External Hard Drive Ownership
When i copy a file over to my external hard drive, everything works fine, until i plug it into another computer. All the sudden the files i copied require admin rights to be read or writen to, on all …
Tag: external-hard-drive
Some folders and/or files on external HDD are accessible on Linux but not on macOS and Windows
I have saved some videos on an external NTFS drive that my Linux system can see just fine. When trying to use a macOS for the same purpose a folder I was looking for was simply missing. I didn’t have …
Plugging in external harddrive freezes filesystem
When I plug in my external harddrive (like 8 years old), the file system freezes. It registers on the computer but when I open the file explorer on my system it just doesn’t load ever (even on folders …
Set the page/swap file on an external hard disk to save space on the main system disk
My 32-bit Windows 10 machine has a reasonable processor, but limited hardware resources (only 4GB RAM and 28GB local HDD). Windows itself takes up nearly half the disk so I’m using an external 1TB USB …
Strange Copy Pattern to External Drive
Typically when I copy over files to an external drive in Windows, the GUI that results goes up to a peak, and stays relatively stable till the end of the transfer. But with my HDD my files tend to …
External USB Drive not recognized after blue screen
While I was copying files from my PC’s SSD/C: drive to an external USB hard drive, I suddenly got a blue screen (I’m having BSOD frequently caused by ntoskrnl.exe). After restarting, a message box …
WD Passport reformatted from Mac to PC (NTFS) capacity reduced from >100GB to 126MB
I just had to move files from a Mac to a PC. I copied all my files off of my WD passport, reformatted it for Mac & copied about 100 GB of photos from the Mac. Then I used HTFSExpress to pulled …
Force spin-down of external hard-drive on linux (raspberry pi)
I’m currently setting up a home-server using a Raspberry Pi with an external hard-disk connected via usb. However, my hard-drive will never spin down when being idle. I tried already the hints …
Windows 7 laptop keeps restarting if external hard drive isn’t connected
My laptop restarts whenever I try to start Windows without my external HDD connected – after I log in an error message pops up (one of those 0x… errors) but it reboots before I can read what it says….
Are USB2 external drives fast enough to run a Windows operating system from?
I’m interested in creating a portable Windows installation and my PCs only have USB2. I never did this kind of thing before so I am concerned about a USB flash memory stick or an external hard drive …