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External connection to download a laptops hard drive content
I'm trying to find an external device that I can plug into my laptops internal hard drive (after I remove it from the laptop) to download my content. I've seen it where it's a serial plug to a USB plug. What is the naming convention of these devices because I'm having a hard time searching for them on the internet?
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Try it, but USB Ports on such devices are there to update firmware or for an engineer to connect a laptop. having said that, all this says "yes you can".
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Try unplugging from usb and plugging it back in. Also, you may need a SAS driver for your computer to recognize the drive. Some drives have internal encryption and require a driver before the computer recognizes them. Check the Mfg website to see whether this drive requires one.
If you need to load software(such as device drivers) from Optical Media) in a system without an ODD Drive, follow these steps:
1. Log in to another PC in your vicinity that has an Optical Disk Drive. 2. Insert the CD/DVD into the PC and copy its' contents over to that PC. 3. Copy over that content to a USB Storage Device (USB Drive, External HDD, etc). 4. Unplug the External HDD/USB Drive with the content from the PC and plug it in your Laptop/Netbook. 5. Copy over the relevant content over to the netbooks' hard drive.
Alternatively, download the needed drivers from Acer's support website.
Ascertain that the hard disk is an external or internal device usually specified on the manufacrturers manual or as logos indicated on device. An external disk device usuallly is plug and play enabled. Extesion cables allows to connect from device to the computer from which would derive functionality soon after processis achieved. The computer is capable of performing on dual drives only with the dafualt and external as substitues. For example, a broken computer default disk is capable of acquiring connectivity with an external disk. However, a broken internal disk is unable to perform without replacing the broken once with another internal disk. Alternately, an internal device would require extracting the computer default disk for the new replacement to take effect
Go to the BIOS configuration and see it the BIOS detects the hard drive. If it doesn,t detect the hard drive then the hard drive coulf be faulty. Another way to check the hard drive. Remove the hard drive and connect it to an USB hard drive adapter and then connect this to a computer's USB port. If this computer does not detect it as and external storage device, then the hard drive is faulty. To get your laptop operational again, insertl a new hard drive and install Windows on this hard drive, together with the laptop's device drivers and your programs.
Step 1: Connect your hard drive to your PC. Step 2: Create a FAT32 partition on your hard drive. If you’re using less than 32 GB, you can use Windows via “Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer Management”. If you’re using more than 32 GB, you’ll have to use an external program, e.g. Partition Magic. Step 3: Load all the content you want from your PC onto the external drive. This should consist of files that can be read on the Xbox hard drive. Step 4: Remove the external hard drive from your PC. Plug it into your Xbox 360 console through the USB port. Step 5: Go to the Media menu on your Xbox screen. Select "Portable Device" from the menu. All the readable files saved on the external drive should be available to read on your Xbox 360. N.B. Xbox's connection with an external drive is read-only. You can only read files that are already on the drive after connecting. You can't save game files or anything else on the Xbox main drive onto the external hard drive. Also, USB storage devices cannot be used for Xbox live marketplace content.
It's possible that it's a hardware problem, Since this is a laptop it may be hard for
you to reseat some of the internal devices inside in your laptop so we
could start isolating the issue from the hardware and to the software.
First
try to power cycle it, turn off your laptop remove the battery, any
external connection like external mouse, external hard drive and
monitor and press the power button for 15 seconds after that put the
battery in and turn it back on without the external devices plugged in.
(if it turned on without a problem that's good-possible that one of the
external devices are causing it to keep on restarting, to isolate it
you can just put the external devices one-by-one and start the
computer, if it start occuring you know who is causing the problem)
If
you can disassemble your laptop you can try to remove the hard drive,
then turn on your computer, if your computer didn't restart that means
that the problem is with you hard drive, possible that the software
installed in it is faulty or the hard drive itself (try plugging it
back in properly let's see if it'll work, if not, you may need to buy a
new hard drive or before buying one, you can try to plug your hard
drive to a different computer (acting like an external hard drive) and
backup all your important files and reformat that hard drive, after
reformatting it you can try to plug it to your laptop again. (if that
hard drive is not detected to another computer meaning that it's faulty)
If that didn't resolve the problem, you can try to reseat the memory testing each memory chip and slots, processor.
It's possible that it's a hardware problem or your computer is infected by a computer virus. Does it restart when you see the windows XP logo or when you are in the desktop? or Does it restart before seeing the windows xp welcome screen? Since this is a laptop it may be hard for you to reseat some of the internal devices inside in your laptop so we could start isolating the issue from the hardware and to the software.
First try to power cycle it, turn off your laptop remove the battery, any external connection like external mouse, external hard drive and monitor and press the power button for 15 seconds after that put the battery in and turn it back on without the external devices plugged in. (if it turned on without a problem that's good-possible that one of the external devices are causing it to keep on restarting, to isolate it you can just put the external devices one-by-one and start the computer, if it start occuring you know who is causing the problem)
If you can disassemble your laptop you can try to remove the hard drive, then turn on your computer, if your computer didn't restart that means that the problem is with you hard drive, possible that the software installed in it is faulty or the hard drive itself (try plugging it back in properly let's see if it'll work, if not, you may need to buy a new hard drive or before buying one, you can try to plug your hard drive to a different computer (acting like an external hard drive) and backup all your important files and reformat that hard drive, after reformatting it you can try to plug it to your laptop again. (if that hard drive is not detected to another computer meaning that it's faulty)
If that didn't resolve the problem, you can try to reseat the memory testing each memory chip and slots, processor.
The laptop isn't seeing the hard drive. It has either bounced loose (doubtful) or the hard drive is defective. You can open panels on laptop and find the hard drive, remove and then replace it and see if it reads. Failing this check to see if it's still on warranty or buy another one similar to yours.
Try the external hard-drive in some other computer.
If it still causes problems, then it is the external hard-drive, not your laptop, that has the problem.
If the warranty on the external hard-drive is still valid,
exercise the warranty to get a replacement.
If the warranty has expired, you could try to "disassemble" the casing, to remove the "internal" hard-drive that is "inside" the casing.
Then, connect that hard-drive to a desktop computer,
and copy your data to the 'C:' drive (or burn your data to CD/DVD disks), if you can -- it's possible that the "electronics" that convert the USB-interface to the hard-drive interface is the problem, and that your data on the hard-drive is perfectly OK.
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