Evan, I took ownership of that file (twice) and made sure nothing was accessing or locking the file or drive, but it made no difference to the...
Steve, The drive is formatted NTFS. Since I use the drive only for backups, a slight slowing down shouldn't be a problem. The only large files on...
I'm trying to compress my external USB drive (drive F, 500-GB WD "Elements ") to gain more space. It has 90 GB free. In the drive's Properties...
Arie, Thank you. I've marked this thread "resolved. " Frank
Is there a way to adjust the hard disk's low free space indicator so that it will display, or a message will pop up, when the free space has...
Evan, Day two and three reboots with the USB drive showing up normally. I'll mark this as "resolved." I appreciate your help. Frank
Evan, Thank you. I do a System Restore before and after any major change (which this was) and my backup is Acronis TrueImage Home 2010's Nonstop...
Update: While thinking this situation over, I got the idea to try running a program I had downloaded (for free) a few weeks ago from...
mathman, I agree that my problem is with my OS. I've tried Device Manager and allowed Windows to search for updated drivers for the USB drive...
Evan, There is a problem with sfc /scannow on my computer also. Here is the link to a discussion of the problem and a description of it....
jaydeee, I didn't say this above, but before I uninstalled the USB drive in Device Manager, I checked for updated drivers for the USB drive and...
Evan, I did as you suggested. Rebooted. Windows found and installed the driver and said it was ready for use. But no difference. The drive was...
Evan, Yes, I've looked in DM and there are no yellow triangle exclamation marks anywhere. I've plugged the drive into every other USB port...
It worked. After rebooting, when Firefox appeared I could see by the HD activity LED that the PC was at idle and ready to use. Thanks all for your...
Thanks, TonyT and SpywareDr! If I read your posts correctly, I believe that if I set my Firefox browser to open at every boot by putting a...
A weird problem: For the past week or so, every time I boot my PC, the external USB drive (500 GB WD "Elements ") is not detected by the system,...
Pete, That's kind of what I do too, first thing in the morning. But when you have to reboot the computer multiple times, as for instance when...
Pete, Thanks. Yes, that's a practical way to tell that the system is ready to go. However, I was kind of hoping for a more visible/audible...
Seems like a simple question, but I've searched and can't find an answer: How can I tell -- like with a popup or a ding! sound -- that Windows has...
A homemade fix solves the problem. I just received an e-mail from my friend in Australia. Here's what he says: "Thank you for the tips and...
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