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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Apr 25

When we got back from our house-sitting stint, we needed to recover my photos after an external hard drive got dropped. I’m pleased to say the photos are now on a new external hard drive. The technician couldn’t recover a few of...

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Got up earlier for a change as couldn't sleep. External Hard drive, no typos

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 4 Dec 18

While I'm hoping to begin heading to bed at night way before midnight, I was up until 1:30 again last night for several reasons. The main one so I could take my pain pills before bed rather than having to take them in the middle...

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Saving on Cloud Storage or External Hard Drive

bluesea3 @bluesea3 (167) • Indonesia 13 Dec 12

What would you chose, back up your data on cloud storage or on external hard drive? I have an experience about lost data. My hard disk drive was broken, my flash drive was formatted permanently. I will prefer to save my data to...

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Can anyone help me with this external hard drive problem?

rosmary101 @rosmary101 (28) 5 Nov 11

I used to have just one hard drive: a seagate half terabyte. I always used that without any glitch for years. Then I bought a new one: a WD 1 terabyte. After using the new one, I was able to use the old one just fine. Then I began...

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How do I back up on a Hard Drive....

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 27 Mar 11

I am going to get an external 1TG hard drive to use to back up my PC. I have apparently lost my Installation Disk for WIndows XP..( had them in the pouch with other disks, but of course, those "other" ones are still there but the...

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I want to buy external hard drive

julise @julise (494) • Indonesia 2 Mar 11

Hi all!!! Anyone here lives or knows Singapore? Me and my cousin wanna buy 2 external hard drive 500GB each. We want the good quality one, with warranty. most probably with brand like WD, buffalo, toshiba, HP, samsung... so...

can i install operation system on external hard drive?

whitestich02 @whitestich02 (1056) • Philippines 29 Nov 10

i have a windows XP on my computer and i want to install another operating system windows vista. but i dont want to delete my windows XP and my hard drive was full. do you think can i install operating system on my external hard...

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Can you boot up your computer from an external hard drive?

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 22 Nov 10

Let's assume that your Desktop internal hard drive, the primary hard drive is burn out, not working any more. And you were unable to take it out from internally. Now, you only hope is through an external hard drive which has more...

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What is a reliable and durable 1TB external hard drive?

risk_taker20 @risk_taker20 (2096) • Philippines 10 Nov 10

I am planning to purchase an external hard drive for backing up my files. Do you know what brand is best to choose? And considering also the budget, it should not be costly.

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HELP...please, my external hard drive won't work...my files are gone

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 26 Sep 10

I don't know why, it worked perfectly fine before.. but then I plugged it again to my computer, and when I go to the folder ..my computer then my hard drive.. nothing's there [ 0 objects].. but when I checked the properties...

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Question with an external drive hooked on my PC

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 20 Sep 10

Here is the symptom I saw most PC reacting to when I, or either my sister forgot to unplug the external drive or a flash drive from the USB port. Yesterday, my sister borrowed my desktop to work on her project, and she got her...

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HELP!!! I want to connect my HD to DVD to TV and it won't work!

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 18 Aug 10

I have alot of movies I had put on an 2T Seagate external hard drive with a USB plug. I was told that since my 2 year old sony Bravia tv doesn't have a USB port, to buy a DVD player that has a USB port, plug the hard drive into...

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Need recommendations for an external hard drive...

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 12 Apr 10

I am looking to buy an external hard drive. I want close to 700GB size. It is for putting movies on and pictures so we can view them on the tv screen instread of huddled around the small PC screen. So.. if you have one......

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Changing NTFS to FAT32

TheNightFox @TheNightFox (235) • New Zealand 31 Dec 09

I recently purchased a 1.5TB external HDD, but while copying files I found that it couldn't hold files larger then 4 gigs because it was FAT32. I converted it to NTFS, only to find the next day that I couldn't use it on my Linux...

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External Hard Drive for MacBook Pro?

paigegal @paigegal (438) • United States 16 Aug 09

I recently bought a new MacBook Pro 13". Anyone know what brand and which is the best external hard drive that will work perfect with macbook pro?I hope it won't be so expensive. My budget is $80 or lower. Thanks!!!

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System is not detecting the hard drive

subhakars @subhakars (932) • India 22 Jan 09

Hi, I have connected an external hard drive and the system is not detecting it. I have tried all the jumper setting and cable select. I have 3 hard drives connected to the system. If I disconnect one hard drive then 2 drives are...

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ndev2k @ndev2k (7) 4 Dec 08

I have been a member of a few incentive sites in my time including this one. I have recently been trying to get referrals for an incentive site whereby you complete an offer and get your friends to do the same and they will send...

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About how many movies do you think you could put on a 1 TB External hard drive?

Kmarie923 @Kmarie923 (875) • United States 21 Nov 08

Anybody have an estimate or anything?

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Anybody know of the best place to buy an external hard drive?

Kmarie923 @Kmarie923 (875) • United States 21 Nov 08

I am buying one for my bf, but I want to find a good deal. Any suggestions?

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