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Marthe48

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7. Very late follow-up

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Mon May 21, 2018, 07:12 PM

May 2018

I was so busy in April and May babysitting my grandkids, I didn't do much else. Hard to believe 2 kids take that much energy!

I plugged the external hard drive I'm having trouble with back into the computer (old Dell) which recognizes it and shows me the pictures. I searched for the back-up of the hard drive from my Dell laptop on that ext. hard drive and couldn't find it. I thought maybe the back-up had started the problem. I intend to look again, not that I have some free time.

Thank you for all of the ideas. I appreciate the time you each took to type your replies.

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External hard drive problem [View all] Marthe48 Apr 2018 OP

Try formatting the drive before copying the files. earthshine Apr 2018 #1

I can't find my thumb drives Marthe48 Apr 2018 #3

Have you tried different ports on the laptop? Egnever Apr 2018 #2

I'll try that and see what happens. Marthe48 Apr 2018 #4

Yes I would BigOleDummy Apr 2018 #5

I think I got that far Marthe48 Apr 2018 #6

Very late follow-up Marthe48 May 2018 #7