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volume shadow copy, used space by folder
When creating a volume shadow copy of a drive, e.g. by calling wmic shadowcopy call create Volume=c:\, a snapshot of all files is stored in the "System Volume Information" folder.
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Why does my Bitlocked External HDD go read-only after I unlock it?
Windows 10, AD-managed environment, WD My Passport external.
We had a new external HDD enter circulation, which per policy has to be bitlocked. This being new, policy is also that it be fully ...
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Some files cannot be deleted/modified in Far Manager
I have Windows 10 machines where Far Manager started acting weird some weeks ago. In several folders, Far is unable to modify/delete files, which were not created by it. I have checked file attributes,...
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Invisible file on Windows NTFS disk [duplicate]
On a windows 10 Home system there is a file which does not appear to have any name. It does not appear in either Explorer or with the dir command. Macrium backup tells me (using the total amount ...
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Will restoring Windows 10 from restore image destroy Linux ext4 partitions?
Reinstalling various Linux systems I have affected the efi partition that was used by all systems of the same drive, including Windows.
Restoring Windows from a restore point doesn't work but I have a ...
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Running an executable that has been hidden using alternative data streams prompts me to select a default application
Here is a screenshot of the commands I ran and the response I got:
In a way I'm trying to combine both the server.exe file and the game.exe file using ads(alternative data streams). Then calling on ...
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Windows 10 Administrator group members lost their rights
On a windows 10 laptop Administrators group memebers, (except one) lost their administrator rights. Meaning cannot access file system even those that are allowed for Users.
Effective rights shows full ...
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New files not being compressed in a compressed folder in Windows 10 [closed]
After marking folder as compressed in Windows 10, new files are not being compressed.
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create a folder on your desktop and then right click -> properties -> advanced -> enable "...
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Frequent file corruption but HDD passes all tests
My laptop (MSI GL63-8RD) has a 1 TB HDD with NTFS partitions. OS is on SSD.
My code files keep on getting garbage data in them or they just vanish.
I ran chkdsk /f /r /x on the volume, which deletes ...
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How to remove ACL functionality altogether in Windows 10 / NTFS?
Recently saw some interesting benchmarks of Early Windows 11 WSL2 Performance vs Native Ubuntu Linux vs Windows 10. Some comments about this seem to indicate a belief that Windows' ACL implementation ...
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Could not locate '\EFI\Boot\bootia32.efi': [14] Not Found
When I boot up Windows 10 IoT (64-bit) on one specific device, before booting, a black screen with the following message always pops up:
** UEFI:NTFS (ia32) **
[INFO] Boot disk: PciRoot(0)/Pci(0x1D,...
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Increase Windows disk write-cache size
On my 32gb system, the maximum disk cache size used appears to be around 3.8gb, as observed in task manager as "Modified" memory, whilst under heavy write load.
This seems underpowered to me ...
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Empty Partition Reported as Full
I have a Windows 10 desktop with a 1 TB drive that I use for my OS partition plus one other 500 MB partition (mounted as E:) that almost exclusively has junction links to folders on my other drives (...
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Why is my newly formatted (NTFS) 4 TB external hard drive has a Total Reserved Clusters of 4.7 GB?
I just bought a new external HDD (WD My Book 4 TB, it's my 3rd of the 4 TB variant).
As per usual, I formatted it using NTFS with 4KB cluster size because I'm using Windows 10, but then when I checked ...
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Windows 10 "Enable NTFS long paths policy" option missing
For some time, Microsoft has supported an option to remove the limit of 260 symbols for NTFS file name length.
The web is full of articles, describing what should be done.
Hit the Windows key, type ...
