usb hard drive

I'm helping my elderly dad restore a Macrium Reflect image from about 4 years ago to a brand new Dell Laptop. I just downloaded the Macrium software to the laptop and started a Restore over whatever was on the laptop. The MR image is located on a separate USB hard drive. Seemed to install OK...

I'm running a home domain network with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, a couple of other servers, three desktops and three laptops and a tablet running Win 10 Pro, and some android tablets and smartphones with an ASUS RT-87R router with attached USB hard drive. I just recently realized that...

When I copy huge archive files (more than 10 GB) over network or to an external USB hard disc then the Win7 handling slows down dramatically. I can hardly work on other programs like Word, Windows Explorer, Firefox,... Win7 reactions on mouse movements and clicks are with a delay of up to 10...

I am pulling out hair by the hand full! I have an external USB HD that I have used in the past and it also works perfectly on a Windows 8 laptop. BUT, it is acting very strange on my Win 7 PC. Here is the story: It shows up in Control Panel > Devices and Printers as: USB mass storage device...

I have an interesting situation that I need some help with. A friend of mine who lives in Alaska has a Vista system with a 320g hd and also has two 160g hd's from his old system. I suggested that he install one of the 160's inside his new machine and get an USB or Esata external case for the...

I'm using: OS - Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit CPU - AMD Athalon XP 2400+ 1.99GHz RAM - Kingston 2.00 Gb MOBO - VIA VT 8366a Apollo KT266a the problem I have is an 1Tb Western Digital external USB drive. It will work fine, but every now and then I can't access anything on it. I can browse...