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Windows 10 can not see HD SATA after ssd installation
I had a setup as below
1 SATA 160 gb Bootable (windows 7)
1 SATA 160 gb
1 SATA 350 gb
1 SATA 500 gb
I decided to buy an Samsung evo 256 gb SSD in order to replace the bootable disk
and i performed a ...
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Samsung laptop can't access the bios
my superior officer using samsung laptop (NT530U3C) and he wants change hdd to ssd.
First, that model has hdd and Windows8. And he wants to change to Windows7.
I think it's start of nightmare.
When ...
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Cannot resize NTFS Partition
A family member recently asked me if I can "make their laptop run fast again".
When analyzing potential problems it was pretty clear that the storage is the biggest concern.
Almost 0% free ...
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"Bad" read error rate for SSD?
My Windows 7 laptop is reporting that
Windows detected a hard disk problem.
Back up your files immediately to prevent information loss,
and then contact computer manufacturer to determine
if you ...
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Motherboard makes a beeping sound when hard drives are accessed
I have a total of 5 drives, 4 internal, 1 external. My system drive (C) is a solid state drive, the rest are HDDs. The external drive and the internal SSD are both fine. However, when I access (read, ...
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Why does performance of a regular hard drive decrease over the duration of a benchmark while SSD doesn't?
I use HD Tune to measure performance of the hard drive. The tests typically take 2-3 minutes and the transfer rate of a regular hard drive decreases dramatically as the test comes to a close.
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Cloning HDD to SSD but Windows fails to boot
So I've got a laptop with a 300GB HDD which I want to replace for a 120GB SSD. The 300GB HDD will then act as a secondary hard disk. I've tried cloning my hard disk with EaseUS ToDo Backup and EZ GIG ...
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How to transfer just OS (Windows 7) from bigger hdd (1TB) to smaller ssd (240GB)
I want to move just the OS off a bigger HDD to a smaller SSD. My plan is to make the HDD a storage device and the SSD the OS bit to speed up the system and eventually upgrade to windows 10. Please ...
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Is Windows Readyboost with an SSD remotely as fast as a dedicated SSD disk?
I have at home a 1TB disk and a 40GB SSD. I have tried using Windows on the 40GB SSD, but it's just not doable, even when I install everything on the 1TB disk I run out of space.
I am wondering if I ...
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Load Dialog disk access slowdown on Windows 10
TL;DR my hard drive combination is causing load dialogs to take ~6 seconds to load, which is also confirmed via code, and I can't find any relief.
I had Windows 7 for a long time, ignoring 8 entirely....
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2 SSD, 1 HDD, why is second SSD much slower when copying data HDD -> SSD
For nearly 2 years I've been using 250GB SSD for system (drive C), and 500GB HDD for storage (drive D).
Today I added a second SSD (drive E, 1TB) to my PC, so I don't have to keep moving games between ...
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Windows shows smaller size of hard drive after cloning partitions
I upgraded my Windows hard drive, and now have a space problem.
I inserted a new 240GB SSD, used CloneZilla to clone my old 120GB Windows C: drive SSD to this new one, switched the SATA cables, and ...
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First experience with new SSD - slow, resource hog?
I just bought my very first internal SSD and installed it into my desktop PC. I was running out of disk space and want to use it for data storage. The OS is installed on the first disk, which is a ...
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How can I control disk numbering (enumeration) in Windows 7 Disk Management?
A desktop system had two drives (Assigned C and D, which were enumerated in Disk Management as Disk 0 and Disk 1). A new SSD was added as the boot drive, after copying the C drive to the SSD. The SSD ...
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How to discover when HDD/SSD was detached?
I would like to check when was the last time (with date) a particular SSD was detached from my computer (Windows 7).
I know that I can find some information on the registry and on the event log, but I´...
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