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Discussions about USB enclosures on WindowsForum.com cover using external cases to connect internal hard drives or optical drives via USB. Common topics include safely ejecting drives, drive letter assignment issues in Disk Management, and troubleshooting when an external drive is not recognized after copying large files. Users also explore using enclosures for data recovery, cloning hard drives, and repurposing old drives. Problems such as operating system not found after a failed update, drives showing as RAW or requiring formatting, and conflicts with Windows updates are frequently raised. The tag reflects practical advice for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 users dealing with USB enclosure compatibility and data access.
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    Hard Disk + case usb eject windows question

    I use a USB3.0 enclosure case, brand and model Kesu 2530 and Orico 25PW1 black, i use 2.5" HDDs models and brands Seagate ST500LM030 and WDC WD10JPVX-08JC3T5, APPLE HDD HTS541010A99E662 In Windows 10 and others Windows there is an eject function (safely remove hardware) when this function is...
    • nandobadam88
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    • data recovery external drive friction damage hdd hdd issues safely remove hardware seagate storage usb enclosure wdc windows 10
    • Replies: 83
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 8 Operating system not found + Files still there...

    I am using Windows 8.1. After getting stuck on a Windows update screen I turned off the computer via the power button. Long story short, when booting my laptop I get the message 'Operating System Not Found'. However, I bought a USB HDD Enclosure and plugged it into another computer. All my...
    • anxy99
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    • backup boot issues clean install corrupted files data recovery disk management error message external storage file access hard drive laptop issues operating system repair options software issues system restore troubleshooting usb enclosure windows 8.1 windows update
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Disk Management no longer automatically assigning drive letters to external usb hard drives.

    I use a lot of different usb hard drives in my shop. I have two basic enclosures, a generic one that uses pata drives on a usb 2.0 cable and an Apricon USB SATA 2.0 adapter. Suddenly when I plug in a new drive device manager does see the drive and installs it in device manager. I can see the...
    • techs
    • Thread
    • chipset drivers computer issues device manager disk cleanup disk management drive letter external drive pata drive registry sata adapter service pack storage devices troubleshooting usb drives usb enclosure windows 7 windows pro
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 6TB external drives (Raid 5) can't be recognized after copying >2TB files

    I have 4x2TB external hard drives in a raid5 configuration, I converted it to GPT disk using Disk Magagement in Windows 7. It showed basic disk, NTFS, 1 partition, 5.40TB, which is normal. It seemed pretty well at first. But after copying files >2TB to this drive, some files were lost and cann't...
    • qlong
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    • data loss data recovery disk formatting disk management external drive file copy file system gpt partition hard drive hardware issues lenovo mediasonic ntfs raid storage issues system detection troubleshooting usb enclosure western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 external lite-on lh20a1p

    hi not sure if this the right forum, but i will ask. I have a laptop running windows 7, the CD/DVD writer is quite slow so I pulled my writer from my old desktop and purchased a USB enclosure for it. When I plugged this in Windows 7 recognised it and installed drivers:). I thought all was good...
    • steve c
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    • burning issues cd writing driver installation external drive lite-on media player nero troubleshooting usb enclosure windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  6. GamerKingFaiz

    Windows 7 Cloning a Hard Drive Questions

    Hey guys, I have a Link Removed due to 404 Error that I sent into RMA, and I was thinking when I got it back I'd replace it with my notebook's 80 GB Seagate HDD. My question is, can I simply use the enclosure (which connects via USB) and some cloning software (such as Link Removed software)...
    • GamerKingFaiz
    • Thread
    • backup cloning data transfer external drive hard drive operating system rma seagate usb enclosure
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 HDD that worked under Vista suddenly gone?

    I have three large hard drives in an external USB enclosure - one 1.5TB formatted as NTFS, and two 1TB both formatted NTFS (I think). All three disks worked perfectly under Vista and, from time to time, on a Mac I also use at home. I recently upgraded my PC to Win7, and suddenly, two of the HDD...
    • ataylor2009
    • Thread
    • data recovery disk management efi partition external drive hdd ntfs storage issues usb enclosure windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  8. nehoma

    Windows 7 Hard drive problem

    Suddenly one of my hard drives (E: so not the boot drive) started behaving oddly and suddenly becam inaccessible. So I tried to format it. Rebooted and the computer would not start. So I took the drive out and put it in an external enclosure and connected via USB and it works a treat. Put a new...
    • nehoma
    • Thread
    • asus bios settings boot issues computer boot device manager external drive formatting hard drive hardware issues inaccessible lan motherboard sata channel serial port storage issues system crash system repair troubleshooting usb enclosure
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows Vista Help! Vista doesn't start!

    Please help me! I got my laptop less than a year ago. It's an ASUS G1-S Gaming Laptop. It's running Vista Home Premium 32bit. I had this problem twice before, but the only thing I didn't really take the time to figure out the problem. So I reinstalled Vista with the built-in partition(both...
    • white_knight319
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    • asus g1s boot issues data recovery error message external drive gaming hardware hard drive hardware issues incompatibility os reinstall partition safe mode software issues startup system mechanic tech support teenager usb enclosure windows repair windows vista
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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