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lordzarius
Could it be a USB problem? A internal power problem? I'm at a loss here, and I can't access a lot of important files that weren't located on any other drive . This portable hard drive is only about 3-4 months old.
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I would try using the hard drive on a different USB port and maybe even a different PC. before resorting to the more drastic methods listed below.
It may be a faulty drive. I heard a number a few years back that 40% of all new hardware is bad. So, maybe your drive has already failed. I purchased a brand new dell a few years back and when I received it the printer port was fried.
If you can not retrieve the data and it is extremely important, there are companies that can recover data from damaged drives. But it is expensive. I think something like $500.
I've listed one recovery company that I was able to find below. I would try to get a review about the quality of the company before sending my hard drive off to have the data extracted. Many companies will only charge you if they are able to recover data.
I would try using the hard drive on a different USB port and maybe even a different PC. before resorting to the more drastic methods listed below.
It may be a faulty drive. I heard a number a few years back that 40% of all new hardware is bad. So, maybe your drive has already failed. I purchased a brand new dell a few years back and when I received it the printer port was fried.
If you can not retrieve the data and it is extremely important, there are companies that can recover data from damaged drives. But it is expensive. I think something like $500.
I've listed one recovery company that I was able to find below. I would try to get a review about the quality of the company before sending my hard drive off to have the data extracted. Many companies will only charge you if they are able to recover data.
Install a game to a portable hard drive?
Dharan S
I recently bought GTA :San Andreas and want to install it onto my portable hard drive. The problem is that I move the hard drive around and the computers that I use assign different letters to the drive. Because of this, I don't think that the game will work on those computers. Is there a way of removing all the drive references and replace them with the names of the current computer? If not, I will return it (unopened) and buy something else.
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Open Device Manager, click on the plus sign, next to the driver, and then open the properties, and click on the "settings" tab, go down and set the driver to the letter you want. That is what I did with my Flashdrive.
Open Device Manager, click on the plus sign, next to the driver, and then open the properties, and click on the "settings" tab, go down and set the driver to the letter you want. That is what I did with my Flashdrive.
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