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I ALWAYS use a separate storage device for personal data I do not want to lose. The problem with a separate partition is that if the main partition table or boot record on the drive is corrupted, your data partition is bye bye, you lose it anyway. I prefer an external hard drive for my portable...

This is the USB 3.0 hub I bought for my Surface Pro 1.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Ports-USB-3-0-Hub-Super-Speed-5Gbps-with-Power-Cable-USB-Cable-for-PC-Laptop-/360870987761?pt=US_USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item54059647f1 It works fine, but you have to be careful how you hookup, my...

I was in one of my local BB stores today, and inquired about the Surface Pro Power Cover. The young (20's?) sales rep and I had a very excellent exchange about my usage of my Surface Pro, which accessories I already have, and how I'm using them. He was genuinely interested in whether I am...

I don't get the tension here, I use my surface with IE or Firefox for serious stuff, my Android tablet with Firefox just to kill time. I use Bing on both, gave up on Google search back with XP. I've got a 9" Android tablet I paid $51 for NEW! Why would I use a $600 Surface Pro to watch YouTube...

It's fun to bewildered....

I use mine on my Surface Pro 1, no extra power, and it burns dvd's just fine. Maybe the SP3's usb 3.0 port is lower power than the SP1? True, I don't have a SP3 to test it on, but it's designed to work on usb2.0, which is lower power than usb3.o.

I purchased a Samsung SE-218CB/RSBS external usb DVD burner on EBAY, it works great with a single usb cable, and it has AV mode so you can use it with Android, or plug it into some TV's and play multimedia dvd's. Came with Nero Express, works like a charm....

Different sources, all flv or mp4, storing on sdcard, but tried storing on harddrive, does same thing, really has me befuddled. I can close internet access, and play videos fine, but as soon as I reboot my surface, they're still there, but full of zero's!!!!!!

Are you using another bluetooth device? Might be interfering with the pen, I believe it's bluetooth on the Surface Pro 3.....

This is a weird one, since about June 20th, any flv or mp4 video I download and save, will play just fine until I restart my Surface Pro, then they won't play, and an inspection with a hex editor shows they've been filled with zer0 bytes. The header and video stream info is gone!!!!! I'm using...

Go to the desktop, click on control panel, select power options, and check to see if the settings for what the power button does have been changed. This is NOT the side hardware button, but the power symbol on the metro start page or in the charms power menu!!

I use the same combo, Avast, Spybot and Malwarebytes, on my other 4 systems, am only using Defender and Malwarebytes on my Surface Pro, but I'm very cautious on the internet. ANY anti-virus is vulnerable on it's own. Finding a combination of programs that will happily co-exist on one system is...

I always thought the Tandy T100 was the first tablet PC, but I guess it wasn't a 'PC' in the DOS/Windows definition.

Did you try the little up arrow in the taskbar notification area on the desktop? Click on customize, and make sure the battery power indicator is turned on, "show icon and notifications". If it's a hardware problem, try a battery app from the microsoft store, to see if it will give you a...

You could go to your local BB or order a Windows 8.1 restail dvd from ebay, and use it to get your Pro up and running, the drivers are easily found on the internet. It's a lot cheaper then $375 to send it in, and you have a permanent re-installation dvd that way.

I'm sure Microsoft is thinking of liability issues. Helping someone restore a STOLEN Surface Pro to usable out of box condition, might present a serious liability for Microsoft. Buyer beware, anyone selling electronics, especially computers, that doesn't have all the original disks, recovery...

It's probably the charging cable that came with the wireless type cover adapter. Looks just like the one in the pictures on EBAY.

Win Logo and volume down is a screenshot, saves in the screenshot folder in the Pictures folder. Printscreen copies to the clipboard, and you need to paste in an app or program to save it. By the way, you can press Fn + WinLogo(on type cover) + spacebar, to do a screenshot from the type cover.

Solid state hard drive prices remind me of the early hard drive days, they seem expensive, but they're worth the extra cost. I'm wish Microsoft would slow down the progression of the Surfaces a little, so the bigger ssd's wouldn't impact the price as much. I've noticed processor's have seemed to...

I ordered one on Ebay, got it in 5 days, been experimenting with it. Seems when you plug in a SD card or MicroSD card, it shows up as a removeable drive, and kicks the USB 3 ports down to USB 2. Remove the card(s), and the ports become USB 3 again. Might be a power limitation problem, due to the...