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Question

External USB hard drive

Oct 25, 2018 4:00PM PDT

How do I go about getting either WINXP or WIN10, preferably both, to show that I have an external hard drive with fixed media connected and not an external drive with removeable media connected?

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Answer
Long ago, maybe with a bit flip.
Oct 25, 2018 4:19PM PDT
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SATA connection fix
Oct 25, 2018 4:56PM PDT

Thanks for the reply. But I don't know of a computer with an external SATA connection. Does one exist or is attaching a SATA hard drive via a USB adapter not viable?

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I've done this with many desktops.
Oct 25, 2018 5:03PM PDT
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he probably wants to install....
Oct 25, 2018 11:10PM PDT

....a windows system on it, but microsoft has deliberately set their operating system to not run properly from any external drives.

He can however install any Linux OS on it and have it run just fine.