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Question Advice on SATA HDD to USB adaptor
Hi, I’m currently using a notebook, but there are a few files on my previous computer’s HDD that I need. I have searched countless sites, and either they don’t have one (not even Curry’s PC World to my shock), or I’m just not sure if it’s right for my HDD. I have a Western Digital Black Sata...- Josiah_2854
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- adaptor help hard drive hdd SATA usb Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] My NEW Seagate HDD Seek Error Rate Suddenly "60 From 100
1,Raw Read Error Rate,6,69,69,OK,0000007133AA,0,Enabled 3,Spin Up Time,0,99,98,OK (Always passing),000000000000,0,Enabled 4,Start/Stop Count,20,100,100,OK,000000000048,0,Enabled 5,Reallocated Sectors Count,10,100,100,OK,000000000000,0,Enabled 7,Seek Error Rate,45,60,60,OK,00000010A98D,0,Enabled...- klakshan25
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- hard drive seagate 2tb
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- Forum: Storage
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Question HDD causing weird issues
my pc was running slow one day and then I decided to reboot it then it would not boot up then i tried multiple things and found out when I have the HDD plugged in my pc stops working, when I plug in the power SATA cable, while the pc is booted into windows, the pc blue screens and tries to... -
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Question How to change HDD letter back
Hi there. I took out the main Hard drive (C: from my older PC and connected it to my new PC. It did not open but was seen in DISK MANAGEMENT. I then realised that it would not open because it had previously been assigned the letter C:. So there was a conflict between the old C: hard drive and...- CreamyHeemy1
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- change drive drive conflicts hard drive
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- Forum: Storage
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Question fixed my bricked pc, but now my drives are dead(?)
hello, recently i posted a thread about my bricked pc and how i was struggling to get it to boot. thread here if you want to read it: (TLDR: healthy pc died out of nowhere, replaced half of my pc before i got it to work, turns out my GPU and PCIE cable were fried)... -
Question MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II AM4 AMD B450 SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard
Hello everyone! God i really hope I'm not noobing here, but i have installed 3 pcs in the past, so i like to think I have decent knowledge. I've installed this pc and i noticed when i did that there was only 2 sata ports to use for the data cable that you plug into the hard drives. This...- T0xicsaurus
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- hard drive Mother Board msi tomahawk b450
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- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Is there harm from phone or watch vibration?
I was holding my switched off external drive, while notifications on my watch bring vibration. My question is, is there gonna be physical damage from such a vibration? -
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Question Half of my files suddenly disappeared on TV when accessing external hard drive ?
I have been using the media player built in TV app for many years now to access the same external hard drive which would show all files without any issues until 2 days ago when I went into it and around 80 percent of the files no longer show. I checked the hard drive on computer and through a... -
[SOLVED] How do I get my hard drive out of the sliding tray?
I'm trying to move my hard drive to my new case and its stuck in the tray that I assume came with my old case. How on earth do I get it out? https://ibb.co/xMJqT6s -
Question Is this SSD compatible with my laptop?
This is the information about the SSD I use currently: View: https://imgur.com/a4iO35C This is the information from Speccy: WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1014 (SSD) Manufacturer: Western Digital Interface/Connector: SATA 1.5 Gb/s with 22-pin SATA connector Interface: Unknown Capacity: 238 GB...- TheFlash1300
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- hard drive laptop ssd storage storage device
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Recover Data from a non-standard HDD ?
I have an old Alps Hard drive that I want to try and recover the data. The problem is that there is only a 26-pin connector and no separate connector for power. The hard drive came out of a Yamaha C1/20 Music computer. I believe that the power was routed to hard drive differently than what is... -
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Question PC freezes when accessing second internal SSD
(Windows 10) I recently got a WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD for additional storage and installed it, currently has ~260 gigs of video files on it. Whenever I'm viewing the files in file explorer, it freezes my entire PC and I have to restart it. I thought it was a corrupted file, ran the SFC /Scannow... -
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Question BIOS detecting the HDD but not booting from it
BACK STORY: So I tried to plug in an old HDD as an additional hard drive, with the one I’m using right now, that’s been sitting around for a few months to see if it still worked but I saw that when I booted my PC it asked me for a pin that I kept when I worked on it and of course I didn’t... -
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Question Drive not accessible - "A device which does not exist was specified" error on new M.2 drive ?
Having a weird error. Set up a new 2tb Samsung 980 Pro m.2 a couple of months ago and its been fine up until now. I started to install some games on it but it seems to be causing issues where ill start playing a game, the game will freeze/crash and when i go to try and open anything stored on... -
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Question Windows Drive Keeps Reverting to a Previous State
I have a Windows 10 which was updated yesterday to version 21H1 64 bit computer with a WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA0 SSD (C: Drive) that Windows is installed on. When I started it up this morning, all of my Chrome sites were signed out, and certain programs wouldn't start which are held on the C Drive...- DrivehogDay
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- hard drive windows 10
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- Forum: Storage
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Question How to reset the S.M.A.R.T stats in Windows 10?
Hello. Is it possible to reset the S.M.A.R.T stats in Windows 10? I have an HDD that was misused, and reported many warnings and errors due to sudden unplugging of the SATA while working, unsafe shutdowns, logical errors, electric shocks, etc... The HDD is now used properly, works fine, and...- TheFlash1300
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- hard drive Hard Drives hdd s.m.a.r.t stars stats windows windows 10
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- Forum: Windows 10
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Question HDD still won't show after connecting to two different HDD enclosures
I tried connecting my WD Blue 1TB HDD 3.5 inch hard drive to two different enclosures and it still won't show up on my PC. It doesn't show anywhere, whether it's in the My PC file, in disk management or in device manager. However I did notice that in ''other devices'' it shows Raid controller... -
Question 3.0 ports only work with 2.0 devices
Hello i was using my 3.0 port the other day with my external hard drive and it suddently just disconnected from my system. When i tried to reconnect it to my system it wouldnt connect. The only way it works is if i plug it into either my front 3.0 ports or the 2.0 ports on the back. I have tried...- Sky Joshua
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- 2.0 3.0 hard drive motherboard not working
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- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Error 0x80070079 : The Semaphore Timeout Period Has Expired
I ran into this issue with my new external m.2 that I have in an enclosure connected to my tomahawk motherboard via usb-c when transferring files between an external "my book" hard drive. It starts normal at first and after a bit of time it freezes and disconnects the m.2 which I then have to... -
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Question Secondary Hard drive disappears after sleeping
I have an issue with my secondary drive disappearing after waking the PC up from sleep. I've tried switching the sata port on the motherboard, the hard drive drivers are up to date, windows 11 is up to date. I genuinely have no idea what's causing this. I have no idea whats wrong, is it...- personfromplanetearth
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- hard drive sleep windows 11
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- Forum: Windows 11
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Question Computer saying there's less space on a drive than there actually is
I'm in a bit of a pickle with my computer and idk if anybody else had this problem so I figured I'd ask. So my D drive (which is my storage) just suddenly started saying it has 100kb free despite me not adding anything to it, and last night it had like 40 or 50gb free. I tried deleting something...- MechaManDan
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- d: drive hard disk hard drive help problem storage troubleshooting windows windows 10
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Issues mounting hard drive
Having some issues with mounting a hard drive for a server I'm building for a client. I've searched everywhere for Documentation on this specific case but haven't found a lick of anything. One review made on the case even stated their own problems mounting their hard drive, but didn't offer a... -
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[SOLVED] Need help choosing a Silent HDD for a 24/7 system
Hi I got an M.2 NVME for C drive and another SSD for my projects and other works, I just need about 4 to 6TB of storage for Archive (mostly video) Speed is not important at all, I just want something that is SILENCE and works 24/7 (my current WD Greens both become clicky from 3 years ago, I did... -
Question Problem with installing 3rd SSD hard frive
I have 2 disks in one computer SSD and the other a regular mechanical hard disk, everything worked fine, I physically connected a new SSD drive that is detected in the BIOS and I was able to install Windows 10 on it It is important to note that while I installed and connected the third disk... -
Question BSoD, plus boot order in BIOS changes by itself ?
Two issues happening at random times: BSoD "An operating system wasn't found" during startup. When I look into the BIOS, sometimes the boot priority changed by itself to the drive with no OS (Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB) , sometimes the hard drive with OS completely disappears (Samsung 970 EVO...- michw6
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- bios bsod hard drive
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- Forum: Motherboards
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Question How to fix 3f0 boot error ?
My laptop isn't too old and I don't understand why but my hard drive seems to be broken and its only two years old. A day ago I was just downloading a steam game and my chrome tabs became unresponsive and the download also paused just before finishing so I knew something was wrong. I tried to...- Kyreza
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- 3f0 hard drive
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- Forum: Laptop Tech Support
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Question WD External Hard Drive won't show up after scanning
Hello, i borrowed this drive from a friend so i can backup his files. After plugging the drive in my pc, it shows up with no problems. However, for safety i tried scanning it with windows defender. It detects 1 virus and the scan stopped. I tried to "clean threat" and "quarantine" that virus but...- andromedaftw
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- External & Internal drive hard drive usb
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Question Possible HD failure
I installed a new 1 GB SSD in an HP laptop ;ess than three months ago. A couple of times recently Windows 11 has crashed with a BSOD, and when I restarted the laptop would not boot up, giving me a boot device not found error message, and refused to boot. Several attempts resulted in no luck. I...- mjw72652
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- hard drive
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- Forum: Components
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Question PC makes noise that sounds like someone is shoveling snow. What is this a sign of?
Recently got my HP 750-287C's PSU knocked out by a power surge but had it replaced. Now, when I use my PC, there's a sound coming from it that sounds like someone is shoveling snow outside or the printer starting to print something. What is this a sign of? Is it a sign of a component failing...- TerraCorbix12345
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- EVGA evga 450 w3 grinding noise hard drive hdd HP Envy hp envy 750 287c Noises Power Surge sound sounds
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- Forum: Systems
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Question New Hard Drive
I just bought a new hard drive to store my games. When I start to play any game, even games to low spec PC, I'm having stutterings. so I took a screenshot in the task manager to see what is happening View: https://imgur.com/a/tGdIU7X My Specs: GTX 970 i5 6400 16 GB RAM SSD (Operational... -
[SOLVED] D drive crashed, now MB won't post ?
My 3TB D drive crashed my PC. Rebooted and it took a long time to start but it was fine, outside of my desktop being on the D. Turned it off to remove and recover the D and MB wouldn't post. Just nothing, so my Sys eng. husband troubleshot it and nothing seemed to reliably help. He ended up...- Anotherlittlething
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- crashed d drive drive failure hard drive makes no sense motherboard wont post
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[SOLVED] Windows 7 install doesn’t recognize hard disk…
So I tried to install windows 7 on my Medion s6421 laptop, but at the point where I normally should select a disk partition to install the system I cant get any further. It doesn’t show any hard disks… I already tried to install the sata controller drivers from the manufactor, but still no disks...- Nathanot14
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- hard drive setup Windows 7 64 bit
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- Forum: Windows 7
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Question Toshiba Satellite laptop "no bootable device"
Hello, wanted to write this to seek some possible help on a toshiba satellite c45, when turning on it didnt get past the loading toshiba screen it wouod just pop up the text with "no bootable device please insert..." i tried some toggling on the bios menu by pressing f12 but wasnt able to get...- PcGamerRtx
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- hard disk hard disk (hdd) problems hard drive hdd hdd 100% laptop loading screen stuck Toshiba toshiba c45 toshiba satellite
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- Forum: Laptop Tech Support
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Question No bootable device screen appears after Windows 10 blue screen “driver power state failure” on Acer Nitro 5 AN515-54 gaming laptop
I think the blue screen occurred after the laptop screen was slammed to it’s closing position. After restarting it - no bootable device screen appears. The laptop was functioning completely fine before this had happened. I also went through BIOS and I’m pretty sure it recognizes the hard drive...- Cro55ed
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- Acer Gaming Laptop hard drive windows 10
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- Forum: Laptop Tech Support
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Question Does it mean my external hard disk is internally damaged/corrupted?
I bought a new Seagate Expansion 2 TB hard disk yesterday. I used it and copied 200 GB data on it. Which copied successfully. Then I copied some more data but during that I lifted my laptop to place it somewhere else but I forgot that my hard disk is attached to it with USB. So the hard drive...- vikaskumar2299
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- devices and drives External Hard Disk hard disk hard drive harddisk harddrive hardware hdd seagate
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- Forum: Storage
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Question is swapping an iPod Classic Hard Drive a good idea?
Hello everybody! I really don't know if this is the correct forum for this particular question, Please allow me to explain: My dad found his beloved iPod Classic, its a 6th Generation 80GB of great music, I haven't seen him so happy in YEARS... We were looking for an USB Charging cable so we...- Carlos2109
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- Apple Backup hard drive hardware iPod iPod classic storage
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- Forum: Consumer Electronics
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Question New Western Digital internal hard drive crashes everything it touches
A friend and I were installing a new hard drive into his computer, and once we started installing games (after formatting it) every platform that wants to install a game onto the new volume crashes. We've managed to install destiny 2, which works, but installing Valorant only causes riot games...- erigthekid
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- gaming hard drive Riot Games Steam
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] I have a NVME SSD + SATA SSD + HDD. What is the best way to divide the tasks between them?
I have a 2TB NVME SSD, a 750GB SATA SSD and a normal 1TB HDD. I was thinking about exclusively storing games (game files) on the NVME SSD while using the SATA SSD as the main/boot drive (Windows install) + storing software on it while I use the normal HDD for normal big file storage (media...- Schytheron
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- hard drive hdd nvme Partition SATA ssd
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Question Shorted 4 drives after installing new PSU - Repair/Recovery advice needed.
Hey folks, I appreciate in advance any knowledge or advice you can share. I was upgrading from a Corsair CX600m PSU to an EVGA Supernova 750 P2 PSU. I had 2 SSD's and 2 HDD's as storage, with an M.2 as the boot drive. I replaced the GPU, CPU and Motherboard cables but kept the Sata cables in... -
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[SOLVED] New Hard Drive has manufactured date 2.5 years ago, is that bad?
I bought a WD 6tb hardrive and it arrived today, it's WD60EZRZ. The manufactured date is 28th may 2019, is this normal? I was sold this new from WD website. Wondering if it's fine to use.
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