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File showing permission denied [closed]
While changing Windows from HDD to SSD, I accidentally deleted the 500MB disk that contains some HDD Windows files. Now after installation of Windows onto a SSD. I tried to open some Word files, that ...
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How to remove the password from an SSD in a HP ProBook?
Apparently someone found it funny to password protect the SSD hard disk of one of our HP ProBook laptops, and now the laptop is unable to boot. Of course the password is unknown to us, but I'd like to ...
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Can i delete windows 7 on a hard drive and keep my stuff and then access it on a new windows 7 on an ssd?
Qk let's say I have a hard drive with windows 7 and all my other stuff on it. I later buy a new SSD to put my Operating System on it.
Can I delete windows 7 on the hard drive and keep the rest of my ...
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Why sometimes the whole system crashes?
Sometimes when I work with Google Chrome, the whole system suddenly locks and the mouse and keyboard stop working. This usually happens when I'm working with Wampserver. Even once the local database ...
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Can't install Windows 7 on Samsung SM961 M2 NVMe drive but CAN use the drive after installing the OS normally. Why?
As the title suggests, I'm having trouble installing Windows 7 64-bit on a Samsung SM961 M2 SSD drive, via the M2 slot on an Asus X-99 A motherboard.
The drive is visible to the BIOS, but not during ...
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Windows 10 installation keeps restarting from the beginning after successful installation
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I have decided to upgrade my old Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10. I downloaded the ISO file from the official Windows 10 download page as the installation media creation tool did not ...
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Remove Windows 7 bootloader from second drive
I have a Windows 7 installation on a PC with a 128GB SSD and a 2TB HDD.
I installed the OS on the 128GB SSD but I forgot to remove the 2TB HDD befopre installing Windows 7, so it installed the ...
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M.2 SSD not recognized by Windows 7 Ult installation
I've installed a Crucial M500 480GB SSD in the M.2 slot on an ASRock Z87 Extreme6 motherboard. When I try to install Windows 7 Ult on it, the drive doesn't show; but with diskpart, it shows as drive ...
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mSata m.2 SSD not detected on Windows 7
I have a Dell Latitude laptop. Its motherboard has problem and I cannot use that laptop anymore. I want to recover data from that HDD. It is mSATA SSD by Lite-On IT. I bought an Orico M.2 NGFF ...
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Can Windows 7 OS on harddrive use SSD for prefetch (SuperFetch)?
I have a Windows 7 computer with a primary drive being conventional 1 TB hard drive. I have installed an additional 128 GB SSD which I use to keep some of my frequently used data and applications.
I ...
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Move AppData (via symlink?) to a different drive
I've been looking for ways to move AppData off my SSD but the symlink methods won't work since they attempt to make the link in the folder that my AppData folder is in. Since the folder exists and can'...
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SSD drive prevents Windows 7 from booting
An apparently random recent failure on my Samsung 870 EVO drive is so bad that it seems to be stopping my Windows 7 install from booting when it's plugged in. This drive is my backup drive so my OS ...
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SSD drive keeps filling up
For some reason my 120GB SSD keeps filling up dramatically, sometimes so much so I only have 7GB left. Currently I have 17GB left which is still a low amount. I've only installed the OS and a few ...
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Using "clone partition" of DiskGenius to transfer data from HDD to SSD copies nothing
My laptop (Acer Nitro 5) had a broken HDD. So I bought a Samsung SSD (with SATA). I inserted the SSD to my laptop and installed windows-11.
Then I took the SSD out of the laptop and connected it with ...
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How to clone only the Windows 7 system drive C: to new bootable SSD without cloning the data from separate drive F:?
This question is similar to my situation but does not provide a definitive answer:
How can I transfer Windows from a partition of an existing hard drive to a new (smaller) SSD?
It says clone the C: ...
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