Anyone know how to change the name of you hard drive? Ive tried renaming it in the this pc section but it just changes back.
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yes i do Windows 7 - click the windows icon in the bottom left corner of your computer locate (computer) and double click on it once it has opened it will show your 500gb hdd then you will want to right click on the drive and locate format from the popup window when you right clicked. once the format window comes up you can change the name of the drive from there it will be a text bar( record in your mind what the name of the drive is when you the window opened after you clicked computer so you can see where the name is in the popup) then once you hae typed in a name click format make sure the box for quick format is checked so it wont take forever unless you want to do a slow format its a more thorough wipe of the drive. WINDOWS XP - double click on the my computer tab on your desktop if not on the desktop click the start button and locate it under there then follow the same steps in above description. Hope this helps
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hi. i was wondering how upgrading the hard drive went for you cuz i was thinking of doing it. also, did u buy ur hard drive off of ifixit's website if you did and does making imporvement dissuade any warranty on the laptop? thanx.
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I have had the same problem using other devices with Windows 7 (which as a "disk operating system" is a total bust!) Sometimes it helps to plug in a different memory card or USB device before reinserting the first card or device- give that a shot. Windows 7 allows me to eject the drive from Windows Explorer which works better than using the icon in the notification area of the taskbar.
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Recently I added a drive with data to mine. and I was able to restore the data, Back it up and format the drive for a new use. it worked well. I was using windows 7, I am not sure of the format I believe it was NTFS.
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As I answer, remember... my hard drive got wiped. Make certain you switch your hard drive to "slave" status if you haven't already. Otherwise, you should be OK.
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I apologize for taking so long to reply but I haven't been on my computer recently. My husband is the one wanting the hard drive and he said he wouldn't be able to know if it would work or not without seeing you computer.
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I ordered the 80g from Rakuton, it was shipped from Referbished PC and worked only two days. I am really not sure what the hard drive actually is.
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It did not work for me. My advice is do not take a chance on it. I downloaded the FREE EaseUS ToDo Backup application and cloned my entire hard drive to a smaller solid state drive as easy as copying files in windows. Then I just plugged the new drive and it started the computer just like the old one. I can't imagine it can be easier than this.
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it can overwrite the old data ...... go to Menu > system > HDD overwrite and select > on
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I have wrote my titles on the sheet that is provided so if I change out a disk I can just change the one . Hope this answers your question .
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You'll need to ask Buffalo. The hardware device is reported as "gendisk" (generic disk) by my Device Manager. The only way I could establish which manufacturer made my Drive Station hard disk would be to remove the cover. Obviously I don't want to do that. Many computer and peripheral manufacturers change their hard drive providers (bidding for cost-savings) during the manufacturing runs of their devices so you have to ask Buffalo to be sure about what you will get. I can tell you that mine has been a sturdy and reliable drive regardless of what is inside it.
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My unit has trouble working with any of our Windows machines here (Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, etc.) It will take about a minute to create a directory, about a minute to rename it, cannot do a findfirst, cannot display files in any requested order (date, size). I see that other reviewers had no problem with theirs, so my troubles are possibly with my unit. But none of us trust the drive, and no one is using it.
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Be careful. The difficulty in making the most basic configurations on this device (turning it on, turning it off, resetting) could present you with problems in doing anything more complicated. I guess if you have to use this device (which I do not recommend), make sure you do not have sensitive data on it. My device basically decided to reset itself and I lost access to my data. I think Seagate has gone downhill sorry to say.
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Sorry to be answering so late.The only thing I changed, that I remember is the boot order. I made sure it looked for the disk first. I also found that the company helped, they even responded with an email. Hope this helped.
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I did quite a bit of Googling before I tackled the SSD installation and settled on using EaseUS Todo Backup Free to get Windows, etc., cloned to the new drive. As far as I recall, I had no problems with the installation and cloning process, and I've not had any problems with the PC in the six months or so since I installed the SSD drive.
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Yes, I have done that. I installed the new hard drive in the second drive location in the computer box. Then all you have to do is run the clone process. After that completed I moved the drive C: cable to the new drive and removed the old drive from the box. I recommend saving the old drive in case of a failure in the new drive (it happened to me).
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If you have any other drive(s) in the system, it/they could be the culprit. I have found on many occasions that Windows will get confused in some way and not test the new SSD as the "primary drive". If possible, disconnect any other drive so that Windows will be certain to see the SSD as your primary OS drive and re-test. Your disk subscore in the Experience index should be something above 7.