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• file .avi and .mov on iMac changed in .m4v when they are copied to the external hard drive. I will be able to open these files on other devices like a Windows PC?

  file .avi and .mov on iMac changed in .m4v when they are copied to the external hard drive. I will be able to open these files on other devices like a Windows PC?

  FWIW, do not change the extensions of file simply by copying the files to an external drive.

• Library of photos on external hard drive does not open

  So, I recently backed up my 2012 macbook pro on an external hard drive using time machine and wiped the computer. The hard drive shows that my old hard drive was saved (there ~ used 400GB the 1 TB), however when I try to open my photo library, it tells me that files cannot be saved? I was wondering if there's another way to open these files in addition to using pictures? the file says it's big 235 GB so I know that my photos and videos are out there. If someone could help me that would be great! The last 5 years of my life are in this file. (,:

  You cannot open a Time Machine backup of the library directly. You must first restore somewhere.

  Time Machine is a backup tool, not a tool for archiving. It gives you a window of time retrieve data that has been lost in the backup source. You can't count on it to keep the files you want to keep indefinitely. All these files should be saved with the rest of your original data. The files that you delete from the source volumes will be finally removed from backups, after a variable delay which depends on your usage model and the size of the backup volume.

• When opening pictures library from AN external hard drive don't no iCloud

  I copied my library of photos on my external hard drive in the hope of making as his permanent home home.  Then, I help option keys and clicked to open it in its new location.  I then received the warning (paraphrased to the point); "to use the cloud for a library of Photos photo services, it must be located in the folder of images from the local hard drive."  I have not seen this reported by anyone online from any of the hundreds of people posting about moving the photo library.  Can you get it someone please let me know what happens?

  What is the exact message? Of course to know exactly what it is is essential to help

  What format is the EHD? It may be only Mac OS extended (journaled) and use iCloud photo library, it takes the system library (defined in the preferences of Photos)

  S how it connected? There must be a quick link cable

  And it cannot be used as your Time Machine backup volume

  LN

• Hi, I have a macbook 13 "retina pro and for some reason any when I try to plug in my external hard drive or a computer SD cards don't regencies them because they do not open on my screen. Does anyone know how to fix this?

  Hi, I have a macbook 13 "retina pro and for some reason any when I try to plug in my external hard drive or a computer SD cards don't regencies them because they do not open on my screen. Does anyone know how to fix this?

  Have you looked in the Finder?

• External hard drive suddenly cannot open it give the message error "you must format the disk in the drive until you can use it", and your hard disk is 0 bytes

  External hard drive can not suddenly open - fixed

  my external hard drive worked very well all the time, but suddenly I can't open it more, when I tried to open it, it gives the error message "You must format the disk in the drive until you can use it" and my hard drive is 0 bytes, average there is no file in the hard drive. Average, all the data inside hard disk are gone!

  Hello muhammad.

  Before you do anything with this player, you can search online for some data recovery utilities so that you can try to recover your data.

  What operating system do you use?

  Have you tried running chkdsk on the drive?

  Let us know.

  Best regards

  Matthew_Ha

• "My external hard drive does not appear in Windows Explorer and cannot open 'Help and Support', an error message" Windows cannot open help and Support because a system service is not ongoing.

  Original title:

  Everything was fine until yesterday. Juice now, when I plugged the external HD into the USB port it does not appear in the 'my computer' window. It is recognized by the computer as it is present on the list of the "Disk Clean Up" and it also appears when I click on ' Safe Remove Hardware ' on the taskbar. But if she does not appear in the 'my computer' window I can't work with it or don't even know what it I have arquived in it.

  Trying to find a solution, I realized that same 'information system' to 'System tools' is also not available. Pops up a window saying that "Windows cannot open help and Support because a system service is not ongoing enforcement. " To resolve this problem, start the service named help and Support '. OK, I tried to open 'Help and Support' ' Start Menu ' and the same window appeared again to "not have a system service that runs". I don't know what her soul precisely and I have not the slightest idea of what I need to do to correct this 'disappearance' of Service 'system '. There is nothing without the appearance of HD in the window of thw work? Everything else works fine and the calculation is virus-free. What should I do?

  Hello

  You did changes to the computer, before the show?

  Solution A:

  For the problem with the external drive not appearing is not in Windows Explorer, see the following methods.

  Method 1:

  Check out the following link.

  A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB, an Apple iPod flash drive or an external hard disk drive

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925196

  Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  322756 how to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  Method 2:

  Connect the external hard drive on another USB port and check.

  Solution B:

  For the problem with the help and Support, check if the service is enabled.

  a. click Start, click run. In the Open box, type services.msc and press ENTER.

  b. right-click on the service called Help and Support , and then select Properties.

  c. under the general tab, set the type Startup to Automatic and click Start.

  d. close the services window and check for the issue.

• WMP opens when you try to access an external hard drive

  Recently, when I try to open my external hard drive to see what files are on it, Windows Media Player opens and I get this message: «the selected file has an extension (.)» that is not recognized by WMP, but the player may still be able to play. You want to try to play this content? "I don't know why WMP opens when I double-click the external HD icon, he has never done before. How can I fix this?

  Hello

  I suggest that you try to perform a clean boo0t and check if it helps:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  NOTE: When you are finished troubleshooting, make sure that put you the computer in start mode normal as suggested article above.

  It will be useful.

• Problem with 'open with' records not of programs on external hard drive

  Hi - I have several large programs installed on an external hard drive. Previously, there were no problems with the program and files associated with the other. My computer had to be rebuilt recently and all re-installed with the exception of those programs on the external hard drive. My files get recognized by windows - when I am asked to browse to find the program and I select this program from the ED - windows will not add to the 'open with' list of programs. I don't see what the problem is and a little lost. If anyone can help I'd be really grateful, as I have quite a few files that I have now correctly open questions.

  Thank you

  The game, 13 May 2010 19:45:23 + 0000, minat wrote:
   
  > Hi - I have several large programs installed on an external hard drive. Previously, there were no problems with the program and files associated with the other. My computer had to be rebuilt recently and all re-installed with the exception of those programs on the external hard drive. My files get recognized by windows - when I am asked to browse to find the program and I select this program from the ED - windows will not add to the 'open with' list of programs. I don't see what the problem is and a little lost. If anyone can help I'd be really grateful, as I have quite a few files that I have now correctly open questions.
   
   
   
  When you install a program, two things happen: the program get
  When you say let it go, and * pointers to many parameters and references
  It is set in the registry and elsewhere in \windows (there are
  an occasional exception, but usually only with a small single
  programs).
   
  Thus, when Windows has been reinstalled, all these many pointers, settings,.
  and references to it in the registry and elsewhere in \windows
  have been lost. Programs cannot operate without them.
   
  For this reason, separating \Windows and installed programs
  (especially on an external drive) is a bad thing to do.
   
   
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  Ken Blake
  Please reply to the newsgroup
   

  Ken Blake

• Could not open the Western Digital My Book Studio WDBC3G0020HAL 2 TB external hard drive

  Cant Open Western Digital My Book Studio WDBC3G0020HAL 2 to external hard drive, I reformatted it from mac to pc and it does not appear on my computer

  Cant Open Western Digital My Book Studio WDBC3G0020HAL 2 to external hard drive, I reformatted it from mac to pc and it does not appear on my computer

  What file system formatait you with and on what system do you have formatting?

  Only, I went on the management of windows and formatted disc. He says it is online, but it does not appear on my computer to access. I appreciate the help

  He receives a drive letter in disk management?

• My slideshow said opening program there is not enough space on I: but I: is an external hard drive. Why is it not open c:

  At the opening of my slide show program he says there is not enough space on I: but I: is an external hard drive. Why is it not open c: I have used before with no problems. Is there a way to force it to open it on my computers built in the hard drive?

  Hello

  1. what Slideshow program do you use?

  2. you try to open a slide show file or the program itself?

  3. If you try to open the file, then where is it?

  4. have you made a recent software or hardware changes to the system?

  If you are trying to oepn the file, then you can try to copy the file to the desktop and check if it helps.

• When I open my external hard drive via laptop, windows Explorer restarts automatically.

  When I open my external hard drive via my laptop, windows Explorer restarts automatically. Why is it so? It opens perfectly well in other major tours. I use windows vista.

  Hello

  ·         You receive an error message when you restart the Explorer?

  Method 1:

  You can run a scan on the hard drive to check for errors and repair if there is no performance problem.

  Reference:

  Check a drive for errors

  Method 2:

  Attempts to start in the State of clean boot and check if the problem persists.

  Put your boot system helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem. If so, you need to maybe contact the manufacturer of the program for updates or uninstall and reinstall the program.

  See the following article in the Microsoft KB for more information on how to solve a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or Windows 7:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note:

  After troubleshooting, be sure to set the computer to start as usual as mentioned in step 7 in the above article.

  Method 3:

  You can also perform a check and scan SFC if it helps resolve the issue.

  Refer

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

   

• McKey external hard drive recognized a hard drive in vista, software cd will not load and run, it goes to my computer and can be open, but not installed.

  This windows vista 32 bit has recently had a complete recovery, and now I want to add my old documents, photos and music to the recovered system. The Maxtor safty drill CD must be installed, but the software is recognized by AutoPlay as images to open or add files. AutoPlay is set to run or install the software. Why is this?

  I plug the USB external hard drive and the the only way to know its plugged in is by going to my computer, and then make sure he displayed as a drive hard C: and D:. How can I fix it?

  This computer is still the updates, but this should not be here.

  I would like to have all the answers.

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistarepair/threads

  "Restore the previous settings, repair installations, recover data."

  Repost in the Vista repair and recovery Forum above.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• External hard drive detects but does not open without formatting

  I can't open my external hard drive. In computer science, it shows just K of disk space, but there is no reading of storage. It says 0 bytes of free space and used as 0 bytes space as it will not be open until I have format. Any kind of help, please let me know. Its a backup disk that have been most hard, though don't know if its of any help.

  Hi Deborah,

   

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing right now. I will help you on that.

  Formatting a disk means configuring the disk with a file system so that Windows can store information in there. Usually, when you install a new hard disk on your computer, it must be formatted with a file system, such as NTFS, Windows can store files that it contains.

   

  Please answer the following questions so that we can better help you.

  1 - is the specific problems of a hard drive?

  2. is it the problem persists when you use different USB ports on the same computer? If 'yes' then tick the question in another computer and let know us the results.

  3. don't you make changes to the computer before the show?

  I suggest to follow the steps below and check. Please move to the next, if only the problem persists after completing each.
   
  Method 1
  Convenience store equipment and peripheral performance such that it can solve some common problems associated with the hardware attached to the computer. Follow the steps from the link below to be executed, which.
  Open the hardware and devices Troubleshooter
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter
   
  Method 2
  Run Windows updates and check if you have any availability for USB drivers. You can check the link below.
  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Update-driver-hardware-ISN
   
  Method 3
  Access the manufacturer's Web site and download the USB, the BIOS and drivers from the chipset and check the issue.
   
  Note: BIOS change / semiconductor (CMOS) to complementary metal oxide settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved.
  Changes to settings are at your own risk.
   
  I hope this helps. Please write to us if you need further assistance.

• Help: Windows Explorer has stopped opening when I plug in devices such as DVD or external hard drive

  Until yesterday, when I plugged my external hard drive, or inserted a CD a box would open a window asking if I wanted to see files, speed up my system, upload photos, etc.  I click on the "view files" and Windows Explorer opens.  Now, the device connects, but I have to open the Solution Explorer and click on the drive letter to see my files manually... How to return the box with options will open automatically again?

  Thank you

  Until yesterday, when I plugged my external hard drive, or inserted a CD a box would open a window asking if I wanted to see files, speed up my system, upload photos, etc.  I click on the "view files" and Windows Explorer opens.  Now, the device connects, but I have to open the Solution Explorer and click on the drive letter to see my files manually... How to return the box with options will open automatically again?

  Thank you

  Have you entered the game changed and automatic options their open automatically with explore?

  Just type AutoPlay in the start menu bar and select AutoPlay. Then change the settings to your own editing.