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External hdd with win 10 laptop

enniscorthy · 2016-03-19 11:10:32

Hi all anybody ever had any issues reading an older external hdd on a win 10 laptop :confused: rep in shop said there might be issues :confused: thinking of upgrading and have 3 external hdd about 5-8 years old all work fine on current computer but in need of a good laptop and will need to copy files from drives onto it…

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19-03-2016 12:10pm

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enniscorthy

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Hi all anybody ever had any issues reading an older external hdd on a win 10 laptop rep in shop said there might be issues thinking of upgrading and have 3 external hdd about 5-8 years old all work fine on current computer but in need of a good laptop and will need to copy files from drives onto it regards brian

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#2 19-03-2016 12:14pm
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External hard drives should work no problem

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#3 19-03-2016 2:36pm
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Thanks mate

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