from the CD ROM. After the repair install W7 seemed to be...

Hi guys I know I am a newbie here but I am no newbie to tech. However there is a problem I have been having recently and I can't seem to beat it lol and it's irritating me! So I was wondering if you could help me solve my dilema. See I use a batch file on my USB that protects it (From...

Recently I have been getting a BSOD every time I plug in a usb drive. As soon as I plug it in, I get the popup asking me what I want to do (open folder, etc.) followed by the blue screen . It says "Page_fault_in_non_paged_area". At the bottom it says STOP: 0x00000050. I tried booting into...

Hi! I have an external USB HDD that I want to be able to move between computers. Problem is everytime I move and try to open a folder on the next computer I get the permission error and must take ownership of it with the new computer. I want to be able to switch the drive between the...

Last month, I bought a 128GB Crucial M4 SSD for my MSI FX603-064US notebook. Performance is excellent, couldn't ask for more, especially given the bottleneck, the SSD is designed for SATA3, my MB is SATA2. But I have a concern. I've read forum posts & articles that states that it's not good to...

When I try and install windows XP from windows 7 I get this error Link Removed I have copied the cd content from another computer and placed it on a USB drive. Also i tried reinstall XP from this USB stick on my other computer and it reinstalled just fine So is there any workaround this...

My desktop background became solid black colors and can only select from solid colors. Even if I select image it still shows solid color and thumbnail of image in win7/personalization does not work. (look at image 1 below) another problem all folder, video and image thumbnails dont work (look...

I'm about off my head with frustration here. I know there are a lot of others who seem to have bumped into this particular problem but I haven't found any successful answer as yet. My desktop machine has a USB hard drive, 3.5 inch in a case, with a capacity if 1tb which I use as a storage medium...

Win 7 x64,i5,6GB, msie 9 I have tried 4 brands of cds to create a repair disc>Start, security,backup my computer,create repair disc. The disc burns but after F12 for boot order, nothing appears. I tried the os disc>repair but it says to contact the manufacturer. I tried F8 repair which said to...

Configuration and Condition of Computer: * Have a OLD Computer... * NO CD/DVD Drive * USB Port is present * No option to Boot From USB Port now how to install WIN-7...?

I have Windows 7 installed and up until recently I could read and write files from my hard disk to my usb thumb drive. Now after some updates were downloaded and applied (automatically so I am not sure what was installed), when I insert my drive into the usb slot, the Bitlocker Drive Encryption...

My computer is currently stuck on a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left hand corner. I tried rebooting from a bootable disk and from a bootable flash drive and neither one worked. My machine is an HP Pavilion Elite HPE-110f. I am running on the 64 bit version. Has anyone run into...

Hello, In the past two days, my external HD becomes disconnected when the sytem sits idle, or after a restart. I can see the drive (D:), click it and it will open - but without folders. If I disconnect and reconnect both the USB and power cables, it will be restored. I have done nothing new...

I'm interested in using Bitlocker on 7 Ultimate to encrypt the entire main hard drive...but the laptop doesn't have TPM. Which as I understand it, ordinarily means that one MUST use a USB Flash Drive at every boot to supply the key. But what I'd very much prefer instead is to use the internal...

Why is it that so many Western Digital products suck at what they do? Every time I tried using a storage device by WD it's been acting up. One time a drive wasn't even being detected by a computer (or other computers I've tried it on) and now this new 1 TB external drive is not wanting to...

I am trying to fix a Samsung laptop for a friend. She admits to having 'fiddled' with the networking applets in Control Panel with the result that neither LAN nor Wi-fi functions any more. I have noticed that I am unable to use the GUI to access IPv4 Properties because the button is greyed out...

I am trying to allow only certain computers on my HomeNetwork to access a network drive. My router is a BT HomeHub 3 and thecomputers are all connected by ethernet cables, the computer I don't want tohave access is wireless. The network drive is connected to the network using aUSB on the...