external hdd

I pulled the Windows 10 disk from another computer because it was corrupted enough that I couldn't run any repair tools or reinstall Windows from within that system with the hard drive booted. I put it in an enclosure attached to my Windows 11 machine. I ran CHKDSK on the Windows 10 drive and it...

I have an old external 3.5-inch HDD. For lack of a normal SATA-USB cable, I want to use its enclosure to connect a 2.5-inch SATA SSD to my PC's USB port. The HDD enclosure has a separate AC power cable. When I opened up the enclosure, I saw the AC power goes directly into the PCB, which has a...

Hello, Lately, my external HDD WD MyBook Essential 1140 (2TB) just stopped being recognized by my PC or any other device. At first, I thought it might be a USB error, but after connecting it to a laptop, smartphone and tv, the result was the same. I disassembled the drive and connected it...

Hi Experts, I have an old 2TB HDD that I pulled out of an external case a long time ago. I recently hooked it up and I am stuck with the following: image of computer management I have a 233.88Gb RAW partition followed by 1630.14Gb Unallocated I am sure this is wrong - it would have been...

I have been trying to format an HDD using your tutorial and the "diskpart" method. Unfortunately after I get to the command line and enter "diskpart" per your tutorial, I do not get a diskpart window to continue. Using Win 10 Pro and trying to format a 2 1/2" Seagate drive that I have completely...

Hi I'm buying an external HDD and I've come up with the following models, which one is better? https://consumer.apacer.com/eng/content.php?sn=1670 https://www.silicon-power.com/web/product-Armor_A85 I appreciate your response.

I have 2 x 5T HDDs as external drives and running in a 2-bay dock. Everything has been working fine until Windows 10 update today. Now I cannot access either drive, instead getting an error msg. saying the drive is corrupt or one saying the files are of an unknown file type. I have another...

Click to see the status of the HDD As the title mentions, with my Hard Disk primarily showing a 'Reallocated Sectors Count' caution, does Hard Disk stand any major risk, or can I safely ignore it? given that I have transferred almost all data to the cloud. Also, will formatting the drive be...

I have checked my external HDD using Crystaldiskinfo.After I copied some files to the HDD Reallocated sectores count increased to 3360 from 3352 in Raw Values sector.What does this means? Should I buy a new HDD? Here are the Screenshots Before copying files https://ibb.co/922cd5F After copying...

I have a 2.5in HDD in an external enclosure (it used to be an internal HDD, but when I was replacing my last laptop, I stripped out as much removable stuff as I could, e.g. RAM cards). When I connect it to my new laptop via USB 3.0 (no way to do direct SATA, unfortunately), the computer doesn't...

I have a backup external USB hard drive that suddenly lost it while I was backing up a large (4GB) file...progress on the file transfer seemed to stop and a new clicking sound began (a click every 2 seconds or so). Tried power off the drive and then powering back on, tried plugging it into...

So I'm planning to move some big folders from an old computer over to a new one. Mostly video and audio files + project folders and some documents and so on. As an example one folder is 146 GB. For the task I plan to get an external hard drive, and I figured that I could use it to store the...

Okay, so this is going to be a complicated post - - HDD Momentus - This HDD was installed in my laptop as OS drive and still has OS installed on it. - HDD Orico - This is an HDD taken from an older system and I was using it as external HDD in an Orico enclosure. This drive has some personal...

I have 3 storage units namely , 250 GB Samsung 860 Evo Internal SSD (newly bought) <---- C Drive 1TB WD BLACK CAVIAR Internal HDD @7200 RPM (+9 yrs old) <----- E/F Dive 500 GB WD Portable Elements External HDD @5400 RPM (+9 yrs old) <---- G Drive...

my external hdd stopped working and makes weird noises. opened inside of it then uploaded a video. please help me, i am about to lose 10 years old <<snip>> archive :unsure:

Hi everyone, It's my first post so hello all! I'm experiencing a problem supposedly with my MSI H310M PRO-D mobo. before I explain, this is my full sys config: Mobo: MSI H310M PRO-D CPU: Coffe Lake i7 8700 (non-K) GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Turbo OC (blower fan) RAM: 2 x Kingston Predator 16GB...

I have an external harddrive and all the sudden the files were loading extremely slowly. I listened for weird noises but there were none. I tried using a different USB type B micro and it would still have the same problem. The files are still loading and showing up, but the process takes 10 to...

when i copy files to my Samsung external hdd the transfer speed is about 3.8 mbps and that's a very slow speed, but when i copy files from external hdd to my pc, the speed is quietly good, about 14 mbps. How can i fix this issue knowing that i recently bought this used external hdd it appears as...

Hi everyone, I recieved an external SAMSUNG 500 GB HDD from a friend trying to fix it because he wanted the data on it but couldn't access it, the main problem with the HDD was that when it connects to a PC the windows asks to format it before using it as in the usual message : "You Need to...

Hello everyone, I want to know if I put an iso game file on my external hdd, can I install it to my default storage which is ssd (which is in my pc case I mean, what is only 240 gb so the iso file and the installed game itself not fit at the same time thats why I want to chose this option)