External Drive

Incremental backups I use Cobian Backup for 'full backups' of my files and folders on a weekly basis. In the past when errors were made or files had been lost, the full back up weekly feature has always helped in quickly finding those files or the previous versions of those files. Only problem...

Hi, I've been successfully using CrashPlan to backup my files to an external drive for a while. One of the main things I like is the ability to just work out the changes to any files and just back that up (after the original backup) and then the ability to restore that file from any date it was...

I'm looking for a device that uses as input a pendrive or an external drive and output as a composite a/v (Old tv). I just want to watch some movies on a usb key to an old tv. Any advice for me. Thanks all.

I have an external drive that I use to store music, photos etc at home. I am still going through my CD's, ripping them to the external drive using iTunes. I then play the albums on bluetooth speakers using the app on my android phone (BubbleuPnP). Recently, the CD's I have been ripping appear...

Please, why does DRIVERS folder not appear in C:\Windows\System32 from AOMEI Backupper dialog to add driver for USB connected disk to create boot/restore media? I can browse to that DRIVERS folder location with Windows 7 Explorer but I cannot see it from software dialog. Under Folder Options...

Like many professionals, I cannot afford to lose my projects and data due to a computer malfunction, cloud screw-up, or anything else. Through dropbox, google drive, etc, I already sync the cloud and computer content, across both my Macbook and Desktop running Windows and OSX. However, I want to...

i'm looking for a antivirus / malware software (free) that I can point to scan external usb drives.

I need to sync a bunch of folders to my portable external drive every so often. I use the external drive on my laptop and my tablet at times to access various files and folders. I have tried the Windows sync but it does not work in the same way as I want. I need to be able to access the folders...

I have aWD External drive that I've been using for a few months now. I recently moved it and and now it's moving extrememly slow. It's also slowing down the computers I plug it into. I tried checking for new drivers, I really don't want to have to format, and Itried unplugging and replugging...

my eset smart security scans any external device when i connected to my pc. now when its scanning my pendrive, during the process, is it safe to access my pendrive, open documents, run programs in it or wait for the scan to finish, clean any Trojans, if any, and then proceed?

Recently I bought a laptop , sadly which don't have disk reader and writer. I would like to buy an external DVD drive ; and I also want this to support DVD reading , DVD writing , Blue-ray reading and I don't need a blue-ray writer. please suggest me one.

Months back I took out the cd drive from my old system unit that ran on windows XP. I connected it to my notebook using the SATA to USB adaptor and it doesn't detect it at all! I've tried everything. It doesn't show up amywhere, device manager, disk management....yet nothing! When I first linked...

I am having an extremely serious and irritating problem - please help if you can. I am having trouble moving data to external sources via USB. It always happens partwaY through a transfer. It gives me messages like the transfer could not be completed, that the device is no longer found, or the...

Hello guys, I have a dead macbook pro... Is it possible to build a external drive from internal hard disk of macbook.. And use it with windows pc...??

I recently purchased a Western Digital My Passport Ultra 2TB. I was wondering whether I should use the included software or use the backup options built in to Windows 10.

I recently bought a new laptop after my old one stopped working (probably motherboard). However, I managed to pull out the old SSD with Windows 7 and all my data (as I checked on a PC, it is still functioning perfectly). How can I move the data from this SSD (which I can connect through USB) to...

All of a sudden this morning when I try to play programs from an external drive connect to my Samsung Smart TV by USB I get a message..There is no video file currently available. Last night it was working just fine. How do I fix this? Thanks, David

I use an external hdd for data due to frequent carrying. Make backup manually once per 14 days on an other external storage. How can this be a way to relieve automatic incremental backups, so that data on both disks are up to date? It operates some sw this style?: 1/ primary backup data to...

Tl;dr kinda guy? Here's it short: I have an Alienware 14 laptop that has a mini Displayport, mSata/mPCI-e port, and another mPCI-e port for the WiFi card. I do not want to build a desktop, I want to have an external GPU that can be attached to my laptop. Is this possible? Thanks...

I just got the Acer E5-571-53S1, which comes with 8.1 installed on it. I have an SSD which has been running 8.1 for a few months already. I want to be able to boot into my SSD, which you know is a lot faster than these old disk drives. So I stick the SSD into an external enclosure (USB3.0) and...