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Question I removed SSD from one laptop with windows installed to another laptop that had bad hard drive and now laptop monitor won't turn on
So I have two laptops, let's call it #1 and #2. #1 is the one with bad hard drive. So I went ahead and removed SSD from laptop #2 with windows installed (different version windows) and installed to laptop #1 that had the bad hard drive. I also removed ram from #2 and "added" to laptop #1... -
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[SOLVED] Transfer Hard Drives
I'm getting a new PC soon and was wondering if it's possible to just swap my current hard drives to my new PC, my hard drives just have my games and other files on them, no trying to swap the os, so I don't have to download all my games again.- EzRa_KurLz
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- gaming Hard Disc Drive hard drive swap hdd
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Black screen with cursor on Windows 7, even in Windows setup
Hello, I have a problem with an older laptop, it's a HP ProBook 4545s. The problem started a couple of days ago. When I would turn on the laptop, Windows would start loading and it would boot to a black screen with the cursor. The first thing I tried were the advanced startup options, such as...- gdanbo
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- black screen Black screen of death Boot hard disk hard drive help hp4545s issue laptop problem windows7
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- Forum: Laptop Tech Support
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[SOLVED] Hard Drive not working, help!
I game and have PS4. Use a external Seagate hard drive to store my fortnite account on etc. And now it’s just suddenly stopped working. When I plug it in, it lights up just does this very dull beeping sound (have to put it to your ear to hear it). But just isn’t working at all. I’ve tried... -
[SOLVED] Hard drive magically healed? or glitch?
So im using hard disk sentinel to check my hard drives health and one has been showing 13% health left and no more than 14 days left on its lifetime wich means that its basically dead. I removed all data and it just sat in my computer empty for some days. But today i went into hard disk sentinel... -
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[SOLVED] Will SATA2 speeds bottleneck a 15K RPM HDD?
I recently came across a 600GB Seagate Cheetah 15K RPM SAS hard drive and I've found a lot of mixed info about the speeds of these drives. I'm currently only able to connect it to a SATA2 SAS controller which only supports speeds up to 3 Gb/s. I know for ordinary hard drives that's still plenty...- Genralkidd
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- 15k hard drive SAS Controller Card
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- Forum: Storage
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Question HDD Started making noise on startup?
4 days ago my hdd started making noises on startup, which I can describe as scanning / printer noises or something like that. Maybe grinding noises? But they are not that loud or bad. When it makes those noises it does not boot further until it stops, only then does it show my bios and loads the...- AngelWitch1986
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- hard drive hdd issues noise startup
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Pc not turning on after trying to install an HDD
Hi I was working on my pc when I thought I should try to install my old hard drive that we weren't using anymore. So I shut down my pc and started installing it. Once I had installed it I pressed the power button and for a second it sounded like the fans were spinning up and then it stopped and...- Littlejordy123
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- hard drive powe suply turning on
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- Forum: Power Supplies
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[SOLVED] When you copy data from a certain drive to another drive, which drive speed does the computer utilize?
Greetings, Apologies if some of you might not understand the thread question since it's sounds a little bit gobbledygook, but recently a question popped out of my head. Here's an example so you people who are very well versed in computers can understand it to a greater degree. For example, if I...- Iver Hicarte
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- copy and paste copy paste data transfer data transfer speed drive speed Hard Disc Drive hard disk hard drive Hard Drive Speed hdd performance Solid State Solid State Drive ssd transfer speed transfer speeds
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] is there a secure way to back up a HHD?
Hello guys! Here I am asking a dumb question, but here me out... I kinda have a reason for this... So, I build my first PC in 2017, nothing fancy, its an 7th Gen i5 with a NVIDIA 710 Graphics, I'm old school, so I bought a DVD/Blu-Ray optic unit, just to have it there, Anyway... I had an non...- Carlos2109
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- Backup Content data hard drive Media Server nas drive Plex Media storage
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- Forum: Storage
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Question HDD/SSD causing no signal?
I am trying to fix my mom's computer after she stopped getting signal to her monitor. I've followed all the steps to troubleshoot, reseating, unplug, cmos etc. I finally decided to try a different hard drive and finally got to bios. I was able to put windows on it and had it all set up again for... -
Question How to transfer OS to SSD without transferring other files?
I'm going to get an ADATA SU800 512GB SSD to put in my PC. I want to transfer my OS on to it, but the only methods I've seen online involve copying over all of the files on a hard drive and moving them over to an SSD, which I can't do because I've used more than 512GB on my hard drive. Is there...- TerraCorbix12345
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- ADATA adata su800 hard drive os tranfer ssd storage upgrade toshiba 1tb upgrade windows windows 10
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Raid 1 for video file storage
Hello everyone, I am making videos for youtube. I record games, upload them to youtube and store them on my hard drive. Youtube keeps the videos, but I feel safer if I still have the videos in case youtube would delete my videos ir was shut down or we are in a war and there is no more internet...- Staybegind
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- 1tb 8TB back up drive hard hard drive raid Safe storage wd purple western Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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Question My hard drive wont boot and makes clicking noises
Recently I was updating my computer but the power went out and now the hard drive makes a clicking noise, But I noticed it started clicking during the updates And now it wont boot Now it won't boot, for reference irs a IBM T42 thinkpad!- Trynnauwuyourowo
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- hard drive Windows 7 32
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- Forum: Windows 7
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[SOLVED] Can a HDD cause stutters in my game?
I know similar questions like this have been answered in the past but my case is a bit different. I'll give some background; I downloaded BF1 in my SSD and it ran fine. The game ran on ultra settings with no hassle, no stutters no nothing. I then got a HDD from a really old computer and got it... -
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[SOLVED] Failed HDD replacements ?
Hello, I have been using my Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008 ever since my old HDD died in 2019. However, today while gaming everything froze, I got the .... not responding message. I closed the game, checked file explorer and I saw the hard drive missing but my other 2 small storage ssd were...- slavi_asenov2002
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- Bad sector buy hard disk hard drive hdd new storage Solid State Drive ssd suggest storage
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] HD speed
I'm reviving a build from 2011ish to capture old raw dvcam footage to show to wedding studios as I get back to shooting/editing. Will build a 4K system soon but for now my main specs are - i7 - 860, 6G ram on a Asus P6T WS Pro. This mobo has 2x PCIe 16x , my Quadro FX 1500 is taking up 1 slot...- Neltrition
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- hard drive motheboard usb 3
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] How many uncorrectable sectors is bad?
I ran crystal disk and got 688 pending and uncorrectable sector count. Is this bad? -
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[SOLVED] Not sure what has happened with new SSD
Hi guys, I recently got the Samsung 980 and just installed it into my pc today. As I want it to have my OS on it, I used AOMEI Backupper to clone my current C: drive onto the new one. However, it is not appearing as a completely separate drives. Here is the screenshot (The F: drive is the clone...- stickhutch
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- hard drive ssd
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Windows not detecting my hard drive in Wavlink USB 3.0 docking station
I tried plugging in a hard drive with data already on it into my new PC and Windows didn't detect it. I bought a Wavlink USB 3.0 docking station and plugged my WD Blue 1TB hard drive in it and Windows still doesn't detect the data but now it's showing multiple disks and nothing on it. The... -
Question Recommendations for M.2 NVME drives that offer excellent REAL WORLD Performance?
Good day, I'm currently looking for a 1TB M.2 NVME that has excellent REAL WORLD performance, I don't really give much emphasis if a lot of the NVME drives today have very fast speeds when it comes to synthetic benchmarks since these are SYNTHETIC BENCHMARKS. I'm looking for a drive that can...- Iver Hicarte
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- gen3 gen3 x4 hard drive m.2 nand nand-flash nvme PCIE performance read and write speeds Solid State Drive speed ssd storage Storage Solutions terrabyte
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] New PC doesn't recognize hard drive from a previous PC
Hello, my newish PC doesn't recognize an older hard drive from a previous PC. The hard drive is a WD Blue 1TB drive. It's almost filled up. On my old PC, it works fine, it's not corrupted, but when I plugged it in to the current computer, Windows doesn't show it at all. If I go into Bios, same... -
[SOLVED] Can a dying HDD cause problems with Windows that's installed on a whole different SSD?
So I've got Windows 11 installed on a WD Black SN750 500GB NVMe SSD. I used a 2tb WD Blue 5400RPM that I've had since 2017 for mass storage of games, movies, downloads, clips and everything in between. Recently (even when I was on Windows 10) my OS has been acting a bit funny. It randomly...- MxzsyXII
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- Corrupt feezing hard drive
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- Forum: Windows 11
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[SOLVED] Moving my hard drives to a new PC
Hey everyone hope you are all doing super fantastic, Sorry if I am asking in the wrong place. Basically, soon I am planning to get a brand new pre-built PC from Scan. Anyways, I have like 4 SSDs and 1 SSHD that I wish to move over. I have an Nvme SSD as well in it, but I will keep that in...- SpiderSparrow
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- hard drive Moving Files
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Bitlocker Warning
This is just a warning to the community. I have a Surface Pro 3, installed the windows 11 Release preview on it some time ago. I only use local accounts, no online MS bs. I found my drive was encrypted with Bitlocker, when i tried to save the key it would not allow it. I was forced to sign in...- Drew125
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- Bitlocker drive hard drive Microsoft ssd windows
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- Forum: Windows 11
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Question Is my hard drive good?
The reason I'm worried is because I got my laptop (an Acer aspire 5) in December 2019. Then months later (June 2020), the hard drive died (complete with "no bootable device" when I rebooted from the BSOD that occurred) it failed again on August and since the laptop was still under warranty, they...- SweetFountain178
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- hard drive hdd HDD Failure worry
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Camtasia studio 2019 & stockage files
Hi, I wanted to make a video on Camtasia studio 2019 but I have forgot that I did not have enough space available on my hard drive. I still had 44 GB of free space and the video was bigger, so the creation of the video could not be completed. However, the 44GB of space in my stockage is no...- unioxe
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- camtasia studio hard drive ssd Video
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- Forum: Apps and Software
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[SOLVED] My laptop isn't turning off. Is my hard drive the culprit?
I know it sounds like a stupid question, but there are infrequent occasions when my computer turn off after the Windows system turns off. The system shuts down, but the power is still on (especially the button and fans- I have a gaming laptop). I conjectured that my hard drive is the culprit...- krelidas_34
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- hard drive laptop ssd
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- Forum: Laptop Tech Support
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[SOLVED] Changing hard drives on a new laptop
So recently my old laptop's motherboard had a short and I had to get a new laptop. Now the new laptop has a terrible hard drive and I want to swap the hard drive from my old laptop to my new laptop. What files do I need to move from my new hard drive to my old one so it can boot up the new...- Jack1414
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- hard drive transfer data
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- Forum: Laptop General Discussion
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[SOLVED] System randomly turns off after about 20-40 minutes after changing SSD ?
I just replaced my 512GB SSD with a 2TB SSD, and now my PC randomly turns off after about 20 to 40 minutes. There is no shutdown message, it just turns off. For both hard drives, I have my Power & Sleep settings set to "Never". After troubleshooting and reading forum posts for several days I...- darkhawk624
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- hard drive Shut off turn off
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- Forum: Systems
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[SOLVED] Should i replace my hard drive or add a new one?
Hello guys, so lately my pc has been choking a little, giving a lot of memory management and store exception blue screens. I figured out it was a hardware problem which the hard drive seems to be starting to fail, it would be nice to buy something to solve it but i still don't feel too confident...- Tiago bischoff
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- hard drive help replacing hd tips Upgraades
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Specific drive not visible, only visible on specific motherboard ?
I have an ironwolf 8tb drive: In my main pc (5900x, Asus b550-f) it shows up fine; I can see it directly in windows, view what's on it, use it completely normally. However, in my server pc (3770, MSI Z68-g45 b3) it doesn't show up at all - not even visible in BIOS. I can feel and hear the drive...- PowerFPV
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- bios hard drive Hard drive not detected hdd motherboard
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- Forum: Motherboards
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Question HDD activity strange?
Let's make this quick. I start up my computer and on boot up it's far slower than usual, I notice the HDD light is mostly off and barely flickers. And because of this the whole computer is slow. But then after some time the HDD starts acting like normal, activity light goes on and off like...- RightClickIntrest
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- hard drive hdd slow slow boot
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- Forum: Storage
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Question I accidentally punched my laptop into the keyboard, and suddenly...
I accidentally punched my laptop on the keyboard, and it suddenly shut off. I turned it back on again and when it goes to the windows home screen I realized that it can no longer load the name of the folders. I tried to open the Windows Explorer but it crashes and forces me to shut down the...- CarlosBecker
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- gaphics card hard drive processor system
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- Forum: Systems
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[SOLVED] Lost crypto wallets on partition
I have a few crypto wallets from 5+ years ago, which I think would be worth something now. Bitcoin, Monero and Dogecoin, and perhaps one more. I had these on my old hard drive, which I migrated to a new hard drive as a new partition. I've been trying to find these wallets a few times but to no...- Tehnee
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- bitcoin crypto dogecoin hard drive lost monero OLD Wallet
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- Forum: Apps and Software
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[SOLVED] GPU seems to prevent hard drive from running. What's going on?
UPDATE: Solved! It turned out to be a conflict between the main board video and NVIDIA GeForce. The system works fine now. Hello all, The other day I sold my old PC to some family of mine. They're having trouble getting it to work-- which is very odd considering that I had no issue with it... -
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Question Seagate External USB 2TB Hard Drive Becomes Sluggish/Unresponsive?
A couple of months ago, I purchased a Seagate "Basic" 2TB USB external hard drive (STJL2000400). Looks exactly like this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Seagate-Basic-STJL2000400-Hard-drive-2-TB-external-portable-USB-3-0-gray/694094792 During light usage, it functions fine. However, I've been... -
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[SOLVED] Laptop turns on but black screen and loud fan noise ?
The laptop (Lenovo) is 10 years old, but it was working fine until the owner in a bout of anger hit it hard with their fist :) After that it turns on with black screen, and then after 10-15 seconds starts loud fan noise. I thought the problem might be that hard drive (no ssd) or RAM might have...- nmvx
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- black screen hard drive Lenovo Loud Fan Noise ram
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- Forum: Laptop Tech Support
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[SOLVED] Can a Seagate video 3.5HDD from a PVR be used for storage in a pc?
So I harvested a 1000Gb hard drive from a Rogers PVR. The drive spins up and I can see it in disk management the problem is that it shows the size as being just under 8GB. a far way from 1000GB right. If I had DOS I could probably Fdisk it outside of windows but I'm unsure how to do this with... -
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[SOLVED] All hope lost for this external hard drive?
Hello, I was having issues with an external HDD and was trying to recover files. It was running normally and providing a drive letter despite being unable to see the files normally. But a few hours later it disappeared, and when I tried plugging it in again is beeped a few times, didn't sound...
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