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I am not intending to use my 4TB external HDD to store games as I am only intending to use it to help make the games on the capture window on my Streamlabs OBS to run smoother. I game stream by connecting my gaming consoles to the computer via an Elgato HD60 S+ game capture card. Is there a way...

I'm trying to access a 5TB external hard drive (Seagate Portable Drive) on my MacBook Pro and can't open it. The drive doesn't show up in finder and can only be seen on Disk Utility, where it says the external drive isn't mounted. When I try to mount it, it says it isn't possible. I've run first...

Please HELP - I am a disaster when it comes to tech, and don't want to ruin anything. I have a 2018 Macbook Pro with 8GB memory. I have a ton of pictures in my Photos library, so I got an External Hard Drive to keep them all in. I got a Lacie External Hard Drive, and recently migrated my Photos...

Hi there, I have experienced having two external hard drives fail at the same time and had to get the data retrieved which was a huge expense in the $thousands to retrieve the 1.3T of data. My MAC book pro hasn’t got big memory which is the reason for saving everything on external hard drive...

yo whats up. i have an external hard drive because my computer cant handle the side of sims 4. the problem is suddenly I cant save any more of the game files on the hard drive, I get a message saying something is wrong with the harddrive but when I scan to fix and what not it says its fine. its...

Hello, I am switching from Mac over to PC. I have an external hard drive which holds all of my DVDs that I have ripped over the years. Will I be able to watch them on this new PC? Do I have to do some sort of reformatting?

so i installed call of duty cold war using an external hard drive since my lap top memory is full. After installation to the external hard drive, i go to run the game, and it says i do not meet the memory requirements. i know i have plenty of memory on the external hard drive.

Hi, just signed up to TSG so here's my first question from a not very tech minded member so please be gentle? 🙂 Ok so, we've had desktops and laptops for years but naively have never backed up our pics or other docs to any other storage devices other than the odd USB stick for a particular...

Hello. I would like to download around 80 hours of video (preferably 720p quality), so how much space would I need? Would 128gb be enough?

Thank you for your service! I have a MacBook Pro 1TB laptop and it's brand new. I am connected to iCloud. I understand that the cloud is a mirror copy of what I have on my computer. I'm currently recording videos that I will edit and upload to a video server. I also purchased an external 1TB...

I'm having some trouble getting my toshiba external hard drive to show itself on anything other than the Disk Management on my PC running Windows 10 (I think). It isn't showing up in the File Folders and I can't figure out how to open it, but it says it's working fine. I've tried turning the...

Greetings, I recently purchased an one terabyte external hard drive (PROKING) off Amazon for the specific purpose of filling it up with MKV files of my favourite TV series. As I began to transfer files I came into this recurring issue where the last transferred files simply do not work when...

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.9 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 64 bit, Build 9600, Installed 20160920095519.000000+060 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, CPU Count: 4 Total Physical RAM: 16 GB Graphics Card: Intel(R)...

I'm changing from my present external hard drive to a new one. Do I need to uninstall the old one first? Also, I don't want to transfer the old one to the new one.(make a fresh start) What's the best way to make the transition?

I have a friend I have known for years that told me that my external hard drive made by Seagate called Free Agent is corrupted which caused my old computer to have severe issues. I sold that older computer. Now this friend is telling me I can never use it again. He suggested that I never open up...

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.9 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit, Build 18362, Installed 20190627155516.000000-360 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9, CPU Count: 4 Total Physical RAM: 12 GB Graphics Card...

Hello, I finally accepted that there is currently no 100% reliable external hard drive, so I am preparing to purchase two 2TB external hard drives (or 2 2TB SSDs, or one of each), so I can clear some space from my PC and have some peace of mind knowing it's highly unlikely both external hard...

About a month ago, I was using my Maxtor M3 portable 1TB external hard drive, and accidentally knocked it down from the table why I was playing, and it disconnected. Ever since then, when I plug it in, it beeps, my notebook seems to recognize it, but I can't access any of the files. I have tried...

I recently wiped my computer clean and tried transferring a bunch of music using an external hard drive, but the music comes out distorted when I play it. I know file corruption is something that happens, but I thought that was a very rare occurrence. The music still plays normally without...

I recently bought an external hard drive and it says it is specifically for Mac. If I only plan to use it for time machine backups and file backups on my Mac, do I need to format it or is it already in the correct format since it says it's for Macs? Sorry folks I'm clueless. Also if I want to...