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• External hard drive keeps restarting by itself!

  Hello

  I have an iomega RPHD - U 250 GB hard drive plugged into my pc and I keep it this way because I need to work on organizing my files. However, it keeps restarting itself as a minute after that I opened the case, whenever I plug in my charger (has something to do with the charger?) or at random times. It's really annoying and I have no idea why this is happening. How can I solve this problem and how to avoid that this happens in the future?

  Ah.  Well that seems to me something of the chain is a failure.  The drive itself, the cable, connector, it is plugged into USB port or something on the motherboard.  I start to exchange of components or entrust it to another computer and see if it happens there.

  If not, try another drive on the computer of 'problem' and see if it works.

  Both of these can narrow down what is causing the problem. But you can also try a clean boot of the computer too. See How to perform a boot in Windows, allowing to tell if it's a software problem on the computer that is really the cause.

• hard drive keeps running

  After cleaning the virus on my desktop pc, I installed windows xp service Pack 3. During the installation process, it was a part near the end where he cleanes, it's self. It ran for more than 4 hours but no progress what so ever. I stop and restarted the pc. Now the hard drive is constantly running. Any suggestions short of 'knuking' it and start again?

  Thanks in advance.

  I found the problem (s). Not enough memory to sp3 and windows issues fixed with discscan. I'll keep sp2 until I get more memory.

  Thanks for the replies.

• disk hard drive keeps filling

  I got a new computer a few months back, and lately the hard drive has been fill up very quickly for no reason that I can see. I loaded a few games on and that's it, but it keeps fill in at a pace of about 5-10 GB per week. I tried ccleaner and that had no effect. It's a hard drive 1 TB and up to present its used 350 GB even if when I open the files on the c drive and highlight everything and go into propertys the total amount that I can see in there are about 74 GB.

  its an inspiron 3847 running windows 7 pro

  I have no idea what's going on so any help would be appreciated! Thank you

  Take a look at this. The article provides information on how to set the amount of space system restore uses.

• Hard drive keeps asking for password

  There is probably a no-brainer for her but I can't seem to find it: I have configured previously time machine to encrypt a volume on my mac for backup, but I stopped to use it as a backup volume and want to use it as a normal volume. However whenever I start the iMac hard drive ask me a password. Is there a way to remove it?

  Thank you

  Anyone? I don't want to have to reformat the data into car and transfer out and back again... Hope that there is an easy way to remove the password?

• My external hard drive keeps giving me an i/o error, everytime I try the Explorer.

  I have a Maxtor One Touch 200 GB of external hard drive connected via a USB cable from my computer using Windows XP Professional.  It was working fine until one day when I went to go and received an i/o error.  Troubleshooting was no help at all.  I expected to be able to mirror, but could not be sent, because of illegal hacking material. Any other information is not replaceable. Drive external hard does this buzzing feeling when turned on and I can hear the hard drive spining. Does anyone know how to get the info on my C drive.

  PizzaDude272

  Connect the drive to another computer. It is accessible? If so, copy the data and then test the drive. If no, then remove the Maxtor case USB and put it in another USB box or use a USB adapter. Now, try and connect. If you can not access the drive, he's dead. If the data is critical, send the drive to a professional data recovery company. It's expensive, but only you can determine the value of your data. I use a Drive Savers for my clients. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• USB ext hard drive keeps stalling, error message, and then re - appears

  the maxtor drive is sometimes considered, sometimes not.  This change while the pc is turned on.  I get different errors, not installed correctly, problem with hard drive 2.  I have recently upgraded to windows 7 vista teacher, the problem was the same in vista.

  Hello

  To me, this looks like a problem with your maxtor drive.

  Were you able to do a health check on it? It works on other computers (if you have others to try)

  Try to other usb ports on your computer.

  You have a cable extra-long usb, sometimes long usb cables can drop the unit.
  If not, maybe it could be a hardware problem with your usb port or the maxtor drive.

  Kind regards

  Jole

• My seagate drive external drive keeps ejecting properly after installation of OS El Capitan

  My seagate external hard drive keeps ejecting properly after installation of OS El Capitan, it locks also towards the top and turns off, the ext drive when using, I have to restart my IMac 27 inches.  I have two ext hd who does very well for years before the installation of the operating system El Capitan

  If you have installed the Seagate Software, please delete and see if there is no change.

  Any third party software that is not installed on the App Store or by drag-and - drop in the Applications folder and uninstall by drag - move to the trash, is a modification of the system.

  Whenever you delete changes to the system, they must be eliminated completely, and the only way to do this is to use the uninstall tool, if any, provided by the developers, or follow their instructions. If the software has been removed incompletely, you may redownload or reinstall even to finish the job.

  I never install modifications of the system myself, and except as stated in this comment, I do not know how to uninstall them. You'll have to do your own research to find this information.

  Here are some general guidelines to help you get started. Suppose you want to remove the so-called "BrickMyMac" (a hypothetical example). First of all, menu using the product, check if there is one, for instructions. Not finding here, look at the Web site, let's say www.brickmymac.com. (Maybe it's not the name real site, if necessary, search the Web for the name of the product). If you don't find anything on the Web site or in your search, contact the developer. While you are waiting for a response, download BrickMyMac.dmg and open it. There may be a request here as "Uninstall BrickMyMac." If this is not the case, open "BrickMyMac.pkg" and look for an uninstall button. The uninstall program can also accessible by clicking on the button customize, when one exists.

  Back up all data before making any changes.

  Generally, you will need to restart the computer in order to perform an uninstall. Until you do this, there may be no effect, or the unpredictable effects.

  If you can't remove the software in any other way, you will have to erase and install OS X. Never install any third party software, unless you're sure you know how to uninstall in the contrary case, it can create problems which are very difficult to solve.

  Try to remove the complex system of changes by hunting for files by name, often will not work and can make the problem worse. The same goes for 'utilities' as the 'AppCleaner"designed to remove software.

• Windows 7 loses the secondary hard drive

  This has been a problem, I don't know why I waited this long to ask about it.

  My secondary hard drive keep endangered of Windows 7, as if someone unplugged spontaneously, except that it's still there.

  This problem can be resolved by restarting just the computer, and it can remain correct for a few minutes, a few hoursor a few days, but it still exists, usually several times a week.

  I checked all connections and even swapped the cables. There is nothing wrong with the drive itself, I can put it in another computer without this problem occurring. I also tried to move to an another empty SATA connection on the motherboard without success.

  I do not use the drive on a regular basis and bought only so that the steam and the game files that are, (and now the original since I finally broke down and got Mass Effect 3 despite efforts to avoid EA "me too!" steam clone.) were not cluttering up my main hard drive.

  But when I decide to take a load off and play games, I like for the reader to be there without needing a reboot, it can so be a little frustrating because it's usually when I am stressed already :)

  Thanks in advance for any help offered.

  Notes:

  PC is a version custom;

  HARD disk: 300 GB wd velociraptor (Primary)

  HARD drive: 600 GB wd velociraptor (Secondary)

  PSU: 1200w

  MOBO: EVGA classified (not sure about the top of my head that one in the series)

  CPU: intel core i7 950

  GPU: nvidia geforce gtx 680 (EVGA)

  MEM: 6 GB DDR3

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forum.

  Disks RAID configured hard two?

  Internal hard disks connect to the motherboard of your computer using an IDE or SATA interface interface. Most new hard drives come with an IDE or SATA connection cable, depending on the type of drive.

  Install an internal hard disk takes a bit more work, especially if you plan to make the new disk your primary hard disk where you install Windows. Drive hard internal jumpers that you set to configure the main hard drive (master) disk where you install Windows or a secondary (slave) drive where you store programs and files. For the diagnosis of your problem, I suggest trying the following methods and check if the number is reproduced.

  Method 1:

  Check if you are able to view the second hard disk (HDD) in Device Manager. If so, try to change drive letter assignments in Windows 7. See the following steps:

  (a) connect to the computer as an administrator.

  (b) click Start, right-click computerand then click Manage.

  (c) click on disk management.

  (d) right click on the volume of the secondary HDD that you want to change and then click change drive letter and paths.

  (e) double click on the secondary drive, click change, click the drive letter that you want to use and then click OK.

  Additional information:
  Change, add, or remove a drive letter
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  If method 1 does not resolve the problem, go to method 2.

  Method 2:

  I suggest you try to check the secondary hard drive to find errors.

  Consult the following link:

  Check your hard drive to find errors in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2641432/en-us

  Warning: Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data can be lost.

  If method 2 does not work, go to method 3.

  Method 3:

  Try to run a scan of the file system (CFS) auditor to check any file corruption:

  1. Go to Start, click all programs and open the Accessories.
  2. Right-click on command prompt in the list programs, and then select run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, click OK, or alternatively click on Yes.
  3. In the command prompt, type the following command and press ENTER:
     sfc/scannow

  For more information, refer to this link:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us

  Hope this information is useful. If the problem still persists, please post back for further assistance, we will be happy to help you.

• I changed the hard drive, how do I put on an operating system on the new hard drive

  I changed the hard drive, how do I put on an operating system on the new hard drive

  Restart with the keys Option and command R keys. If this keyboard shortcut does nothing on your Mac, use a compatible Mac OS X installation DVD.

  Follow the prompts on the screen.

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• Hard drive - error 114

  I bought a brand new series Vaio F11 (the ones with the issue of ventilation) and the hard drive failed after only 3 months of use. Technicians from technical support after haggling with the very basic (who couldn't understand me and vice versa) for more than 2 hours-, they decided to send me a new hard drive with restart records. Reboot disks did not work, because I kept getting an error 114 (the disc is not compatible with this model). I tried to use to run the computer market several times, with different recovery disks, they sent me... nothing helps. I contacted the vaio support to guide me through to make sure I was doing the recovery correctly. The first thing that they have me do is to disable my vaio and try again. I wouldn't have asked if I had not tried repeatedly.

  It is one of the Sonys Vaios more expensive they sell - and his junk and their outsourced support team is terribly technically-unsavvy, that provides recommendations that my old 6 year old nephew has to offer.

  Horrible product. Horrible service. Can't wait to get this piece of junk to run in order to sell it on ebay and buy a mac.

  Come on Sony!

  User-909906,

  Can you please give us the following information so that we can address your issue.

  (1) your exact model
  (2) your event or the work order ID
  (3) the part number of the recovery disc

  I'm really sorry for your trouble in this case.

• Hard drive is full, but should not be under Vista

  I have a HDD 288 GB and for the last 2 weeks, he tells me it's full and I have no idea why.  I deleted the files and folders and free space, I took custody of fill right back up again!  I also searched through files and folders and I have about 200 GB reported missing.  I also ran an anti-virus software, anti-spyware and firewall is running.  But my hard drive keeps filling.  I have already downloaded and run WinDirStat, and it found nothing.  I have a 288 GB HDD and only 3,94 GB free.  It shows that Go 79.5 is on 'My Computer', 73.5 GB C drive and 6.0 GB on my D/recovery disk.  What takes my space drive hard and how find and get rid of it? Thanks, Mayet

  * original title - my hard drive is full and I do not know why.*

  "Well how DO I SHOW them where they are when they are HIDDEN and ENCRYPTED?

  ' 4.3 GB has been filled MORE hidden and encrypted copes of my own files with mozy!

  "Dell told me that because they are hidden and encrypted want it only I can delete them is to do a clean reinstall of Windows.

  I'm sorry, but it's the process of Mozy which is causing problems.

  We can not help you with that.

  Here is the Dell Recovery Options to reinstall vista:

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=339949

  Above is Dell to reinstall Vista from the DVD on your computer.

  http://supportapj.Dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/DSN/en/document?journalid=67E9C215C4BABD6CE040AE0AB5E14F05&docid=336966

  And that way if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive.

  See you soon

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• How can I change hard drive icon images?

  I have a strange problem that has just occurred in Windows 7.

  I have several hard drives internal and 1 external hard drive.  The external hard drive has always had its own unique icon and internal hard drives all have the same icon image.

  But somehow, the external drive now has an image of the icon of an internal hard drive, and my biggest drive, a HD 1.5 TB, shows the icon used previously by the external hard drive.

  I can't understand why this happened, or how to redefine the way it was.  Don't pose any problem of performance, its just confusing because I saw this image external drive so long I'll automatically for the picture if my computer or Explorer and now that means that I often select the wrong drive.

  I click on properties > customize and select change image folder, then select a hard drive icon I want for each player, but he never changes the icon.  And I'm pointing to an appropriate *.ico icon image file.

  Anyone has any ideas on this issue?

  Thank you.

  Move the Autorun.inf file and the Mxoicon6.ico file on your external hard drive, and restart the computer. Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience

• iMac restarts randomly (new HARD drive installed)

  I bought a new Mac upgrades SATA 2 TB HARD drive for my iMac. Since then, I keep having random reboots with no error message when restarting. I have not found a journal entry for the system crash, for some reason any that is not in the conspicuous place.

  Can someone help to find logs for this diagnose what is happening. Does anyone else have this problem?

  System details:

  Mac (21.5 inch, mid 2011)

  Intel Core i7 2.8 GHz

  16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

  AMD Radeon HD 6770 M 512 MB

  10.11.6 OSX

  Newly installed 2 TB SATA HDD upgrades mac

  Hi dead-cat, please download and run EtreCheck, created by one of his own assistants here in CSA. It is a diagnostic tool that is very useful for us to find problems. It will also give us additional specifications on your Mac. After his execution after the logfile here. It will never contain any personal information.

• Drive external DRIVE 320 GB PX1267E - 1 32 keeps restarting

  I have a Toshiba PX1267E - 1 32-hard external drive 320 GB which keeps restarting itself whenever I try to copy large files.

  The whole device became unusable as most of the things I want to backup is more than 2 GB in size.
  AI? ve tried it on 2 computers to another brand and the same problems occur, less with one of the other brand but that is strange?

  Someone else had this problem?

  Hi, I just wanted to ask you which files on your external HARD drive? Maybe there is a problem with it?
  Another suggestion is, back up your data to another medium, go to your local dealer where you bought it and try it. If you encounter the error even by your dealer, then let them trade your car.

  It s better to exchange these stuff like external HDD´s because I lost my files (music and film) since my last external drive had a headcrash. :(

  Welcome them