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Windows 7 BSOD Might be Hardware, but I can't tell
Hello all, I hate for this to be my first post, but oh well. I've seen threads similar to this one but of course not the same. I've been getting BSODs lately. First it started with a couple while I was sleeping, then they started to happen while I was using the computer, and eventually got so...- Jared Witt
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- audio drivers bios boot issues bsod computer issues dual channel ecs graphics card hardware nvidia performance ram reinstall system specs troubleshooting upgrade warranty western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Cant Restore Folders/Files In External Hardrive to New Windows 7
Restore Folders/Files From External Hard Drive to New Windows 7 Hello I am trying to switch over my sister computer from Vista to windows 7. I used a Western digital 1 TB external hard drive Drive (G: and ran the windows Vista back-up from her account *not the hidden administrator account...- korhehe
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- backup data recovery external drive file recovery switching os vhd file western digital windows 7 windows vista
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Persistent BSOD Errors: Random Crashes and Possible HDD/RAM Issues
Hello, greetings to all. I have some problems with BSOD. About one month, month and a half my PC started freezing and BSOD errors were shown to me. The problem was i couldn't do anything on the PC, 'cos it crashed sometimes even when playing Spider Solitaire. The freezes and BSOD were random...- Kristijan Rusu
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- asacpi.sys avast bsod driver issues event viewer freezing hdd issues intel kaspersky kernel error malware memory test ntoskrnl.exe nvidia performance issues security software system crash troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Random Screen Freeze / Intermittent and varied BSODs
As per the title, I am suffering from recurrent system freezes and intermittent and variable BSODs. I've attched the necessary images and system spec. Many thanks for any help, The system is: Item: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit -...- dollie31
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- 64-bit amd processor audio bsod cooling corsair hardware intermittent memory motherboard oem performance sata screen freeze system specs tech support troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Drive Active But Inaccessable
I have a external Wester Digital drive plugged in to my PC via USB 2.0. Earlier today i did a clean OS install on my machine. Before the clean install, I was using the same windows 7 installation and the disc was accessible. Its listed in this picture as disk 6. Its marked as active. I tried...- izaktaylor
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- clean install data recovery disk management disk status drive letter external drive usb 2.0 western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 3 tb drive with windows 7
i have an internal drive in one of those hard drive enclosure. its a 3 tb western digital drive. when i plug it in, its only 750 gb thats showing up. i have converted the disk to gpt but its still showing only 750 gb. i have windows 7 64 bit. how can i get this to show as 3 terabytes?- yasudab
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- 3tb 64-bit disk management enclosure gpt hard drive internal drive storage western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Computer will no longer detect my HDD
My computer is reletivly new, here are the specs. AMD Phenom II 840 Quad Core(x4) 3.2Ghz ASUS M4A78LT-M LE 8Gb Dual Channel DDR3-1333 Seagate/Western Digital 1TB SATA II Liteon 24x SATA Dual Layer DVD Writer Nvidia Geforce GTS 450 1GB GDDR5 Basically the problem first started yesterday after...- sharpo
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- bios update boot drive data recovery detection dvd maker hdd motherboard new computer nvidia power supply quad core repair disk sata seagate system specs tech support troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Western Digital to buy Hitachi disk division for $4.3B
Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...- cybercore
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- acquisition business ceo consumer data centers external drive growth hard drive hitachi industry internal drive investment manufacturing market share stock transaction strategy tech mergers technology western digital
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Windows 7 Trying to install Windows 7 on a New Hard Drive and Intel Bad Axe 2 Motherboard...
Hi, guys. I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on a computer with an Intel Bad Axe 2 motherboard and brand new, never used Western Digital 2TB (WD20EARS) hard drive. Problem is, I am getting a ton of errors; when I set the hard drive up with RAID I get array errors (and I will be...- tremblinglight
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- 2tb bios compatibility disk selection driver issues error format issues hard drive installation intel legacy hardware motherboard raid recovery storage tech support troubleshooting ultimate western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Random BSODs Post-Windows Update: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Errors and Chrome Issues
I have been having some random BSODs after a (mostlikely coincidental) windows update. I will get BSOD when I log into desktop, sometimes it's a System_"something" (I've only gotten that one once or twice) or more commonly IRLQ_less_or_equal. Sometimes, my desktop freezes and forces me to...- gansch
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- asus bios bsod chrome corsair daemon tools ddram desktop freezes gtx 275 hardware issues intel i7 irql login issues memory test sptd system error western digital windows update
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Windows 7 B.S.O.D. After Hours of Being Turned Off!
Hello I built a computer back in January of 2010. Ever since I would get a blue screen on the computer after it had been turned off for awhile. Like I'll turn it off for the night (using shutdown in the start menu), go to bed, then come back from my college classes the next day, then I turn it...- gman58
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- antec psu blue screen bsod corsair cpu diagnostics driver update gaming graphics card hard drive hardware issues msi motherboard overheating pc build performance issues ram system error troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Trouble installing SATA harddrive
I am about to tear my hair out so before I do that, maybe somebody here can help. I am working on building a home server so I am trying to install a second hard drive in a Compaq desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate. The drive is a 2T Western Digital SATA WD20EADS. I have also installed a Sabrent...- CubSteve
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- compaq hard drive home server host controller installation pc build raid sata western digital windows 7
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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
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Windows 7 Windows 7 - Erratic Recognition of External USB Hard Drives
Hi, My PC (Windows 7) has two internal hard drives (C & D) and "C" is reserved for the operating system;" D" for my Data. For some time, I have also had two external "USB 2" hard drives (250GB & 500 GB), which recently, I have replaced by two "USB 3" One TB WD My Book 3 Essentials hard...- bht-at-home
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- computer computer issues device manager disk management drive names drive recognition external storage file system format drive hardware compatibility hdd issues reboot storage tech support troubleshooting usb usb 3.0 usb drives western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Windows 7 64 bit and NAS
I have a NAS (Western Digital MyBook World Edition) and recently I've upgraded my OS to Windows 7 64 bit (from 32-bit Vista) and I'm experiencing strange problems with NAS presently. When I start it up while Windows is working the system discovers it and allows access, but when I shut the...- torq
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- 64-bit access issues computer issues device discovery file access my book nas network ping sleep mode tech support upgrade vista upgrade western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 WMP12 vs External Hard Drive
I've recently decided to play my music from my computer to my Xbox 360; so I begun to acknowledge that they were both connected accordingly, and establishing a connection. After attempting to play music from the computer and also with Windows Media Center, I found that it did not play my music...- BlackFox
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- connection issues external drive itunes compatibility media center media player password protection video playback western digital wmp xbox 360
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Windows 7 HD Diagnostic Tools By Manufacturer
Partial acquisition from; http://www.pcstats.c...eid=1583&page=6- Adamsappleone
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- data lifeguard diagnostics fujitsu hard drive manufacturer seagate smart diagnostics surface scan utilities western digital
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Windows 7 western digital my book essential 500gb
I just puchased this external storage unit for creating a backup of my laptop. I use W7 HP and a amd 64X system. I use about 200GB so my brain tells me this device will be adequate for my needs. Am I on the proper sheet of music here. Thanks- enigma1944
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- 64-bit amd backup external storage hard drive laptop my book storage western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 windows 7 driver power state failure caused by ntkrnlpa
Hi, I wondering if someone could help. I finally managed to install my Western Digital MyBook World Edition but now it takes 20min for Win7 to shut down and I end up with a BSOD. I run the latest version of Win7 and all software and driver are updated...- motekx
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- bsod crash drivers dump files error failure maintenance minidump my book ntkrnlpa parameters power state shutdown support system troubleshooting update western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 BSOD a couple of minutes after power up, then stable after BSOD until power down. HELP!
Im getting BSOD some time after power up, dont know what to do When my computer restarts it works fine and are stable. It started this behavior when I installed a SSD disk. It has been 6 month stable. With SSD disk the POST prompted HT Transport failure after BSOD and the data on the SSD disk...- tearz
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- amd processor bsod corruption graphics card minidump motherboard post errors ssd failure system stability western digital
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