External Hard Drive

Hi Tomshardware. I have a odd problem with my LG tv. I have a 1 TB Seagate Backup Plus Ultra (STEH1000201) and wanna use it with my smart tv. When i plug it in, it blinks once and then the light goes out. My TV don't recognize it at all. I then returned it and got a new one, and that one...

Hi. I used trial version of usb secure 2.1.5 on my external hard drive after i gave password my data locked and it hides my data . and now when i try to open my data. usb secure 2.1.5 not asking for password in otherwords not responding. because it says one of my video file contains an invaild...

I have a Sony Blu-ray Player BDP-S580 that works great, plays disks, streams Netflix, plays movies on USB flash drives. Bought a 1TB WD My Passport, wiped it, formatted it to FAT32 GPT, put some MP4s on it. Plugged it into the player's USB drive, get error message "USB device (front) unknown...

how to sync hard drive with external hard drive

My laptop has 180~ some hard disk space, its slowing my laptop incredibly considering it is a razer blade gaming laptop, please help me and let me know if an external ssd or hdd would help

I would like to set up a system that I can watch movies saved to a external hard drive on my TV. The TV in question has USB2.0 ports from which I plan to interface the HD. Most of the units I have looked at so far have been 5400rpm - 4TB units and was wondering if this would fast enough tp push...

12 volt power supply for external hard drive has three wires yellow red and white one is 12 volt one 5 volt one ground cant find diagram anywhere flypower powersupply

Hello all! Okay, so I am going to start out by saying that I'm about 90% sure this topic has not yet been discussed because I can't find a single thread that pinpoints my situation, but I'm going to fill you in with all the detail you need before posing my inquiry. If any other information is...

Can I download and play The Sims 4 from Origin on a hp stream 14” 2gb 32gb laptop with a 1tb external hard drive installed?

Hi, I have very important data and need to keep them backed up always, I am looking for these features 1) the software must sync the data to multiple destinations simultaneously, like another local drive, external HDD or shared folder, and cloud like Google Drive, One Drive 2) it must support...

I am looking to buy a laptop for general programming use. I will not be playing video games, and no CAD, just general browsing and programming. My programming is mostly in labview, python, java, C, ROS, and some open cv. Price: Ideally around $700 Display Resolution: 1080p CPU: i5-i7...

When i put my portable hard disk western into my computer.. First it wouldn't copy anything,then it won't open and stops the computer from working It doesn't make any sound of beeb or anything like that and light flickers normaly It's new and didn't fall or we didn't use it like brutally And i...

Hi everyone, PROBLEM: - I am trying to transfer my files from my external hard drive (WD, my passport, Ultra) to my laptop. - The transfer takes forever. - I can transfer some files, but only a folder or a file at a time but then with some files/folders the transfer stops and it goes suddenly...

One of my family friends is wanting to get a new laptop. I don't know much about laptops, I am a desktop guy. He is willing to pay up to $1400, but I dont think we need to go that high. Here are his requirements: Back-lit Keyboard (MUST HAVE) No more than 17" (Flexible, but nothing huge) SSD...

Hello the other day I accidentally got infected by a virus that changed certain file extensions to .LOSERS files. Certain mp3, wave, jpg, mp4 etc. files all have the extension .losers after their original extension, and are not accessible. I backed up all the files to an external hard drive and...

I got a Seagate USB 2.0 external HDD connected to my Vizio TV via USB. The HDD is powered by its own cord. At first I could get a movie to play back fine, but lately the drive will make a clicking sound & then the video will freeze & either eventually start playing or I'll have to pause the...

Hey, I never been a TV guy, watched every movie on my PC but I moved now and need a TV in my bedroom. Here's what I wish to do: I want to download videos directly to an HDD that the TV can recognize, so I was thinking to get a router that has an USB port and connect an external HDD to it (mount...

How can I connect my external hard drive to my Mitsubishi projector (only has S video, RCA jack - video, and VGA) inputs? Thank you

It keeps saying there is a problem; will restart. But it keeps repeating and says will reboot. I just connected it and now can't go any further. I can open my drive folder. Thank you.

my toshiba 1 tb external hard drive needs to be recovered but i have videos and music i cannot lose is there anyway to save them for free?