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External hard drive connection?
I have a approximate 10 year old 'Seagate Free Agent' external hard drive with I think about a 50 Gb capacity. I ran this on a PC which I replaced yesterday with a new model PC. The connection on the Seagate is a 'pin' connection going into the hard drive body and a USB connector going to the PC. This 'Seagate' does have a…
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What are the chances of faults with new items ? My stats are high
Well, I have a long history of buying something mechanical or technical that seems to show a fault that the manufacturer has never come across before. This year alone I purchased these from reputable high end companies. A pair of high end pro audio speakers for £1500. The dsp went in one of them. It was replaced. Now…
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Remote Access for Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet?
Hi, my mum is disabled with only the use of one arm, she used to love doing wordsearches but can't hold books anymore, so I got her a tablet for Christmas to do them on hopefully. Her and my dad however know nothing about technology and often need my help. I don't live nearby to go round and help if they need it so I…
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How best to verify that an android app is from the real financial institution
Until now I've made very limited use of financial apps on my android tablet but I thought that I would download the NS&I app to give me easier access to the various accounts I have with them. The only other financial app I have was very easy to install as I just went to the known URL for that institution and down at the…
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Microsoft Outlook & lost email drafts??
EDIT TO SAY: Phew, problem sorted. Managed to get the final edit. I can't delete this thread so carry on. This has happened once before in Outlook although not as bad as this & not to an important email like this one. Basically I've typed out an email to my solicitor which with typing, deleting, more typing & more deleting…
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NAS Virgin
I am a first-time user(?)/purchaser of a NAS system, as I
have films and TV series stored on external drives (ranging from 1TB to 6TB at
the moment) currently and utilise various (free) services (e.g. google photos
etc) but want to pull everything from "free" based providers as I use them as a back-up source only and…
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Trying to extend hard drive partition
Hi all. I created a new D drive on my laptop. There was only a piddly amount of space available so I used the wisdom of the Internet to temporarily reduce the size of my page file, then defrag and disk cleanup to try and free up more space. Nothing worked (I've set my page file back to the recommended amount now) As you…
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How to find videos on iphone
Hi there, I have an iphone 13 pro max and I have locally stored episodes of a tv show ripped from a DVD on my phone. They appear on my phone if I go into Apple tv - "downloaded" or "home videos". I want to be able to transfer them onto my ipad that is registered under the same apple id. How do I do this please? I have…
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Amazon business account requires another mobile phone number?
I have a personal Amazon Prime account & I keep getting messages from Amazon asking if I'd like to open a business account & they claim there's benefits such as discounts, multi buy offers & improved records for accounting etc. I do actually buy quite a bit of stuff for my small business on Amazon so I thought why not give…
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New/Refurbished Desktop PC - advice please
My Mum needs a new computer - the one she has must be 10 years old and is on its last legs and can't really be upgraded any further. All she needs is a new tower - the monitor, camera, speakers, printer, mouse & keyboard she has are all fine. I'll be able to back up any documents and photos she has stored on an external…
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Facebook / Marketplace notifications.
Feel like I've asked this before although can't remember where so may not have been here & can't get to grips with the clunky search function on this message board vs the old MSE message board so if I have asked then don't shoot me. Basically I'm wanting to sort out my notifications from Marketplace so that I get them when…
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apple watch black screen
Hi, we have a son who loves to fiddle with stuff! He's got an apple watch series 4 and it now has a black screen and a mans voice talking very slowly saying "enter passcode" or reading out the time. We don't know if he has but it into a mode for visually impaired users or if it is partially broken. We've read about series…
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GPS reception
Would a GPS swimming watch work in an indoor swimming pool?
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Opinion needed on which new tablet to get
Looking at getting a new tablet to replace the 5+ yo Lenovo I got from Lidl for £75. Battery is nearly dead and the processor is a bit glitchy, poor performance. Had it checked out at the local techie place and was told never to get another Lenovo as when they go, they go. They suggested a Samsung for the next one but the…
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Auto re-directing Gmail emails?
Is this possible.... You have a number of emails come in to your inbox. Some from eBay and let's say some from your bank as well as other emails. Let's say to keep this example simple, you want to re-direct eBay & bank emails in to their own individual folders but you want it done automatically (so you'll need a (1) next…
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Spotify gift subscription options for teenage nieces
My sister has asked me to look in to ad-free Spotify subscriptions for my nieces aged 15 and 13. There appear to be (higher education) student plans, but no school aged plans without them being on a family plan. Does anyone know if such subscriptions exist ?
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TV Licensing
Can anyone explain how TV Licensing have established I'm watching iplayer?
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New SIM can't read SMS messages SOLVED
Hi I got a new SIM from O2. I was with Virgin but they all changed to O2. I rang O2 and they very helpfully talked me through backing up my contacts and messages. I set the phone to the correct date and time and it was all ok. Two days later I now have only a tiny fraction of the contacts I had (I think these were in the…
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Laptop
My DS2 needs a new laptop for college work. No special programs need to be added to it (he is doing Art and will use the computers at college for any assignments which have dedicated programs that are needed) so usage will be (normal) college work only (non
gaming as he uses a console for that). HP
15-fc0008na Laptop -…
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Google Drive- no longer gives a copy & paste URL hyperlink to share videos etc.?
Hi. In the past, when sharing a video (for instance) from my Google Drive was as simple as a right click on the item & choose the share a link option at which point another little window would appear with a proper URL hyperlink to the particular video. This URL could be easily copy & pasted to an email or Whatsapp etc..…
