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[SOLVED] Intel hard drive drivers to ryzen drivers
Ok so I have a pc with an i3-7100 and a new one that I built with a ryzen 5 2600. Everything is done but all I need to do is transfer my hard drive from the old pc to the new pc. My question is will I have to remove any current intel drivers on the HDD? And if so, what should I do? I don’t want...- MaGz562
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- Forum: Components
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[SOLVED] Hdd makes noise and fails to boot os
Note: drive is not the original one that came with the laptop , it's a replacement. The laptop is fine , the problem doesnt come from it. Hello. I have a western digital 120 gb 2.5 inch drive. After successfully installing and running windows 10 i shut down the laptop. Starting it back on made...- eclipse99t
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- Boot boot after shutdown hard drive hdd
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Help with DDRescue
Hi, I happen to have a 500GB HDD that won't open properly. It is detectable both under Windows and Ubuntu. So, I decided to follow the most common guide I found online, back it up. I use DDRescue to clone/copy whatever is possible to a 4TB HDD. After running it for 2d 22h 24m, the process... -
[SOLVED] Docking station advice for old internal drive
Hi I have an old internal hard drive of my fathers would anyone know if it’s possible to get an external adaptor or docking station for it? It’s a WD2500js praying it’s possible. If anyone can send a link to a suitable option it would be greatly appreciated as there old photos I would love to... -
How would I mount an SSD in this laptop?
Planning on replacing an old 2.5 5400rpm hard drive in a HP 17z-ak000 with an ssd. My question is, the hard drive seems to have a compression fit (which probably means it stays there due to being squeezed) when I looked up a video of it. I'm not sure if the SSD will work since I believe its...- Tennis987
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- hard drive hp laptop ssd
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Question Hard drives not spinning
I built a PC that just utilizes a 250GB SSD and wanted to add some extra storage to it. I purchased a BarraCuda 2 TB hard drive and installed it using the same SATA power cable that connects to the SSD (there are 3 heads on the cable). At first, the HDD light on my chassis would flicker when I... -
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Question How do i know if my hard drive is 3.5 or 2.5
Hey, i have two hard drives, 1 is installed on the pc the other is not, how do I know if they are 2.5 or 3.5? I think things will be easy with the installed one, but how about the other one, is there a way that I can know without installing it, is there anything written on it that can tell me...- yyoussef101
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- 2.5 3.5 hdd hard disk hard drive hdd
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] WD Red NAS (WD60EFRX) not detected
Hi, I have a spare drive from friend thought I'd use it as backup storage. I don't know much about fiddling around inside PCs but I watched a bunch of YT vids, got a anti-static wristband, plugged it in, and it didn't show up in my "This PC", I'm using Win10. So I tested it. WD Dashboard says...- elim_garak
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- hard drive NAS / RAID wd 6tb
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Need Help - PC keeps crashing for a few seconds
Hi, I recently needed more storage in my PC so I got a Barracude 2TB hard drive to put into my system, after putting it in my PC would randomly crash completely, I took the hard drive out and my PC started working perfectly again. I then went and got it exchanged, thinking maybe it was just a... -
[SOLVED] Help!!!
Ignore the dumb title and please help me, I've been messing around with my hard drives since I've decided to fully upgrade my PC. I now own a 3060 and ryzen 5 3600 (an upgrade from a 1050 and a dead CPU) but now I've run into another issue, my new hard drive is awful, it runs slower than my...- tempaccount2021
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- hard drive help slow
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] I can't find my folder
Hi, so I was messing with my folders and I can't find one of my folders which contains all the files of my D: drive. The only way to access it is through Quick Access and finding a file located in the folder I made as backup containing all my stuff in. When I go on my D: drive the folder with...- EduardoG357
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- folder hard drive hdd windows 10
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[SOLVED] Need a spinning platter HDD recommendation.
I've asked this on another thread a few years back, but once again I'm in need of a OG internal HDD and it's time for a refresh of the question. This time I'm considering a 5-6TB secondary/tertiary drive in my system. StorageReview.com seems to be defunct, so that sucks. I call this a gaming...- Landstander
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- hard drive hdd
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Does anyone still use a traditional hard drive as their boot drive? Why aren't you using an SSD
Why do some people still use traditional hard drives (HDD) as the boot drive in their PC? What are the reasons why? I stopped using them for this purpose years ago! But there still seem to be a lot of people who still use them for this. All I use traditional hard drives for now is storing...- NOT_PROVIDED_16
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- hard drive ssd storage windows 10
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- Forum: Storage
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Question My external usb hard drive is slow
Hello. My usb external hard drive that runs a laptop hard drive used to work after i bought a new pc, but now it doesn't even show how much space is left when it loads its so slow and my files wont even load honestly i didn't use it for sending files my hard drive is 160 gigabytes and my laptop... -
[SOLVED] Please help me fix this sporadically disconnecting Ext. HDD
I'm a heavy gamer on PC (specs below for laptop and drive) and have an external Toshiba hard drive that is less than a year old and works just fine 98% of the time. The problem is, the hard drive disconnects 1-2 times a week, always while I'm knee deep in a video game. Recently, I lost over an...- rdenon6284
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- disconnect hard drive
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Motherboard Boots to Bios Only
Hi, so I was messing with the bios of my my MSI motherboard and when I loaded up Windows it just crashed so it booted up to BIOS so I reset all the BIOS settings to factory reset and I made my HDD as the first boot option. The problem is everytime I turn on my PC it boots to BIOS. And it takes...- EduardoG357
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- bios hard drive motherboard windows
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[SOLVED] Newby Question: Can I upgrade my CPU and motherboard and still retain my OS and access all my files from my hard drive?
Hi there, Hoping someone will help out with a newbie question. I have an Intel i5-3570 CPU with a Socket 1155 motherboard. I am looking to upgrade to an i9-9900 CPU and socket 1151 motherboard. Can I just add the other components to my new motherboard so that it will be working as before? If... -
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[SOLVED] Cloned Drive Data Missing
I used Aomei Backupper Standard 6.4 Free version to clone my XPG M.2 PCIE SSD 1TB to my external Seagate Hard drive 7 TB. Once cloning was complete, I noticed an issue with partition 3. The data size of partition 3 for the source is 653.97 GB, whereas the data size of partition 3 for the clone...- PotatoPower159
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- AOMEI AOMEI Backupper clone data hard drive Missing Partition ssd
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Can't access HDD over IDE to USB Bridge
Hello, For the past couple of days, I've been trying to copy information from an old Windows 98 PC to a modern day system. Long story short, this computer was found alongside custom-made control circuitry for an antenna system, and the configuration files and software for this custom-made... -
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[SOLVED] External HDD/Explorer showing results that are not there
Hello, I tried googling 'hard drive showing results that are not there' and 'hard drive showing wrong results' but nothing so far. Unbelievable… tried Yandex also. Absolutely unreal that there is not a single thread on the entire internet on this or something similar to this… Anyway, forgive... -
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Question Brand new Seagate 5TB External drive fails Seatools Short Generic
Hi, Today I received a brand new 5TB Seagate External Drive (STHP5000403) from Amazon US. The drive appears twice in SeaTools, once under SAS-SCSI-FC and once under USB-1394, as shown. My new hard drive, Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5TB, appears twice in SeaTools, once under SAS-SCSI-FC and... -
[SOLVED] Hard drive and PSU ?
So I built my first pc about 3 weeks ago, I got a 600w PSU and that was more than enough, but I didn't have a hard drive yet, just a 970 nvme m.2 500gb ssd. But because I needed more storage space I ordered a Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3,5 HDD, and after installing it I realized that my pc wouldn't... -
[SOLVED] How To Set Up SSD+HDD Combo Properly on Win 10?
Hello everyone! I'm currently running Windows 10 20H2 on my Samsung 860 EVO SSD, and am trying to use my HDD as a storage drive for my apps, documents, etc; The thing is, how do I properly move my apps and "Documents," "Downloads," "Pictures," etc. directories onto my hard drive without...- System32_76
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- Directories file files folder folders hard drive hardware hdd software Solid State Drive ssd storage windows 10
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- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] CrystalDiskInfo - Why one drive is Caution while another shows Good with similar results?
I recently felt my computer was running slow when accessing data on the hard drives and the data on the hard drives was getting slower to populate so I decided to run some health checks and ran CrystalDiskInfo to check my hard drives out. My primary data drive and secondary backup drive are... -
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[SOLVED] power supply has multiple sata power connectors on one?
My power supply has multiple sata power connectors on one cable. I was wondering if I could use one cable to power two hard drives? there are three connectors on one cable. Pc parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pG7CCz PSU...- CoffeeStoreGuy
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- hard drive power supply Power supply cables
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Question How to identify what program is accessing a disk?
I am trying to transfer large amounts of data across hard drives - like terabytes of data, so it takes most of a day to transfer. I use TeraCopy for the transfer, so I can see exactly the rate at which the date is transferring. I sometimes see that the date rate has throttled down, so I just... -
[SOLVED] My computer seems to be disconnected or hidden from the rest of my network
Hi, I have 2 computers and on both of them I want to share a hard drive to my network so I can play media on my smart TV without using a USB. Now one computer connected easily just by enabling "share this folder" in the Advanced sharing settings. The other one however is having some issues...- KantaGaming
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- features hard drive Homegroup network services windows 10
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- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Can I just buy a new HD?
Hello everyone, My apologies if this question is in the wrong section. A friend of mine gave me a dell optiplex tower. It works fine, but he's removed the hard drive to use elsewhere. 1. Is it as simple as purchasing and installing a hard drive and installing the OS? 2. Will I need to mess...- bobdempsey
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- hard drive
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- Forum: Prebuilt & Enterprise
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[SOLVED] Intel Smart Response how effective it is ?
System: Intel 9100F KINGSTON 16 GB RAM DDR4 Asus Exb365m-v5 Motherboard Zotac GTX 1050Ti 4gb OC Edition Corsair Power Supply 650watts WD GREEN 2TB KINGSTON SSD NOW V300 120GB (Specifications) I'm having a small SSD of 120GB as OS Drive ,I'm going to run out of space soon ! I'm a developer and...- ssbaraskar99
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- cache drive hard drive Intel Smart Response Technology ssd
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- Forum: Systems
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[SOLVED] SMART Status Bad, Backup and Replace - SSD
Hello I turned my PC on today and I get a screen saying: Port 1 : ADATA SX900 (this is my main boot drive) S.M.A.R.T Status Bad, Backup and Replace Press F1 to run setup I press F1 and the PC attempts to boot but brings me back to the same exact screen after 10 seconds or so. I’ve had this... -
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[SOLVED] External HDD "Not Ready" when initializing
So I recently bought multiple external hard drives (4 total) of 8 Tb each. Upon arriving home, I tought I would format them and get on with my day, however it said "Disk is not ready" in disk management when trying to initialize it, I tought might be the cable that came with it, so connected it... -
[SOLVED] HDD doesn't response after after a while
Hi I have a problem with my HDD: A few months ago it randomly started doing a somewhat scratching sound every second. This happened mid day and was gone as soon I started opening files on the drive. Today it looks like it finaly gave up: When I start the PC (selfbuild pc, drive is from a...- geckovic02
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- dead hard drive hdd important
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Squeaky ssd drive
Hi! A few months ago ( exactly 3 months ago ) my ssd drive started to make some strange noises. Also from this time it started slowing down when i'm installing some massive programs like 20 gb. Sometimes it even slowed down my os to that point i wasn't able to move my mouse or close program for... -
[SOLVED] If i have one m.2 and 2 of 5400rpm hard drive will system load smoothly
I'm planning on upgrading to Samsung 980 pro m.2 but i will also used two WD blue 5400rpm hard drive. Will system and game run faster? I will install all my games and windows in the 500gb 980 Pro. can the two slower hard drive affect windows loading time or the games?- Hassaan Raza
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- hard drive m.2 ssd
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- Forum: Systems
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Question is ssd hard drive faster
im gonna buy an ssd hard drive to speed up some games loading speed and fps in general, but i wonder does the ssd hard drive need to be the OP system to run games faster? or can i just put it as a secondary hard drive and put a game in there and it will run faster? the question is, will both... -
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Question Second hard drive plugged in makes my screen black
So I have a second hard drive which also has a windows 10 OS installed(might be from a different computer), and I wanted it to become my second hard drive but anytime i plug it in the screen gets black with only the cursor visible. I have tried methods like CTRL+ALT+DEL (which didn't work...- justingankhuu09
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- black sceen Boot hard drive
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- Forum: Storage
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