1. I'm assuming you, or whoever, have NOT dropped the external hard drive. Is it possible someone else dropped it and didn't tell you about that ? "....I used disk management console but even there its not shown..." This isn't showing up ?When you scroll down in Disk Management, the total space on theRead more

    I’m assuming you, or whoever, have NOT dropped the external hard drive. Is it possible someone else dropped it and didn’t tell you about that ?

    “….I used disk management console but even there its not shown…”

    This isn’t showing up ?

    When you scroll down in Disk Management, the total space on the drive is shown on the left beside the rectangular box on the right..

    Disk x
    Removable
    the size
    Online

    If NO…………..

    If the external hard drive has a 3.5″ hard drive inside of it, you must plug the power adapter it came with into the external encloasure, and that power adapter must be working properly.

    The USB port you plug the external hard drive into MUST be able to actually supply 500 ma of current.

    The external drive may NOT be detected correctly if it’s NOT plugged into a USB port built into the case on a laptop, or a USB port built into the mboard on the back of a desktop case

    Troubleshooting USB device problems including for flash drives, external drives, external memory card readers.
    See Response 1:
    https://computing.net/answers/ha…
    ……..

    In addition to the info there….

    For some desktop mboards you can have problems when an external hard drive is plugged into one of a pair of USB ports on the back of the case that are connected to the same USB controller, if there is another device plugged into the other USB port for the pair, because the pair can’t actually supply 500 ma per port – they can only supply 500 ma in total. Usually those pairs of ports are one above the other, not beside each other. If you have two devices plugged into such a pair of ports, try plugging one of them in elsewhere on the back of the computer.

    For MANY laptop and netbook mboards similar applies. The built in USB ports often cannot actually supply 500ma per port – they supply 500 ma in total for two ports that are close to each other. In that case, the external drive should work fine if it’s the ony thing plugged into the USB ports built into the laptop or netbook, or if you have more than two ports, the only thing plugged into two ports close to each other.

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  2. You should have asked BEFORE you bought the drive. AV = Audio Visual. This type of HDD is designed for use in surveillance systems that run 24/7 such as store security camera recordings. It does not have error correction therefore it is NOT good for desktop use. Here's a clip from a review:"Some unsRead more

    You should have asked BEFORE you bought the drive. AV = Audio Visual. This type of HDD is designed for use in surveillance systems that run 24/7 such as store security camera recordings. It does not have error correction therefore it is NOT good for desktop use. Here’s a clip from a review:

    “Some unscrupulous or misinformed dealers are promoting such AV-optimized hard disk drives as “superior” versions of their desktop cousins with appropriately higher price tags. Nothing could be further from the truth. These AV-optimized hard disk drives are neither superior nor inferior to their desktop equivalents. They are designed to be used in very specific applications, and are not meant for use in desktop or server environments.

    http://www.techarp.com/showarticle….

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  3. No it won't work because that is simply a cable with no adapter of any sort - it's probably meant for a video recorder or something similar.Something like this should work, assuming you have a USB 2.0 or newer port - USB 1 will be too slow:http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...How, exactly, is the pRead more

    No it won’t work because that is simply a cable with no adapter of any sort – it’s probably meant for a video recorder or something similar.

    Something like this should work, assuming you have a USB 2.0 or newer port – USB 1 will be too slow:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/…

    How, exactly, is the port broken – physically not there? pins broken? Ideally, if it is a PC you have, and not a laptop, then a new adapter card would be a better option.

    “I’ve always been mad, I know I’ve been mad, like the most of us…” Pink Floyd

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  4. See if this helps (Left Alt+Shift toggle AZERTY & QWERTYkeyboard layout in running applicationhttp://www.proz.com/forum/wordfast_...i_Xp/Vista/W7/W10 User

    See if this helps (Left Alt+Shift toggle AZERTY & QWERTY
    keyboard layout in running application

    http://www.proz.com/forum/wordfast_…

    i_Xp/Vista/W7/W10 User

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  5. Have you contacted the site to see if their people can help?and perhaps phil22's response here may help?https://computing.net/answers/w...or this youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOA...message edited by trvlr

    Have you contacted the site to see if their people can help?

    and perhaps phil22’s response here may help?

    https://computing.net/answers/w…

    or this youtube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOA…

    message edited by trvlr

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  6. I don't have any experience with Android phones... but... two approaches come to mi d.One to scan the phone for pests etc.; there being anti-virus utils around which will not only scan/protect a windows computer at least but also allows a scanetc. of an Android phone when attached.The other approachRead more

    I don’t have any experience with Android phones… but… two approaches come to mi d.

    One to scan the phone for pests etc.; there being anti-virus utils around which will not only scan/protect a windows computer at least but also allows a scanetc. of an Android phone when attached.

    The other approach is to backup your phone data, contacts etc.; then reset the phone back to factory, as delivered, state?

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  7. I suggest you to run from a command prompt with admin rights CHKDSK /R /F (there are blank spaces before slashes) and then SFC /SCANNOW (there is a blank space before the slash)After the above commands are run, run the cleanmgr.exe and the defrag.exe (the defragmentation program) to consolidate yourRead more

    I suggest you to run from a command prompt with admin rights

    CHKDSK /R /F (there are blank spaces before slashes) and then

    SFC /SCANNOW (there is a blank space before the slash)

    After the above commands are run, run the cleanmgr.exe and the defrag.exe (the defragmentation program) to consolidate your HDD.

    You may also turn off indexing service at the system drive.

    CoolGuy

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  8. All the links I've seen so far are about how to fix a drive which has become read only, rather than making it read only.Making things read only, in the normal way, will only prevent you from changing the contents rather than erasing them.You should be able to use a variant of this:http://superuser.cRead more

    All the links I’ve seen so far are about how to fix a drive which has become read only, rather than making it read only.

    Making things read only, in the normal way, will only prevent you from changing the contents rather than erasing them.

    You should be able to use a variant of this:
    http://superuser.com/questions/7204…
    Probably the easiest way would be to first put all of the contents on there into a folder then set the permissions for that.

    Otherwise here is what a Google search found:
    https://www.google.co.uk/#q=set+per…

    Always pop back and let us know the outcome – thanks

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  9. To fix it the motherboard needs to be removed, the old holder desoldered and then a new one soldered in.Any cmos battery holder shoiuld work as long as its solder contacts have the same spacing and it physically fits in the old location.I googled cmos battery holder and this is the first link that cRead more

    To fix it the motherboard needs to be removed, the old holder desoldered and then a new one soldered in.

    Any cmos battery holder shoiuld work as long as its solder contacts have the same spacing and it physically fits in the old location.

    I googled cmos battery holder and this is the first link that came up:

    http://shopping.microbattery.com/s….

    I imagine if you go to the support page for you model you may be able to find a parts list that’d show an exact replacement. But really, all you need is one that fits in the same space.

    You’re not really green until you’re soylent green.

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  10. Print Shop Deluxe 6.0 will NOT work with any 64-bit Windows OS. This is due to the fact that the installer and program both include 16-bit instructions which are no longer supported in a 64-bit Windows. Any 32-bit OS, including Windows 7 32-bit, would work just fine as 16-bit instruction sets are stRead more

    Print Shop Deluxe 6.0 will NOT work with any 64-bit Windows OS.

    This is due to the fact that the installer and program both include 16-bit instructions which are no longer supported in a 64-bit Windows. Any 32-bit OS, including Windows 7 32-bit, would work just fine as 16-bit instruction sets are still supported.

    You can either upgrade your machine to Windows 7 Ultimate, which includes XP Mode (A virtualized Windows XP system that allows older or in-compatible programs to run), or you can get a cheap machine, even a used one, that is running a 32-bit OS on which you can install and run the Print Shop software.

    Compatibility mode, which is the most recommended option for this question all over the web, WILL NOT WORK as 16-bit instruction sets are still unsupported on all 64-bit Windows Operating Systems.

    Please let me know if you have any questions or need more clarification.

    —–
    IT Desktop & Network Consultant – MOS Master Certified, MCP, MCSA, MCITP – Windows 7, CCNA Certificate Pending, A+, Network +

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