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Question: How do I transfer my old files to my new hard drive?
Ok, so to explain further, I have a dell laptop inspiron b130, I had some work done on it and also I installed the comcast norton virus protection which I think may have caused my next problem…unmountable boot volume blue screen…dell’s solution…give her a new hard drive. It hadn’t occurred to me that my files would be gone, so while the new hard drive “fixed” the issue all of my files and things are on my old hard drive which is in a box, it is not in a computer or anything I just removed the hard drive and replaced it with the new one, I assume my old files and things I want one are on the old hard drive….is there any way I can recover these files? Dell stated that a tech, (an outside tech not one of theirs, they state they don’t do this) can do this for me and they can put it on an external hard drive, which I have purchased,…but I would like to know how I can do it myself and if it sounds to complicated I will take dell’s awesome advice…ugh…lol. thanks in advance
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Answer by Excessive MHz
Just get an external enclosure that matches the specs of your old hard drive.
Put the drive in the enclosure and hook it to your computer via USB.
It should come right up in My Computer since it already has an existing partition and file system.
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Question: Files are hiding on my external hard drive. “Show Hidden Files” doesn’t work. HELP!!! (iTunes problem?)
I use iTunes on a Win. XP laptop. I have a music library that itunes accesses from an external USB hard drive. The preferences in iTunes are set up to store music I rip on that external drive (as MP3′s).
In iTunes, my library shows 13,678 songs, & all of them play. When I access my external drive (thru “my computer”, and go into the iTunes music folder, I can only see 10,000 (or so) songs/files.
I notice the folders seem to be missing after “R” alphabetically – (there are a few folders that begin with “S” – but just a handful).
I have no music in the “compilations” folder or on my laptop’s hard drive.
When I add a folder (w/ the same name as one of the folders that I can’t see on my external drive) the system prompts me that a folder already exists with that name…etc.. It’s like the folders/files are hidden. They’re definitley there – they play. Just can’t see them.
I have gone into “folder options” and selected “Show all folders”. No luck. Any help? Thanks.
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Answer by dze
sounds like ur external is formatted in fat32 and there is a 4gig limit on that file system … try changing to ntfs if thats the case ..
Question: How can I make my “120GB WD Passport External Hard Drive” a place to keep my files so my Notebook stays new?
I got a Gateway Notebook (MX-3210) that only has 256MB of memory that when I felt was full – had replaced a 1GB. Because I love to take and save pictures from my digital camera and also download and save a lot of music, I felt it is full again. I then bought a 120GB External Hard Drive to ease the problem.. I forget what I had done that resulted to synchronizing my notebook’s file to the External Hard Drive. I noticed that – when I delete a file from the notebook (whick I wished still be there in the Ex H D after deletion), the same file was gone. I wished somebody can tell me what to do so that the files transfered to the External Hard Drive stays even when the same has been deleted from the notebook.. In that case, my notebook’s hard drive would not get full and be working like brandnew. . ! Is that possible???? Thanks in advance for some help. . !
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Answer by Elector
First off the amount of “Memory” has nothing to do with what is on your primary hard drive in your note book. If your hard drive is say 30 GB or 100 GB or on and on and you fill it up (This is drive “C” on most computers) However the larger hard drives in the notebook may be labeled as “C” “E” “F” “G” to make up the large drive capacity of lets say 120GB.
When you install or attach an external hard drive (You stated its a Western Digital External 120 GB Hard drive) when you attach it the computer assigns it a drive letter. If you look in system properties it will show all of your active drives including the external drive which I will assign now for this answer “Drive H” when you want to save video, sounds, music simply when asked where to save place it to that drive only. Not on your “C” drive etc. This way when you delete a file off your primary drive in the lap top it will not delete off the external drive.
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