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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    There were 0 files recovered.
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    The problem is that my computer doesn't see the drive when I connect it.
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    No luck with the 2nd drive. Received "Due to the severity of the media damage on your drive, I'm afraid in this case nothing was recoverable" response.
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    Got a 2TB drive from SeaGate. It appears about 120GB of data was "recovered". I went through every single file and none can be used. Spoke with number of people at Seagate, they consider it as a failed recovery and there's nothing else that can be done. From their perspective the drive was in a...
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    Quick update: Just got an update from SeaGate that the data from one of my drives have been recovered without specifying how much data. They did say that the data will not be organized in the same folder structure as I had it. They are sending the data back to me now while working on the other...
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    Question Hard Drive at 100% usage

    attached is a screenshot of Task Manager. As far as Windows Tips, I'm attaching a screenshot. I'm assuming it's the 4th option. It's already disabled.
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    Question Hard Drive at 100% usage

    Thanks for the email. I did search, I did research and I did use my skills. Most of the solutions on the web can be summarized by items listed in https://www.cleverfiles.com/howto/100-disk-usage-windows-10.html and https://www.lifewire.com/fix-disk-usage-windows-10-4583918, which you actually...
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    Question Hard Drive at 100% usage

    The issue is happening whether computer is SSD or HDD. I've checked everything I could and I can't determine what holds the disk. I did open task manager and resource manager. I also used Process explorer and can't figure it out. The issue is occuring with or without antivirus.
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    Question Hard Drive at 100% usage

    I'm very good around computers but lately I'm very stumbled with the new computers that are being sold. I have a couple of computers that are always at 100% usage for at least 10 minutes after boot up. I went through most of the things that I can think of, like checking antivirus, malware (not...
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    I've seen cases like these as well where there are responses but no follow up. But this is not how I operate and expect the same from people I work with as well, so not a new concept for me.
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    Thank you all for your comments. I contacted SeaGate who apparently purchased LaCie some time ago and they were able to accommodate data recovery free of charge. I sent them my drives last week, so we'll see what happens.
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    Data is important. I need it. The port is part of motherboard
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    Thanks. The drive inside of enclosure is connected in RAID 0, so can't pull it out and add to a desktop
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    Question Firewire drive not recognizing

    I have an old "LaCie 500GB Firewire400 / Firewire800 3.5" External Hard Drive 300871" and I'm currently on Windows 10. I followed instructions on https://www.studio1productions.co...wire-1.htm and other sources to install legacy "IEEE 1394 host controllers", which i believe were installed...