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Inspiron 570 Can I have 2 hard drives with one running Windows 7 and one Running Windows 8 at separate times?

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Safest is way to install a removable drive tray such as Welland EZStor ME-751 Trayless HDD Rack 5.25" Bay for 3.5" SATA HDD/SSD - Anti-Shock, Scratch-Proof.
Then you can swap HDD anytime.
You can also install new (now upgrade) Windows 8.1 on a 2nd HDD internally. But sometimes the 2nd OS can damage the first OS if ou are not careful with C: drive letter.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 03, 2008

SOURCE: Toshiba 2.0 external hard drive

mrtunink,
Yellow ! simbol show in the usb devices means your usb driver may be corrupt so OS can't recognised the usb devices, u have to reinstall the driver like that way,

At first right click on my computer icon- then select propertices- then "hardware" - then click on devices manager buttons- then select ur devices and right click on it and click propertices then u finds reinstalls button under its propertices click on it and select install software automatically (recomanded) and click on ok. then windows scarch its driver automatically and install it.

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SOURCE: computer wont recognize external hard drive

try to format the external HDD using command prompt..... type "cmd" in start & search box and hit enter... command prompt will be opened... Now type "format X:" where X=your external hdd drive letter.... if it does not format then right click on my computer icon> goto manage >select Disk management> select the external drive> right click and delete partition > again right click and select create partition > again right click and select Format drive.....
this will fix the issue....

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 03, 2011

SOURCE: Why won't my external hard drive safely eject? I

Hard drives won't safely eject if there's any program working with any files in that hard drive. For example, if you have a word document open from that hard drive, it won't eject.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 15, 2011

SOURCE: My lacie starck hard drive

You need to install some components like lacie desktop manager,intrergo etc that came with the original device
Look for them on lacie's webpage

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Eddie

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  • Posted on Jul 12, 2011

SOURCE: I have the Thermaltake BlacX

I know it might sound a bit simple, but let's start at the beginning.

Make sure that the power is properly plugged in, and that it's securely plugged into the USB port.

Put in the hard drive you will be using.
Now turn on your device by clicking on the power button.
Listen out for a "ding" or a chime in your OS.

If you DO hear one, the hard drives may need to be properly formatted or not properly assigned.

If you hear a chime, go to your desktop and right-click on "Computer" and click "Manage"

Go to "Disk Management" and at the top, there are a few options, and check for your hard drives, and right-click on the proper one and click on "Change Drive Letter and Paths" assign it a letter, and check "Computer" to see if came up.

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