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• I/o error - cannot backup to Seagate «of TB external HARD drive»

  Former title: cannot backup to Seagate «of TB external HARD drive»

  I thought I could use native W7 backup to create a system image on a HDD Seagate 2 TB or less. I get an IO error. I know of 3 to 4K sector disks.

  What is the solution?
  Malcolm Bolton

  Hi Malcolm,

  If you use a drive logical sector of a size other than 512 bytes, Windows system image backup and restore operations can fail with 0x8078002A error code

  I suggest you to go through this article for more information:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982018/en-us

  Before you continue, I suggest you to create a system restore point.

  Install the following update and check:

  32-bit versions of Windows 7: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=91a0791a-04b7-46d9-9e37-5955a584feab

  64-bit versions of Windows 7:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=a8cd6aa3-948E-46e6-8125-7a8b3cf24a3f

• How to join the partitions in an external hard drive?

  I have an external hard drive. Empty, but divided into two partitions. (I see two drives)

  How can I meet two partitions?

  I tried using the disk utilities, but I got the message that I couldn't change the partitions.

  (In Dutch: "Deze kan niet worden gewijzigd partitie"; in English, something like: "this partition is not editable")

  What is the procedure that you follow?

  1. Select the disk in the sidebar that contains the partition you want to enlarge, then click on the Partition.

  2. in the list of available Partition, select the partition in the partition you want to enlarge, then click on remove.

  The partition is immediately erased, leaving the space it occupied available.

  3. resize the partition by doing one of the following:

  • Drag the separators between the partitions in the list of available Partition.

  • Select a partition in the Partition layout list, and then enter a value in the size field.

  4. click on apply.

  Disk utility (Yosemite): partition a drive

• Cannot access 250 GB Toshiba USB external hard drive

  Hello

  I'm unable to access my 250 GB USB hard drive. It gives an error that it detects hardware & gives a pop for Cypress AT2LP RC58 driver & research updates on internet & then error is "cannot install the hardware, the hardware was not installed because the wizard did not find the necessary software."

  Any help will be much appreciated.
  Please let me know for any info.
  Thank you very much!!!
  Concerning
  Harish S

  Hello

  Seems that the external HARD disk drive cannot be recognized because of the driver problem.
  What you could do to disconnect the USB of ALL devices and open Device Manager.
  Then choose the display command, show hidden devices and uninstall all devices under USB controllers. Reboot the laptop.
  After restarting again the operating system must install USB drivers again and you could test whether the external HARD drive can be connected as well.

  I have goggled a bit and found a few interesting statement abut Cypress AT2LP RC58. It seems that the HARD drive is ok but sometimes the HARD drive cover and the interface connector would be malfunctions and so this problem would happen.

  But these are only suggestions if you want to try for Cypress AT2LP RC58 goggle and see for yourself.

  Best regards

• Using a Mac to partition a USB external hard drive to use to start Windows 7 on a PC

  Hello

  My PC hard drive died recently, and I need to reinstall Windows 7. Fortunately, I have a Windows 7 .iso file on my Macbook Pro. I also have an external hard drive USB empty. I try to use the Mac (in particular the disk utility program) partition this hard drive and load the .iso file in it, with the intention to start the system and install Windows 7 on my PC. (NB. I have a new internal hard drive which I intend to install Windows on to, but it's something that I should be able to handle later and should not be relevant at the moment.)

  As my DVD player also decided to break (I had not used for a long time), I can't burn the .iso to disk image file and start that way.

  So my question is, what is actually in all possible ways to use my WD 500 GB external hard drive to boot Windows 7 from USB? If so, is it possible to configure the hard disk with the .iso image file using a mac? I think I need somehow do "bootable" my hard drive to boot from it, but I don't know how to do this using a mac, so that it will be compatible for Windows startup.

  I've had this problem for days now and nothing I try seems to work - I tried what seems like all combinations of formatting, partitioning, extracting, BIOS-set-up-ing and file-system-change I can think of. Any help will be really appreciated. Also, if you need information such as specifications, just let me know and I will try to provide all the details I can.

  In addition, I understand that there a lot of messages on the boot from external hard drives, but I looked carefully and found nothing for my situation (more precisely using a mac).

  Thanks in advance for help; If all goes well there is something obvious that I'm missing that I can fix it easily.

  Hi Michael,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  From your problem description, I understand you want to make bootable Windows 7 disk using Mac computer.

  About a tool to burn an iso image on Mac, I suggest you contact apple support.

  https://discussions.Apple.com/community/desktop_computers

  However, as a solution, I suggest to go to one of your friend who has the operating system windows download Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool and burn the iso image.

  Detailed suggestions are mentioned in the following article:

  http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/HTML/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

  I hope this helps. If the problem persists or all linked windows queries or issues related to the Windows operating system, please get back to us. We are here to help you.

• Cannot install Windows 7 on an external hard drive

  Mr President, I want to install win7 in external hard drive operating system, but I get an error message saying "windows cannot be installed on this configrationof installation or installation on the disk drive, connect to a usb port or ieee 1394".my contact no. is 09660166247 and my email is * address email is removed from the privacy * help

  Cannot install Windows 7 on an external storage device. You must install it on an internal storage device.

• If I remove the permission to add back apps stored on external hard drive?

  I'm selling my Mac. To help the sale, I wish I could say that it includes the iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) applications that I bought when new and Aperture 3.  I ask because I don't mean a buyer they will have access to these applications, if this isn't the case. I live in a country where it is expected that when you buy a used computer, it will come with the applications already installed. These 'options', even if they won't use, contribute to the resale value.

  I backed up everything to an external hard drive for x - fer to my next computer, including the applications mentioned. If I scratch out / reformat the hard drive and then the new owner create their own Apple to download Yosemite or El Capitan ID (I'm in Mavericks now) I was able to connect my external drive for Mac, and then copy the apps on his Applications folder so that he would be able to use? I care is no longer using opening myself, having switched to Lightroom and I know that if it is possible these applications would no longer under my ID and that he would not be able to upgrade, but since I've paid for them, I would be able to transmit with the Mac without having to use my Apple ID of the to do.

  Unless you have records of installation for these applications, you can not legally include.

  This applies also to any OS you downloaded from the app store.

  In all cases, licenses for the operating system and applications downloaded on the app store are valid only for the Apple ID used to obtain them, and they are not transferable. If you leave these applications or the operating system, the buyer will not be able to update or reinstall the OS without your ID Apple and your password.

  Thus, you will need to completely erase the hard drive and you can then reinstall the original OS, the computer came with.

• Cannot get Mac to recognize the external hard drive

  try to get my CD on iTunes, bought a new external hard drive which worked flawlessly for 30 CD then nothing, iTunes does not seem to recognize when I put a CD in. Replaced the hard drive but no improvement.

  I can always migrate songs of a laptop.

  I'm confused. By "hard drive" do you mean "optical drive"?  I don't know how you get a CD to a hard drive.

  Do you mean in your iTunes library?  iTunes is the application itself which opens libraries. You can't get a CD on/in/at the inside of/etc, iTunes.

• Cannot select several folders & files on external hard drive

  Hello
  On my main hard drive to C: and my DVD, I am able to select several files and folders by practice
  SHIFT + left-click. Hovever, on my external hard drive, that it does not work - everything that happens that the next thing that I shift + left click is selected and that the previous is deselected.

  I use Win7 Home Premium (64-bit). My external hard drive is a Freecom 500 GB (there are no exact model No.) USB in NTFS format

  Thank you
  Jetta

  All the answers and suggestions are provided by an enthusiastic amateur and are therefore no explicit or implicit guarantee. Basically, you use my suggestions at your own risk.

  Hi Jetta48,

  This can happen if the external drive is affected with virus\malware. An analysis online for the same thing. Follow the link given below for removal of virus\malware tools.

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistasecurity/thread/ba80504b-61f1-4D71-960f-b561798b7b42

  Follow the link below for more information on the selection of multiple files.

  Select multiple files or folders

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/select-multiple-files-or-folders

  You can also check what is happening with a new user account.

  To create a user account

  1. To open user accounts, click the Start button, select Control Panel, click user accounts and family safety, and then click user accounts.
  2. Click Manage another account. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  3. Click create a new account.
  4. Type the name that you want to assign to the user account, click an account type, and then click create an account.

  If the new user account works fine then the old account has been corrupted, you can follow the link given below to fix the corrupted user profile.

  Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  Hope this information is useful.

  Amrita M

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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• 2nd partition on my external hard drive does not appear in windows 7

  Hello

  I partitioned the standard hard drive of my system by partition magic. He managed. But this time my drive external hard was also plugged in the computer.

  After you restart the system, I discovered that partition 1 my disk external drive of 500 GB is accessible but 2nd 500 GB partition is not displayed in my computer. In disk management it shows but have no details and no letter. I tried to rename the letter, but got an error on disk management.

  I have seen other threads associated with this problem as using DISKPART or uninstall the driver but no help. Because after you have reinstalled the driver 1 partiton is visible but not another.

  DISKPART > list volume

  Volume # Ltr Label Fs Type size status Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0 D DVD - ROM 0 B no media
  System sound volume 1 Eman NTFS Partition 100 MB
  Volume 2 C NTFS Partition 95 GB Boot sound
  Volume 3 G GB 191 healthy Partition NTFS
  Hidden volume 4 recovery NTFS Partition of 10 GB healthy
  Volume 5 E my passport NTFS Partition 465 GB healthy

  DISKPART > list disk

  Disc # status size free Dyn Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0 online 298 GB 0 B
  Online disc 1 931 GB 0 B

  DISKPART > select disk 1

  Disc 1 is now the selected disk.

  DISKPART > list partition

  Partition # type Offset size
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1 primary 465 GB 1024 KB
  Partition 2 465 primary GB 465 GB

  What should I do to access my 2nd partition?

  Hello Manu,

  I found a temporary solution to this problem. I resized the partition unknown by reducing 1 GB

  and he attributed the letter. It works fine now. But now that the partition of 1 GB is now displayed as unknown. My data was sure, my 2nd partition was not full.

• Cannot start on USB 3.0 external hard drive?

  I have created a startup disk, so much for my new Mac Pro 2013 and finally to put in my old Mac Pro silver tour 2012.

  I did a clean install of El Capitan on an external HD. Nothing else on the subject. The Western Digital 2 TB Green is in a pregnant Sabre, connected to a USB 3.0 hub, which is connected to the new Mac Pro 2013. I tried a couple of different ways to select external HD and boot to it, but I keep priming in Macintosh HD SSD installed in the Mac Pro (2013).

  I was wondering if the problem is the hub. Should the HD be connected directly to the Mac Pro?

  Should the HD be connected directly to the Mac Pro?

  Yes, exactly.

  The reason is that a USB Hub arrives too late to be seen at boot time, so the drive is not available to start from.

  It is also a problem for the use of 'hang up the keys' at startup - beyond the hub keyboard is not visible at startup.

• Cannot see/access files on the external hard drive in Windows XP

  I removed the HDD from my PC because I was getting a new PC. I plugged it (USB) to a netbook to get my files. He sees the drive, but I can't see/access my files. Both are Windows XP. Is it because the removed drive was setup with administrative privileges in Windows XP on the old machine?

  Hello

  1. it works on another computer?

  I suggest you to take the permissions of the drive and check if it helps.

  Follow the steps from the link below that would help you to take possession of the car.

  How to capture a file or a folder in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

  Hope this information is useful.

• Can I use Time Machine to back up to an external hard drive

  iMac mid 2011

  OS X 10.11.5

  I use Time Machine - have for a long time.  It backs up my internal hard drive on a joint external Western Digital 2 TB of hard disk, as usual.

  Can I also add that another attached an external hard drive (where I have videos and photos stored) and saved it on the first external hard drive also?

  Thank you.

  Yes

• 342-4975 Portable 1 TB external hard drive

  Can this be closed?

  My current system software is able to do or is there other software I should use?

  Interested to use it as a B/U separately for programs and files

  My system:

  Windows XP Professional

  Worm.  5.1.2600 service Pack 3 Build 2600

  Dell Latitude E6500

  Please give link to step by step procedure if possible.

  TNX

  Tom

  Hi Tom,

  Windows XP doesn't have a function to create a partition on an external hard drive. Various third-party software available for this purpose.

  Please answer to other questions.

• Diskmgmt.msc 'frozen' while reducing a partition on an external USB drive... How can I better ensure that no problem has occurred with the drive?

  I tried to shrink a partition on an external HARD drive.  About thirty minutes later I went back and found diskmgmt.msc with circle icon showing that he was always busy.  I shut down the PC, rebooted and it seems that no changes have been made on the external drive, but I wonder how I could better check?

  My little finger tells me to format the drive and start all over with him, but that will involve a lot of resources.

  Any thoughts would be appreciated.

  Thank you!

  My little finger tells me to format the drive and start all over with him, but that will involve a lot of resources.

  I trust is no longer system files on this drive. I delete all existing partitions, and then create new ones and format.