Hard Drives

Forum discussion tagged with Hard Drives.
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    Solved! Download games to HDD

    I want to download Origin and Apex legends to my hdd but it automatically downloads to the ssd and eats up the rest of the space. I have a 128gb ssd (where OS is installed) and a 1 tb hdd
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    MSI GS60 2PC (2014 Model) SSD Upgrade

    My laptop shipped with a 128gb ssd and 1tb hdd. The SSD is obviously the boot drive (c drive) and the hdd is extra. Since I have an extra m.2 ssd slot, if I install another m.2 ssd will it expand the c drive or create another directory? Thanks.
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    Solved! HP 15 running extremely slow

    Hey guys. I have an HP15 F004dx that’s a few years old. Wasn’t used much so I started it up and it kept locking up and running slow. I installed a new hard drive upgraded to 8gb of ram, wiped the thing and started fresh with a new install of windows 10. It’s still running terribly slow. I’ve did...
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    New SSD Not allowing Laptop to play any low end games

    I just replaced my slow HDD in my laptop with an ssd, I redownloaded windows and attempted to play some small games like Cuphead, Broforce, or terraria. Each of them dropped to about 5 fps and completely dragged. I have a Intel i7-7500U, 12gb of ram, and a GeForce 940mx. I just installed a...
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    Laptop won’t Boot (one problem turned to another)

    I have an ASUS ROG GL552V and it wouldn’t boot on At first, it turned on but it wouldn’t boot to Windows and goes straight to Bios.It wouldn’t detect the hard drive, saying there is no bootable device. At times that it did detect the Hard drive, it would go to automatic repair at the logo...
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    When I do everything that's said online my laptop does not come up with HDD recovery can you hi elp I'm getting a bit ???????

    I'm trying to reboot my Toshiba satellite laptop it says online click on HDD SD recovery but my laptop only says HDD SD nothing about recovery please help
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    Games won't launch on my new SSD

    So, my HDD died and I lost all data. I got a new SSD for m laptop and Installed my games on it and and that launch seem to crash before I even get into the game, I tried Destiny 2, Black ops 4, and Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition. Does anyone know, or have an Idea why?
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    Dell Precision M6800 very slow and ran out of ideas.

    I got a refurbished computer around two weeks ago and it is an Dell Precision M6800. It was working fine the first few days and then after a while it started getting slower and slower. Now it takes around two minutes for the file manager to open up and it takes like five minutes for chrome to...
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    Solved! Can I Upgrade the cpu? from i7 8550u to i3 8350k?

    I Dont know if i can upgrade my insprion 5379. i know i will upgrade it to 16 gb of ram, 1 tb hard drive. but i dont know if i can upgrade the cpu. i just want to replace it. i nees a answer urgently
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    Solved! Selling Laptops / Removing The Hard Drive - is it safe to do so?

    Hello, I was wondering if it was safe by removing the one and only hard drive from a laptop and then selling the laptop without the hard drive? By safe I mean, will my photo's data etc no longer be on the laptop? I have a few laptop's that don't turn on but they are worth something in part's...
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    Solved! How to know the master password of a Toshiba hardrive MQ01ABFO50

    How to know the master password of Toshiba Hard drive MQ01ABF050
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    Solved! How much should I sell it for?

    How much should I sell my gaming laptop for? Specs: GTX 1080 256 SSD 1 TB HDD I7 7820HK I have only owned this laptop for a year
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    Solved! What's the maximum capacity my laptop can support?

    I have a 5 year old Toshiba laptop (C50-A230) and I want to upgrade for 1 or 2 TB HDD but I'm not really sure if it can support it? Here's the info I think you'll need General Information Device Name...
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    Solved! PC died, moved HDD to identical model

    My Win7 pc died so I bought an identical make and model and moved the HDD from the old to the new. MS Office 2010 wants some kind of activation. It came installed on the old computer from the vendor. Obviously, I can't deactivate it, nor do I have the product code. Any ideas?
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    Solved! [HELP] External hard drive failing

    Hello, I have a 4 To Hard drive with all my pictures failing and I would like help to recover it. It is a SATA Hard drive used with a "Icy Box". What is happening is that after deleting a large portion of data (50 Go) the hard drive failed. Now I cannot access it anymore, the dot on the icy box...
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    Solved! Dban screen of dots

    Booted Dban from USB-HDD. Got the usual opening page and clicked enter. Immediately the screen filled with white dots on blue screen. The bottom left of the page has the cursor and the last line seems to be moving quickly. Is this a "normal" situation and I just wait? Has anyone had the...
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    Solved! I can't get rid of the Avast popup trying to sell me upgrades

    I am having trouble getting rid of the Avast popup window that is trying to sell me upgrades. There isn't an X to click, I can only minimize it. I've tried to exit out of my browser & that didn't help, it's still there. I don't want to reboot/shutdown because my hard drive is slowly dying &...
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    Solved! Needing help with Win Vista and ?

    I use a HDD from a Satellite A205 and install it on a ProBook4430. Some how the Sat.A205 ended up with a Bios lock and asked for a password .(I NEVER PUT A PASSWORD ON IT! ) I have the ProBook4430 working except missing drives and can't get WiFi to work to download. Any advice is greatly...
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    Solved! Need a light, sleek, high performance Laptop. SSD+HDD or Optane (not a fan of gaming laptops)

    Hey! I'm a Civil engineer and have a need to run at least 2 different designing software simultaneously, as in AutoCAD, Revit, StaadPRO, Primavera, Photoshop. I currently have an 8GB ram with 2Gb graphics and im suffering lags from time to time. The boot time is too long and programs take too...
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    Solved! lenovo y530 fan sound like a chainsaw

    hello, i have lenovo y530, my laptop fan noise is like chainsaw, but when i check the harddisk its fine, when i open the back, the fan is clean too, can someone explain to me what happen with my fan? Thank you