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    Pending OP Response Hard drive works but is not detected through SATA

    I recently built a computer to slowly upgrade (specs listed below) and I want some more storage. I have an SSD on the way, but for now I'm booting off a 1TB Samsung Spinpoint (2.5 in, 7200 rpm) drive removed from an old external hard drive case. It works better than expected; I unplugged the...
    • Neotozo
    • Thread
    • driver error external hdd hdd not detected hdd problems motherboard samsung sata seagate windows 11 pro
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Internal Hardware
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    (Steam) My external hard drive cannot download steam games without completely crashing steam.

    I bought a 1TB external hard drive (SAMSUNG) in hope to make some storage space for games. On steam, I've set it as a steam library folder, but whenever I try to download anything onto the external harddrive, my steam completely freezes up, before closing itself. I have no idea what to do...
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    Solved How to get a 32bit CD application to run on Windows 10 using an external ODD/HDD Device

    Hello, I found my outdated Rosetta Stone CDs. It comes with multiple disks, one to install the program and the others for the specific language you are trying to use in the program. Unfortunately, my old laptop is no longer functional and my new laptop does not come with a CD ROM, [64-bit...
    • jujube4n
    • Thread
    • 32bit programs 64 bit computer external hdd help me please help requested windows10home
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows 10
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    Internal HDD made into an external drive not working

    Hi, Recently I got an SSD and replaced my old HDD on my laptop. So I thought I will make use of the unused old HDD and bought this orico HDD enclosure. I plugged in the harddrive and it showed as 3 different drives ( I didnt do any clean wipe when replacing the HDD when it was inside the...
    • NS07
    • Thread
    • chkdsk diskpart external hard drive external hdd hard disk hard drive hard drive error harddrive
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Laptop Support
  5. Brandon Byrnes

    Solved Daisy chaining multiple HDD?

    I have 4 externel/internal 2.5" HDDs that are all different capacities but all the same speed 5200rpm. I would like to daisy chain them together to make one big drive. Is this possible and if so how do I do it, is there an enclosure that I can put them all into? I would be using USB 3.0 to do it...
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    Formatting an external HDD - Which Allocation Unit Size should I use?

    Hi, I've got a 3tb HDD which I'll be formatted to fat32 using GUIFormat. I need it fat32 so my playstation and media players can read it. GUIFormat gives me a number of options to for the Allocation Unit Size which are; 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536 The files I intend to use it...
    • dodohelp
    • Thread
    • allocation unit size aus external hdd fat32 guiformat reformating
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Peripheral Support
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