I moved an SSD to a new system. Now I can't access files on the old hdd that were created during the time the SSD was a part of that old system. Can they be brought back to life?
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posted by peacay
on Jan 9, 2013 -
15 answers
How can I get Windows 7 64bit to recognize my 3 TB SATA hard drive? BIOS sees it, it works fine under Ubuntu, but it doesn't show up in Win 7's disk manager / storage tool.
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posted by lord_yo
on Nov 27, 2012 -
4 answers
Help me navigate buying and upgrading a new Macbook Pro. Can I upgrade the HDD or RAM myself without voiding the warranties, or am I stuck paying the Apple tax for more HDD and RAM?
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posted by grobstein
on Nov 20, 2012 -
10 answers
I've just upgraded my rig with a 256gb SSD card for the main C:. This is primary used for the OS, apps and my work files.
I previously had 2 HDD's one for OS and the other for backups.
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posted by spinko
on Nov 17, 2012 -
10 answers
Help me find a (cheap!) Blu-ray player. I have an iMac, and want to stream video from my computer to the player to the TV...
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posted by zardoz
on Oct 18, 2012 -
9 answers
How do I access the contents of an HDD from an iMac G5 (PPC) without the original computer?
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posted by dr handsome
on Aug 26, 2012 -
3 answers
What's the best way to go about installing a solid state drive in a new laptop? (And is this even a good idea?)
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posted by Rhaomi
on Jul 30, 2012 -
12 answers
I recently bought another 1TB HDD, so I now have two 1TB HDDs (Both western digital; caviar black) and an Intel SSD (operating system).
The new HDD, after one day of use has gone bad. S.M.A.R.T has detected errors, I ran the western digital tool and that also detected errors. I was warned to backup my drive, so I tried to last night but after 2 hours I gave up to re-do it tomorrow (tons of files). I stopped the backup properly and shutdown.
Now this morning I'm trying to get all 830gigs of my files off of the new bad drive, back onto my original storage hdd before the new drive goes completely bad and I lose all of my important files.
The windows restore and backup program is giving me error code: 0x8007045D near the start of the backup. I/O device error.
I've checked the destination HDD and it returned no errors (both with the western didgital tool and using chkdsk). I need to fix this problem quick before my new drive totally fails.
posted by johnx
on May 21, 2012 -
6 answers
Is there any coded thing to find and collect *.mp3 from my hdd according to my loved last.fm songs and make a .m3u ?
I scrobble mainly from my PC so it would be really great to have this possibility of possibilities !!
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posted by amomp3
on Apr 3, 2012 -
3 answers
Google has failed me. How do I stop my external Toshiba USB drive from going to sleep on its own when connected to my iMac file server?
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posted by Slap*Happy
on Nov 11, 2011 -
1 answer
Let's say I want to buy a new external hard drive. I can pick a case with a particular interface (USB2/USB3/FW400/FW800/eSATA) and a mechanism with certain performance characteristics (RPM, latency, transfer rate, etc). Is there a straightforward heuristic that will tell me "if you're using interface X, don't bother buying a mechanism faster than Y."?
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posted by adamrice
on Feb 3, 2011 -
3 answers
Is it possible to salvage a hard drive that has been through hell and back? I have a 40gig HD from a few years ago that was inside a computer tower that was ditched in the backyard for a few months, and there was stuff on it when it was pitched.
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posted by koolgiy
on Dec 11, 2010 -
17 answers
I've come into possession of a Revision B Macbook Air that's in fine working order except for a dead hard drive, and now I'm trying to decide what to replace it with.
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posted by bunji
on Oct 3, 2010 -
3 answers
For a home user, what is the best storage medium for backup files to be left at an offsite location? Portable Harddrive, USB drive, SD Card, burnt DVDs?
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posted by WhackyparseThis
on Aug 28, 2010 -
24 answers
Playing music in the 21st Century - help me with mp3 players, HDD media players and internet radio.
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posted by ninebelow
on Aug 20, 2010 -
9 answers
Help me pick an SSD! I'm looking for a solid state drive (SSD) with great performance at the lowest possible price, but I hardly understand what I'm looking for.
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posted by speedgraphic
on Jun 15, 2010 -
14 answers
My hard drive on my dell laptop (inspiron E1705 - running windows vista) just crashed deleting my itunes library. I got a new a hard drive and have my music still saved on my 120 gig ipod (newest generation). What is the easiest way to transfer all my music from ipod to my new hard drive?
posted by AZNsupermarket
on Jan 31, 2010 -
12 answers
I'm replacing an EIDE drive in my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop with a PATA one, thought that would be an easy swap.
But, of course, I'm here, so it wasn't.
The laptop now isn't seeing my new HDD, so I'm guessing I need to update something in the BIOS (ver. A07, 6/27/2005)?
The new drive is a Western Dig Scorio Blue, if that makes any difference.
Little help?
posted by Exchequer
on Jan 24, 2010 -
12 answers
How do I get a new hard drive, that's been cloned from my primary drive, to boot as the new primary drive?
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posted by willcosgrove
on Nov 23, 2009 -
8 answers
I now own a MacBook Pro 17". And now I have some questions relating to MacOS and Windows 7, hardware upgrades and getting Applecare-on-the-cheap.
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posted by Effigy2000
on Nov 11, 2009 -
19 answers
Damaged harddrive-- need to recover one particular file, but due to the damage, only perhaps 30% of the file is intact. What tools are available to just pull that 30% back?
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posted by Static Vagabond
on Oct 15, 2009 -
4 answers
Blue Screen of Death hell and I don't know where to start... is it software? Hardware? HDD? RAM? Drivers? Any pointers would be appreciated!
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posted by ClarissaWAM
on Jul 8, 2009 -
21 answers
500GB internal SeaGate hard drive disappears from Windows, Linux, and the BIOS. What can I try before I pay to have the data recovered?
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posted by Avenger50
on Jul 3, 2009 -
10 answers
Will upgrading the size (but not RPM or cache size) of my laptop's hard drive increase performance?
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posted by cosmic osmo
on Apr 1, 2009 -
14 answers
Looking for a hard drive adapter/box for an IBM Travelstar laptop hard drive.
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posted by mjklin
on Jan 19, 2009 -
6 answers
I'm building a new PC, and I'm eyeing a Transcend ts64gssd25s-m SSD drive to put WinXP Home on (64GB); However, since it is MLC based, I have a few questions...
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posted by Oneirokritikos
on Jan 17, 2009 -
12 answers
So I'm installing a new Seagate 500GB SATA HDD in my PC, when I notice, for the first time somehow, a jumper that limits the drive to 1.5 GB/s. What's that all about?
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posted by Avenger50
on Jan 14, 2009 -
6 answers
Mac, Leopard, La Cie external hard disk drive spins but does not mount. What's my best option for getting data off this drive?
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posted by gen
on Nov 2, 2008 -
21 answers
What is the best solution for having a whole bunch of hard drives and being able to easily swap them around?
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posted by GleepGlop
on Sep 7, 2008 -
11 answers
Great MeFites, I come bearing but a humble request. I bought a MacBook Pro about six months before Leopard was released. When it finally came out, I installed it on a partition on an external drive, which I would boot from (because OS X is awesome like that, amirite?) so I could test out all my apps. Now I'm ready to commit to Leopard full-time - what's the best way to go about transplanting my Leopard partition?
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posted by indiewizard
on Aug 18, 2008 -
6 answers
Is there a desktop search solution that will index my external hard drives? So far I have had no luck with Google Desktop search.
posted by greenknightwatch
on Aug 16, 2008 -
9 answers
I have an ancient Thinkpad 570, and the hard drive finally died. Hardware not recognized. I've pulled out the old one (it rattles ominously) and am wondering if I can replace it with a new generic laptop drive, rather than having to go with overpriced proprietary stuff.
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posted by stavrosthewonderchicken
on Jul 31, 2008 -
10 answers
Can I move a HDD with Windows 2000 to a new computer and expect it to load Windows 2000?
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posted by ian1977
on Jun 16, 2008 -
7 answers
My laptop either doesn't see the HDD on bootup (cannot find OS), or stops seeing it a few minutes into use (BSOD). Could this type of problem:
a) be reasonably easily resolved by me for small amount of cash
b) be easily resolved by a professional for a reasonable amount of cash
c) be best resolved by selling it on ebay for parts or repair for a reaonably small amount of cash?
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posted by forallmankind
on Jan 20, 2008 -
3 answers
Every night at 12:10AM, the brand new primary hard drive in my computer begins grinding away for a duration of 10-60 seconds. Why?
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posted by Danelope
on Jan 14, 2008 -
12 answers
