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USB Flash Drive or MicroSD Card

I am going to buy one soon. I would prefer one that can be used on mobile phones as well as pc. I think MicroSD Card is a better option. I came across microDuo USB drives while browsing Kingston...

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WD My Passport Ultra I/O Error

My computer is not showing my WD My Passport ultra portal drive. When I go to Disk Management, I get the message "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it. I select the MBR...

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External drive problem

I have a small problem and no one else here has it. on my one computer it recognizes but when I try to open it in "my computer" thats where the i/o error pops up. but when I plug it in my other...

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Transfer from one external HD to another.

I currently have all my video & photos on a 500gb external hard drive that I need to replace with a larger 1tb one. Can I simply attach both by usb to my pc, go to ' my computer ' & transfer...

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Video Files recovered with Recuva Unplayable?

Apologies if I'm on the wrong board, but hoping for advice. I messed up and managed to delete a very large folder of video files on an external HD. I used recuva to recover the files, and the process...

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Why your USB drive's file format matters: FAT32 vs. exFAT vs. NTFS

Majid was unable to copy a movie from his PC to his newly acquired 32GB USB key, and wondered why. He sent me a screenshot that clearly indicated the problem, as it read “The file is too large for the...

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Issue viewing certain Videos, Images & Documents saved to external Hard Drive.

Hi all, I am new to the forum and not overly PC savvy. The issue that I have is... I cannot view certain Videos, Images & Documents saved to my Seagate external Hard Drive. I have saved the images,...

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External Hard Drive Enclosures

I want to make the Hard drive from an old Dell Desktop into an external hard drive, I have looked at a lot of these enclosures online, but I can't figure out exactly which one I need. The HD I have, is...

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Possible USB Overload - What can I expect moving forward?

Hey guys, So I was moving my computer across a rug (admittedly it wasn't raised more than a few centimeters above) with all the ports occupied, and I could have sworn I heard a crackle. I didn't think...

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I am lost. I am not as bright as I thought I was.

Hello All, My head is spinning from reading and watching videos of dozens and dozens of "How To" articles about: Putting my Windows 7 OS on a desktop external hard drive. I am thinking of buying a...

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Can't install new flash drives, but my old one works

I have a SanDisk Cruzer 32GB flash drive I use with no problems, have been for 2 years now. However, I bought a generic blue flash drive that doesn't work on my PC, but it works on my wife's and her...

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WD external hard drive problem

I have a Western Digital My Password Ultra external drive. It is on, lit, shows in this pc but shows as empty whereas I know it has over 500gb of pics & video on it. I am not aware of having...

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SD Card Help

I know there are 3. Types of Cards SD Cards can be used by any Card Reader SDHC Cards must be used with SDHC Card Reader SDXC Cards can be used with SDHC Card Reader or SDXH Card Reader. And UHS1....

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External Disk Drive

A cracked CD exploded in the disk drive of my Dell Inspiron 530, so I bought an external disk drive so I could play games on my PC. Everything was fine until recently. It stopped recognizing the disk...

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External SSD Recovery Help

You're going to laugh... I accidently deleted my 1TB external SSD. At the time I didn't understand how "deleting" worked. I downloaded software to recover the files, and thinking that the files were...

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Strange message

When I turn on my PC I now get this message........... "The recycle bin on G:\ is corrupted. Do you want to empty the recycle bin for this drive? " G is an external hard drive. What should I do. Should...

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How to Securely Wipe a USB Flash Drive?I

How do you securely wipe a USB flash drives? I guess the real question is, do you wipe it like an SSD or an HDD? I wipe my SSD and NVMe drives with either the manufacturer's software tool using the...

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What advantage does "Powered" external HDD's have?

Hey guys, I need to get an 8tb External hard drive. I am seeing slim non-powered ones and the large Desktop type powered ones, which is better for data storage only use please? Also, what advantage...

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USB 3.0 Flash Drive

I got this USB 3.0 Flash. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081QSHG1K?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details It is a 256 GB Flash Drive but when I put it into My USB Port on My Win10 DeskTop System to...

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Question Which external hard drive for this Mac please?

Hey guys, I am trying to advise someone who came to me for help and wanted to double check with you guys first if you won't mind. She took her 2011 MacBook Pro Laptop to best buy's Electronics Dept....

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