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    Solved! Android TV Boxes

    I’m going to subscribe to an IPTV system. I’m looking for a recommendation of an Android TV box with recordering capabilities or with an external hard drive with multiple tuners so I can record and watch other programs.
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    Solved! Bitlocker encryption problem

    I was running bitlocker (win7) on an external 1500gb HDD and halfway through USB cable got loose and bitlocker launcher/process module crashed or stopped. Now it might be running in "background" but it's not showing on screen since in task manager I see "BdeUISrv.exe" running, but I really...
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    NVIDIA - SHIELD TV media player with external hard drive?

    Can the NVIDIA - SHIELD TV - 4K HDR Streaming Media Player play video and music from an external hard drive? It has USB ports, but I'm not seeing anything on line about their functionality. Will the remote act like a mouse?
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    Solved! laptop to TV through AV receiver?

    Hoping to get some help understanding how I can best connect an external hard drive to my laptop, the laptop to a receiver (receiver has Bluetooth and WiFi), the receiver to the TV so that I can watch movies that are stored in the hard drive. Thank you!
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    Solved! I store my playlist on external hard drive will pc tune up remove these files

    Will pc tune up app remove data from external hard drive.
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    Solved! Automatically assign letter to any external hard drive I plug in

    I recently bought an SSD, which I put in my computer instead of the old HDD. But now I'm having a problem, when I plug in an external hard drive, I do not see it in My Computer, but when I open Disk Management, I find it there but without a "Letter", like, c, d, e and so on. So I right-click on...
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    An external harddrive to play games directly off of?

    I got myself a Lenovo legion Y520 (Core i7 8GB 256GB SSD 15.6" GTX 1050 Ti) and as seen it only has 256GB of SSD, and I frankly can't be bothered with constantly uninstalling games and installing others when I wanna play games on a whim, so I wanted to know was there a possible solution in the...
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    mp4 file (+4GB) recorded from Simulcast won´t open

    Saved it on external HDD (FAT 32), tried to rename (extension)it, remove it, repair it, split it but no software will open it! What can I do more?
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    Ragnarok Arena Pop Up is Wrecking Me, Please Help!

    Hey Everyone, Yesterday I started getting a strange self opening tab on my Chrome browser. It would begin to go to a random site then be redirected to theragnarokarena(dot)com. With a little research I learned that this can be pretty nasty. At first it was an annoying popup in Chrome, but within...
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    There is not enough space on local disk C. Increase the amount of free space and try again.

    i cant install the feature update version 1803 even with my external hard drive. the local disk still needs 4gb of space. I have a hp stream 14 with 32 gb ,i tried disk cleanup temp folders and everything help will be appreciated thank you.
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    Hard disk support

    I have a hp probook 4400 G1 with 512 GB SSD.. can I add an external HDD
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    Is there a USB 3.0 to 2.0 adaptor?

    I have a USB 2.0 external HDD and it won't work in USB 3.0. I have all the drivers, and the HDD works just fine when plugged in to USB 2.0. So that lie about being backwards compatible is a lie. Don't bother saying it isn't a lie because I have physical proof that it is a lie. Only helpful...
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    help partitioning new computer

    My windows xp computer died. I backed it up on my external hard drive. Question...can anyone tell me how to partition new Acer coming tomorrow and reinstall it so i can reclaim files and passwords.. HELP PLEASE
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    How to watch 4k on TV through HDD

    Hi guys. So first of all I'm not an native english speaker so bear with me. So I'm interested on watching 4k movies on my TV (Sony KD-55X725F). I'm planning on using a external hard drive, not interested on watching through hdmi with pc. My questions are: 1. What hdd can you guys recommend me...
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    How to install a new OS without losing Data

    I have faced a Black screen problem recently, I tried everything but I could not fix it , so I decided to reinstall the operating system , but the thing is that all my personal data were stored in the same partition alongside the OS, so I booted from a Live USB and deleted all the windows files...
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    Searching for ext. hard drive USB 2.0 w/ext. power supply?

    I have DISH TV with the DVR. I can, and have, connected a external hard drive to the DVR. The hard drive, RIP, died. I am now looking for a external hard drive USB2.0. The hard drive must have an external power supply (required). I think I can get away with USB2.0/3.0. Someone please help...
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    Laptop won't turn off after update

    recently updated my Lenovo Ideapad 110 -- today, in fact. It seemed fine, but a few hours later, it froze and now it won't turn off. During this, I had just had my external hard drive plugged in and unmounted it properly. It umounted, but the screen suddenly froze and my music stopped. I've...
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    Laptop won't run Sims 3 without an external hard drive

    My current laptop is a Sony Vaio from 2013. It runs Windows 8.1. System: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU 1.60GHz 8GB RAM 64-bit OS This is a refurbished laptop. Soon after I bought it, in 2014, I installed Sims 3. However, the game never launched. Later, I tried to install the game on my...
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    External hard drive install in laptop

    Hey I just got a dell g7 but it has no internal HDD. So i was wondering if i can install my external WD elements in the laptop?
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    Solved! Help Recover Files On External Hard Drive - Recovery Disc Fail :(

    Please help. My laptop died the other day and I had to create usb recovery disc from Microsoft. I got the laptop back to working order but lost all files, this didn't worry me much. However, when I made the usb recovery disc I also had my external hard drive plugged in. For some reason, when...