Recent content by meganfurley

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    Advice to change hard drive with errors! To Clone or not?

    Hi My laptop hard drive is said to have errors and is failing. I had a test done at Dell site and was told I need to change the hard drive soon before it fails completely. I do have problems with freezes and at least two instances of blue screen with error. I am happy to change the hard...
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    Modem has suddenly vanished!! Please help

    Hi I have a Dell XPS L501X with Windows 10 running. I upgraded about a month back. Suddenly two weeks back the modem has vanished.I can use my wifi but have no ethernet connection. The Laptop says it is unable to locate the modem and asked me to install the driver by going to downloads...
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    Help for a Clean install

    Hi It has been suggested to me that I need to do a clean install of my windows 7 on my new hard drive on my computer. I have some basic questions and apologize for that! I know I need the code,etc for windows software for the installation. I also know that I need to install some other software...
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    Want to save the entire contents of my pc hard drive on an external HD

    Just want to get hold of my old files held in the hard drive of my old PC.The hard drive has been removed and put in an enclosure and connected to the new PC with an USB. When I click on the E drive it says 'I need to format' which means I'll lose my stuff. I assumed that putting the hard drive...
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    Want to save the entire contents of my pc hard drive on an external HD

    Hi A small snag. When I connect the hard drive of the pc with the enclosure to the new PC through an USB,it asks me to format it ! It also says 'The volume does not contain a recognised file system'.Can you explain?
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    Want to save the entire contents of my pc hard drive on an external HD

    Thanks so much guys! I'll have a go this weekend and let you know what happens! Megan
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    Want to save the entire contents of my pc hard drive on an external HD

    Hi I am new and not too good at PC stuff! My apologies if I sound wrong or airy. I have changed my PC recently and removed the hard drive from my old PC. Is there any way for me to transfer the entire contents of my old hard drive into an external hard drive so that I can still access all the...