Did anyone get a Windows 10 invite?
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It's something screwed within windows 10. I have the same problem and there's no updated firmware or drivers.
My trick is go in to device manager, delete the device then have the system scan for new hardware.
The drive is detected and works without any problems - I just have to remember to do this after each restart.
Kind of a silly question but how do I go to the global version of a website and not the .au version?
Tried to find monitor firmware for my monitor and it keeps putting me on the local website for my brand and the .au site is very limited.
Tried to find monitor firmware for my monitor and it keeps putting me on the local website for my brand and the .au site is very limited.
A) unlikely you'll find a firmware update as it's not something generally provided nor the facility for users to update it.
B) have you looked at the url? It could be a matter of manually editing it. For example it could say xyz.com/en/au so you'd change it to /en/us.
C) have you tried a search to see if the firmware is available and that you're not barking up the wrong tree for what ever issue you're trying to fix?
I have a question: Just thought of this last night... I have my computer set up to not file share. Will that make it so they aren't able to continue to pass on Windows 10 to other computers, torrent style?
Or am I screwed?
Or am I screwed?
wrong sort of file sharing.
Your personal files and data were never shared. That has to be specifically enabled (the ramification for Microsoft would have been very unpleasant if they started sharing people's private data willy-nilly.
What was shared however, where the files for Windows updates (probably to alleviate the load on Microsoft''s update servers.
Dang it
. Ugh. I don't like it, regardless of it alleviating their server load. Just get more servers, Microsoft! 
Now I have to continually switch back and forth between being a metered connection and a non metered one.
Dang it
Now I have to continually switch back and forth between being a metered connection and a non metered one.
What about if you disabled the Windows update and/or BITS (background intelligent transfer) services?.
You'd have to turn them on periodically in order to ensure that your computer is up to date but could leave them off most of the time.
Dang it
Now I have to continually switch back and forth between being a metered connection and a non metered one.
What about if you disabled the Windows update and/or BITS (background intelligent transfer) services?.
You'd have to turn them on periodically in order to ensure that your computer is up to date but could leave them off most of the time.
How do I go about doing that?
Dang it
Now I have to continually switch back and forth between being a metered connection and a non metered one.
What about if you disabled the Windows update and/or BITS (background intelligent transfer) services?.
You'd have to turn them on periodically in order to ensure that your computer is up to date but could leave them off most of the time.
How do I go about doing that?
Windows key + S and enter Services. Should return Services (trusted desktop app) which then you then click.
In the list of services, look for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (they list alphabetically by default). Right click on, choose properties. From the drop down enter to Start Up Type, choose disable. Click okay and return to the list of services.
Click on Name and it reverse the sort order then look down the list for Windows Update and repeat.
close the services window and carry on as usual.
Thanks!
Oh fuck... I just checked my WD 2TB drive to see if I could look into my back up and it came up with 'empty folder 0kb' on it... which is way wrong since I just backed it up on the 25th.
I'm not too happy right now. I'll have to try to back it up again and it takes 7 hours!Now I have to format it again. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
And the formatting did not work! This drive is only 3 years old! Damn it. I'm not made of money either. Now onto buying another drive just so I can format it. Can't use my mom's since it only works on Windows 8 and up.
Working on rebacking it up to see if it clears up the issue. If not, onto getting a new drive.
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Good question. I'll have to look into that.
Did you have to have a receipt? If so, I'm up a creek. I don't have mine anymore.
I'll be going in to get a new one, since I have to get it before the 1st of January so I don't lose my data due to Window strong arming people to transfer over to 10.
Just checked on their site... and I'm out of luck. It's out of limited warranty. Oh well. The kicker? It expired last year... when my drive was still working. -_-
Isn't that always the way?
Hey when I put in my new graphics card should I first remove the current drivers before I shut down the PC? I use Nvidia drivers and usually to uninstall them requires you uninstall them and restart to finish the process, so not sure what to do in Windows 10 or is it the same as with Windows 7? You get left with generic Windows drivers?
Yep.
Went and got a new one though. 4tb. So now onto finally backing things up!
Ugh... now it can't find the new drive.
Thank god for Western Digital having a program with it that is letting me back up onto the drive itself. I'd be up a creek otherwise.
I don't know what's causing my computer to not recognize the back up drive. It's driving me nuts.
I did a CHKDSK scan last night and it came up clean in regards to the main computer. Did virus scans as well (separately of course) and they came up clean too.
Did a double check and I think I know what happened. It was thinking my old 2tb WD drive was there. That's why it wasn't able to recognize it. Once I changed the backup settings everything was ok. It recognizes my new drive, which is a good thing
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Yeah that's why I asked to be sure...
I am excited for my new toy and just waiting for it to arrive.
Radeon R9 380 4gig
Ok this is not funny... my new drive was able to back up 50% of my computer and it's files before it screwed up due to either the USB ports themselves malfunctioning or a driver. So now onto seeing what I can do. It was an i/o device error I ran into.
Perfect timing. Considering I have to complete the back up before updating to 10.
It had been acting up before but I didn't think it was anything uber serious.
Cleaned out my USB ports to see if that might help any along with checking to see if any drivers needed to be updated and am trying to back up again. Hoping that that does the trick.
Perfect timing. Considering I have to complete the back up before updating to 10.
It had been acting up before but I didn't think it was anything uber serious.
Cleaned out my USB ports to see if that might help any along with checking to see if any drivers needed to be updated and am trying to back up again. Hoping that that does the trick.
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Does your current motherboard have USB3 on it? If not and there's potentially a problem with your current USB ports, look at getting an add in USB 3 card. Apart from the faster transfer rates, it will by-pass any dodgy USB ports on your motherboard.
Yes it does.
Had to clear the entire drive to get it to work properly... so I had to restart the backup again. It's the only way to get Windows 7 to work with 3tb drives or larger.
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