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External hard drive is not working

Hello, My WD Passport 500 GB external hard drive was working. One night the electricity went out for 10 minutes where electricity is a problem and...

1 reply Last reply on 15 Mar 2012 by
ello

Can i use my old laptop hard disk in new lapt

Hello, How can i use my old laptop hard disk in my new laptop as i need to get some important data but my laptop is not getting on. i took it to t...

2 replies Last reply on 13 Mar 2012 by
Big.Moe

Help me recover my wd element hard drive t

Hello, i suspected virus in my hard drive and after a while, am unable to format my WD element eternal hard drive.the drive does'nt appear on ...

1 reply Last reply on 4 Mar 2012 by
xpcman

Disk size confusion

Hello, Can you please tell me why we can't find a hard disk of capacity 750GB/1.2TB AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT? We find harddisk of 250GB, 500GB, 1 T...

1 reply Last reply on 1 Mar 2012 by
xpcman

How to recover my hard disk data

Hello, please help me out i need to recover my all hard disk data, by mistake i installed the new windows.. because of some stupid virus ha...

3 replies Last reply on 1 Mar 2012 by
Ambucias

Both ide & sata hard drives not showing

Hello, Some time back, I had not used my PC for a while. Recently I decided to use it, and the PC cud not start. It has two 500gb western digital ...

1 reply Last reply on 27 Feb 2012 by
rickster

Idea for particular hdd savings

Hello, My problem is on my HDDs, last time my 2TB die however I lost all my files ... It is not the first time that I lost my HDD extern. So I use...

1 reply Last reply on 26 Feb 2012 by
windows93

About portable hard disk drive

Hello, Evening. I am using XP in my laptop and also in my PC. I have a portable hard disk drive and it is partioned. I have some important docume...

1 reply Last reply on 25 Feb 2012 by
xpcman

Extrnl harddisk hidden file.only hardisk g ok

Hello, i have this problem with my external hard disk,my external harddisk hidden files. i try doing this Click on "Start" -->Run-->type cmd an...

2 replies Last reply on 25 Feb 2012 by
ajid182

Can't save to new hard drive - gpt partition

Hello, I have a brand new hard drive. WD mybook 1TB. when i plugged it into the USB port, my computer, running on windows XP, recognized and instal...

2 replies Last reply on 23 Feb 2012 by
nick

Usb is still saying - removable disk

Hello, Please could you help me, i have tried everything to make it work; but everytime i click properties and type my name is just says 'the volume...

1 reply Last reply on 21 Feb 2012 by
saravana

I want to recover my password from my usb hdd

Hello, I have USB HDD with AES Encryption 128. The HDD has two partition. one is private and second is Public. the private sector is only work...

2 replies Last reply on 17 Feb 2012 by
LaptopLinux

Humming hard disk

Hello, My Laptop every now and then makes a humming noise from its hard disk and lately has gotten longer and more frequent every time. Is this some...

12 replies Last reply on 15 Feb 2012 by
LaptopLinux

External hard drive asking to be formatted

Hello, Last night we had some power shortages. My external HD was plugged in but wasn't transferring data. However, when attempting to access it ...

5 replies Last reply on 15 Feb 2012 by
pushkar

Missing hard driver

Hello, Please help to recover back my web cam driver for my laptop. Since from when i changed my laptop from Vista to window 7, the system manager...

1 reply Last reply on 13 Feb 2012 by
bluenose

Trying to get fat32 hard drive to work on xp

I recently purchased a WD My Passport 1TB portable hard drive and a friend of mine formatted it to FAT32 on his mac so I can use it on both my windows...

1 reply Last reply on 12 Feb 2012 by
xpcman

Portable hard drive

Hello, I dropped my 500 GB portable lightly on the floor and when I connect it my computer doesnt recognise it. When I hear the sound on the HD ...

1 reply Last reply on 11 Feb 2012 by
xpcman

Please help! an issue with my external hdd

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Hello, I recently bought two 500 Go Packard-bell USB HDD and i have a real problem with them. When i insert them they are all detected but i can o...

2 replies Last reply on 10 Feb 2012 by
ibnyasseen

Please insert a disk into drive i: (resend)

Hello, You have asked to receive replies to the message of pcsces, entilted "Hardware forum - Please insert a disk into Drive I: - answer from pcsc...

1 reply Last reply on 9 Feb 2012 by
Need help

Hard disk detection problem

Hello, tis is moulin....i have seagate 500 gb hard disk and its nt getting detected........also i have some important data stored in it so now wt shud...

1 reply Last reply on 9 Feb 2012 by
sushantsrane

Hard drive

Hello, My laptop suddenly stopped working and when i switch it on, it asks me to press ctr+alt+del to restart. It also displays a message that i s...

1 reply Last reply on 9 Feb 2012 by
bluenose

Hard drive platter re-install

Hello, I brought my crashed HD into Best Buy to get fixed and an absolutely clueless employee, not a tech, disassembled my HD near the cash register...

1 reply Last reply on 8 Feb 2012 by
xpcman

Seagate 500 gb usb harddisk not detecting

Hello, I am using IBM thinkpad T410 WITH WINDOWS XP before 4 month i am facing same problem my USB HDD (Seagate FreeAgent Go) is not detecting but...

1 reply Last reply on 7 Feb 2012 by
xpcman

Sata hdd not detected during xp install

Hello, I am having a Soni Vaio Laptop which had Windows Vista Pre-installed. Now I want to install Windows Xp and at the time of installatio...

1 reply Last reply on 7 Feb 2012 by
dj_andel

'hard disk error' run hard disk check

Hello anyone i need ur help, i just upgrade my window vista to window 7,and my fren ask me to also download driver for BIOS,i download the bios f...

2 replies Last reply on 6 Feb 2012 by
noryn87

Hard drive problem

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Hello, my hard drive have some problem bios has been detcted my hard drive(160 gb using western digial) but during in winows xp instalation time t...

1 reply Last reply on 2 Feb 2012 by
aquarelle

Samsung hdd m2 portable 3.0 usb problem

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Hello, I have a problem with my Samsung M2 portable 3.0 usb its because of the Recycler files moves. The HDD wonr appear at My Computer. Last...

1 reply Last reply on 27 Jan 2012 by
Bionik

Hdd not accesible

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Hello, I'm having a problem with my external HDD. It's an ~600 GB WD with 2 partitions. The problem is in the second one: I cannot access it whe...

5 replies Last reply on 27 Jan 2012 by
xpcman

Computer not reading my secon ide hard drive

Hello, I have a sata hard drive as primary drive on my computer, and i want to install my old IDE hard drive, as a slave to recover my document...

1 reply Last reply on 25 Jan 2012 by
xpcman

External hdd detects but files not showing

Hello, Mine is a seagate Goflex 500GB HDD. Having problems from this morning after a removal of the disc without using safety removal tool. Now wh...

3 replies Last reply on 22 Jan 2012 by
aquarelle

Switching hard drives

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Hello, crispy phoenix here. I am not sure if the problem with my screen so i have an older compac but its really slow and doesnt like to obey. So i wa...

1 reply Last reply on 21 Jan 2012 by
xpcman

I can't read my external hard disk

Hello, My external harddisk crashed. I can't detect the external disk. Can you help as I urgently need the files on the external disk. Than...

1 reply Last reply on 14 Jan 2012 by
pcsces

Can't find hard drive

Hello, im running windows 7 home premium i have added a new sata harddrive i did have 40gig for the windows installation 250 gig for fi...

1 reply Last reply on 8 Jan 2012 by
xpcman

Cant locate hdd changer in bios?

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Hello, Well I need to put my hard drive to a IDE and not Sata cause I need to install windows xp and the acpi.sys is the reason. Is there any r...

1 reply Last reply on 8 Jan 2012 by
pcsces

Hard drive has gone .

Hello, My hardrive has gone from my laptop !! any help please Configuration: Windows 7 / Internet Explorer 9.0

1 reply Last reply on 5 Jan 2012 by
pcsces

Computer not recognizing cloned hard drive

Hello, I bought my son a used dell optiplex gx620 computer, I took the original 80g hard drive added acronis to it and cloned it to a 250g hd, I do...

1 reply Last reply on 1 Jan 2012 by
Shiawolfe

Hard drive

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Hello I bought a power supplie and a set of cables to hook up a HD externaly via a USB connection, the WD IDE drive dont show up at all but I can h...

1 reply Last reply on 28 Dec 2011 by
pcsces

2nd hdd cant open

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Hello, I am using windows 7 pro.I have tried many times to open my 2nd hdd(ide) it said cant open it has to be format.2nd hdd i have lots of data....

1 reply Last reply on 25 Dec 2011 by
pcsces

Western digital external hard drive --

Hello, I cannot access my Western Digital hard drive. I continually get the message: You must format your drive F: before using.. Do you wish to...

1 reply Last reply on 23 Dec 2011 by
xpcman

Need some help about hard disk

Hello, friend is there is any software which can break the drives (d:\) into 2 parts...if there is such software then please help me and tell me ...

1 reply Last reply on 16 Dec 2011 by
Anonymous User

External hardisk cannot open

Hello, my haridisk having 320 gb space and its having 298 mb data i can see them with Active partition Software m:\ is not accessible The file...

1 reply Last reply on 13 Dec 2011 by
Anonymous User

External hard drives recognition

Hello, My laptop (running Windows XP) does not recognize external hard drives plugged via USB. I tried two - a Seagate drive with an external power s...

1 reply Last reply on 9 Dec 2011 by
Anonymous User

External hard drive trouble

Hello, i have 2 external hard drives that work fine on one of my laptops but i try to use them on my other and it comes up as normal shows my hard dri...

2 replies Last reply on 1 Dec 2011 by
Anonymous User

Hard disk

Hello, Mycomputer external hard drive. I have a lot of pictures on it of my family. I went to use it today and nothing. It showed up in my co...

1 reply Last reply on 1 Dec 2011 by
xpcman

How to reinstall audio hard drive w/o cd?

Hello, okay i dont know where my audio drive is at or even in what folder and i cannot even hear any sound pl shelppp i think i need to renis...

1 reply Last reply on 24 Nov 2011 by
Anonymous User

Sandisk microsd card write protected.

Hello, Sir, I was using the memory card of SanDisk 2 GB SD for my Nokia phone. Now its not able to see the photos in it., and I tried to format t...

1 reply Last reply on 23 Nov 2011 by
pcsces

In 'my computer, local disk (c:) not opening

Hello, hi iam ilaya.. if i open 'my computer' Local Disk C: The message shows C:\is not accessible. The process cannot access the file because it is ...

1 reply Last reply on 19 Nov 2011 by
Anonymous User

Error code 0141-hard drive-no drive detected

Hello, I Have an Inspiron 545, Vista. 2009 It was working perfectly fine, loaded a game then walked off. When I returned it said "Boot from CD...

1 reply Last reply on 19 Nov 2011 by
Anonymous User

Hard drive not mounting

Hello, I have a 250gb hard drive that will not mount. It contains a lot of data that I really need. When I connect it to the computer nothing h...

2 replies Last reply on 18 Nov 2011 by
Anonymous User

My hard disk won't display the data in it.

Hello, I have a seagate HD 250gb. I had slaved it in a machine running on windows xp professional. It suddenly failed to read and write info. via ...

1 reply Last reply on 15 Nov 2011 by
Anonymous User
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