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External hard drive loads but won't open?

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I have a toshiba 3.0, windows 7. When connected it loads for hours but won't open or show. It stops after loading and whenever I open disk manageme...

2 replies Last reply on 21 Feb 2015 by
michi1004

Laptop not populating desktop icons

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It is very frustrating, I am running windows 8 and my laptop is starting up, i put in the password, it goes all the way to ... right before the icons ...

2 replies Last reply on 25 Jan 2015 by
leslyn102

Lacie external hard disk not detecting after format

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hi i have a lacie external hard disk 1tb. This hard disk was used on a mac before, but i decided i want to use it on a pc. I have formated it via d...

3 replies Last reply on 20 Jan 2015 by
KY_WD  

Cannot recognize sata wdc hard drive

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Hello, My computer is running much slower in last few months, so I decided to format it and reinstall all applications, including operating system ...

Last reply on 15 Jan 2015 by
das

External hardrive became raw

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Hello, i have 500 GB store jet transcend external hard drive which suddenly became RAW. I have formatted the disk is there any way to fix my drive ple...

2 replies Last reply on 7 Jan 2015 by
shubhankarSRT

Hard drive data recovery access denied

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Hello, my hard drive recently became partially corrupted, so I'm trying to copy the data to another one to see what I can salvage, but when I try to a...

3 replies Last reply on 5 Jan 2015 by
Sevikodkod

How i creat more yhan 8 partition as primary

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in windows 8 disk i just create only 3 drive , when i try to create more partition its only unallocated pls help

2 replies Last reply on 25 Dec 2014 by
ChrisWood3

How to download bootable disk to cd

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pls send me a link the steps on how to download bootable disk to cd

4 replies Last reply on 22 Dec 2014 by
KY_WD  

Format problems.

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i m having a "seagate 500 GB st3500418as desktop" but a problem of hard disk formatting with xp os in which i had 5 partition it shows the partitions...

2 replies Last reply on 13 Dec 2014 by
sagar

Hard drive intermittently not detected

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hey there... last night my nephew dropped my laptop(Acer Aspire S3-951) off the table and banged on it for reasons I don't know... then after that I c...

Last reply on 8 Dec 2014 by
SRC_S

Booting up

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My Dell Inspiron not booting past splash screen

1 reply Last reply on 2 Dec 2014 by
Boogieman_WD  

Cd-rom drive icon doesn't appear in my computer.

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hi good day can you help me please I cant see my cd\dvd drive icon anymore . I tried all tricks that I Google on the internet it doesn't help. any o...

6 replies Last reply on 22 Oct 2014 by
Gwenny

Can't open or copy files from my external hd

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Hi, My external HD shows me the files but won't let me open or copy them. This is actually an improvement as an hour ago every computer I connected...

2 replies Last reply on 3 Oct 2014 by
ShakedK

Unable to detect external harddisk

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Hello, Please solve my problem... I have an external harddisk(WesternDigital) 200GB. My PC is unable to detect it. Event I didn't found it in D...

Last reply on 16 Sep 2014 by
Quinley

How to repair hard disks with media problem

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Hello, Can u plz tell me how I can repair the media of laptop hard disks. I have many hard disks of various companies with the problem in ther...

1 reply Last reply on 11 Sep 2014 by
xpcman

How to expand my laptop partition space?

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I have arranged enough space for every partition to hold different laptop data. However, recently, after updating my Windows XP to Windows 7, somethin...

3 replies Last reply on 2 Sep 2014 by
johnebadbak74

My laptop is not formatting of this reason plzz anyone read my msg and solve my

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Hello, My hp 2000 is window 7 but when i installed Ubuntu desktop 8.04 then it's not like that window 7 so i reinstalled window 7 my taken is i delet...

2 replies Last reply on 12 Aug 2014 by
johnebadbak74

Gateway model eseries with windows xp

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Hello, I am trying to restore my computer to it's factory settings. I am aware the loss of info. I would greatly appreciate any and all help. Thank yo...

2 replies Last reply on 20 Jul 2014 by
Hill-man

Can't copy file (4gb) to external harddrive anymore

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I have done this a million time, but suddenly i get this window: but there is still severl hunded GB free in the disk! any tips/help? Thanks...

2 replies Last reply on 14 Jul 2014 by
CharVH

External hard drive files wont show up

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Hello all, Recently, there was a virus on my dell studio xps 7100 that my 2.27TB external hard drive was plugged into. I got rid of the virus (I th...

3 replies Last reply on 19 Jun 2014 by
Bob

Hdd password inspiron 6000

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Hello, Need HDD Password for Dell Inspiron 6000 I got bios pwd from here hoping same can be done for hdd... HDD #: 389KCK47YEH-595B...

3 replies Last reply on 22 May 2014 by
anon

Dvd drive letter changed

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I have an external DVD burner that was assigned drive "D". Now it has been changed to "F". When I tried to manually change it back to "D" I found that...

3 replies Last reply on 19 May 2014 by
kieferschild

Urgent help need hard disk partition problem

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Hello, my one of the hard disk partition is exist but not shown in my computer and cant be open.It only shown in my computer's disk management.I h...

3 replies Last reply on 20 Apr 2014 by
Saad

Usb crash

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Hello, sir I am looking for how to repair usb which has been crashed...please sir let me know how to do this In advance thank you sir for my help

10 replies Last reply on 22 Mar 2014 by
ashwyn

Suddenly i can't access my d: and f: drive.

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I have recently installed Windows 8.1 on my laptop. But yesterday when I restarted my laptop I am unable to access my D: and F: drives. I am getting e...

1 reply Last reply on 20 Mar 2014 by
sahurajesh92

Hard drive disconnects then reconnects

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Okay here goes. I have an annoying problem with my external hd. It's a Verbatim 1tb (I forgot the exact model) When I try to transfer a file it dis...

5 replies Last reply on 17 Mar 2014 by
Ambucias

How do split a disk in ntfs system?

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Hello, Someone know how to split a disk in ntfs system on windows 7. I have used Acronis to do it but that is failed, this software is pending many ho...

3 replies Last reply on 12 Mar 2014 by
Ambucias

Win xp does not start

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I have an Acer Aspire laptop. It fell down and now it will not start. Keeps showing the screen with options: Start in Safe Mode Safe mode with netwo...

3 replies Last reply on 8 Mar 2014 by
Ambucias

Transcend external hdd not detected on xp

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Hellow all experts This is my first question to all respectables. Hope to get encouraging answer my problem is " I purchased a new transcend ext...

Last reply on 6 Mar 2014 by
mkhurram79

Help with my dell laptop

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Hello, I have a major issue and hope that I do not have to replace the hard drive, when the computer is less then a year old. So, last night, I was ...

Last reply on 30 Jan 2014 by
jeanille

External hard drive with no file system

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Hello, Hi, I have a Maxtor OneTouch 500GB external hard drive that unfortunately has no File system. The drive registers under Device Manager, but no...

Last reply on 24 Jan 2014 by
john

Start-up error on windows 7

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how to fix start-up error on windows 7, and what are the causes of this start-up error?

3 replies Last reply on 23 Jan 2014 by
xpcman

External hard drive doesnot show folders although it still has.

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Hey i have tried -h-r-s/s\d h:\*.* in the run menu but it shows the message "windows cannot find -h. Make sure you have typed the name correctly and t...

Last reply on 23 Jan 2014 by
hsabharwal13

My pc doesn't boot from cd

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Hello World! I'm trying to format my hard drive. I restarted my pc and i tried to boot from cd. When the pc prompt me to press any key from keyb...

Last reply on 22 Jan 2014 by
havetoknow

Seagate external drive: volume label and data missing on windows

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1. Dropped external drive on floor from table. Disc made repeating noise 2. Opened case and released heads from disc. Noise stopped, but volume labe...

3 replies Last reply on 21 Jan 2014 by
kieferschild

A little explosion inside the pc

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Hello, i dont know if it was the hard drive that exploded but a round thing fell of inside the pc. it has wire around the circle. i dont know why it...

3 replies Last reply on 30 Dec 2014 by
ac3mark

External hard drive no longer showing up

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Hello, I am currently trying to fix a WD my passport external hard drive for a friend. When he first got it I put some files on it for him on my c...

2 replies Last reply on 12 Nov 2013 by
doongy

Data recovery

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all of a sudden my wd passport 1tb stopped working and showing blue light constanly blinks,and at times it states I/O error and at times it says need...

5 replies Last reply on 14 Oct 2013 by
Jason519

How to reformat samsung laptop

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hello everyone have a problem bout my laptop its full of viruses and crashes so I decided to reformat my laptop I have my OS cd and drivers. whats my ...

7 replies Last reply on 5 Oct 2013 by
wudz41

Hard drive detected,but not accessible

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Hello, I have a Sata Portable hard 250 GB, disk that working good before. now I have a problem the computer can detected it but I can't access to t...

Last reply on 25 Sep 2013 by
sunil

How to protect the external hard disk

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Hello, Can any one advice me !!! I have a external harddisk , I want to put security to that , Like as a Scandisk Cruzer Flash Drive. If we insert...

Last reply on 25 Sep 2013 by
walter_drive

No f2,f8, or f12 only a half boot.

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I have a complicated problem. I was trying to make a multi-boot drive but I was having a problem loading a real old form of excel. I thought it was th...

2 replies Last reply on 24 Sep 2013 by
Mike

Drive locker xp - hidden hard drive

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actually i accidentally hide my H drive with some drive locker but now couldn't find it even after uninstalling the locker and and unlocking the driv...

2 replies Last reply on 27 Jul 2013 by
@abraham

How to see hidden files hard disk or flash

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Hello, I have so many movies, files, folders & musics in my external hard disk . Due to some virus or something I don't know when I opened the exte...

Last reply on 22 Jul 2013 by
Nixon

Disk read error has occurred...press ctrl al

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Hello, Is there any one out there could help me with "disk read error has occurred...press ctrl alt del to restart" after I tried to merge two part...

Last reply on 12 Jul 2013 by
Alan

New sata 2 hard drive is not being detected

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Hello, I recently bought a 2nd hard drive for my computer. I'm decent at using computers and learning computer terminology bought i'm confused as to ...

Last reply on 6 Jul 2013 by
bmclark602

When i deleted file from a flash where does the files goes to?

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I mistakenly delete a file from my flash, and someone asked my that where does the deleted files normally go to, and i was short of words. Please I...

Last reply on 2 Jul 2013 by
Reha Andrew

Shortcuts appeaars

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AGE 37,I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY HARD DISCDRIVE,EXTERNAL DISC,ALL FILES CREATED SHORTCUTS,THE SPACE IT LOOKS Full,BUT I CAN'T SEE THE FILES AND COULDN'...

2 replies Last reply on 12 Jun 2013 by
sabedin

Hard disk not detected

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I have many problems regarding hard disk. My hard disk not detecting. I tried too much but it doesn't worked. please help me

2 replies Last reply on 11 Jun 2013 by
carminabigue

Unable to see the files in memory stick

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Hello, the files in memory stick is occupying space but cannot be seen in hard drive please help me to solve my problem thank u Configurati...

30 replies Last reply on 11 Jun 2013 by
mandeep13
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