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How to clone a Windows 10 dell onto an SSD
I've recently bought a Dell Inspiron 3650, and would like to clone the disk onto a samsung SSD I have bought for it, in order to speed up boot times etc.
Samsung provide a clone tool called "Samsung ...
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How to write a bootable ISO Windows installation disk to a disk partition (and not USB flash drive)?
I have already read How to write bootable iso to a partition? and How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive?, but here it's a bit different:
I'd like to put the Windows 10 (or 7) bootable ISO ...
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Windows 10: Can I safely remove WINRE or RECOVERY partitions?
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu Linux alongside Windows 10 in a dual-boot configuration. However, my hard drive comes with four Primary partitions already created, as seen here in gParted:
Thus, I ...
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Installed a new SSD, Windows still boots from the old one
I recently got a new 1TB SSD for my computer (a Lenovo ThinkPad P70). My plan is to have this disk as the main Windows 10 boot drive, and keep the old one (500GB) as a secondary drive.
I didn't want ...
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"Computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk" when trying to install Windows 10
I have a laptop that originally came with Windows 10; the hard drive is now completely empty, and using Gparted, it's been formatted as a single, empty NTFS partition with an msdos partition table. ...
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Installing Windows 10 (same product key) on a separate drive in case primary drive fails (multi-boot)
Current Setup:
My machine has four hard drives:
A 237GB SSD C: drive (almost full, nearly 4 years old) with Windows 10. I've got the original Windows 8 installation CD.
Storage Space (Z: drive), ...
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Disk usage at 100% during startup
Every time I start my computer, I have to wait 15 - 20 minutes just for it to actually be usable because disk usage is stuck at 100% and causing high lag. I have no idea why, and I tried a few ...
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How to make my old hard drive non-bootable?
Frequently my BIOS for some reason tries to boot to my old hard drive instead of my new SSD. This is starting to get very annoying have to switch hard drive priorities every time I restart my computer....
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Running Windows disk defragmentation on boot in Windows 10
My PC shows that the system reserved and the windows partitions are fragmented above 10%. I kept the defrag option running within Windows but there is no impact on the fragmentation percentage.
I ...
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SMART Error for HDD, cannot mount drive
My primary HDD on my main PC seems to have failed. After a power outage a few days ago, when turning on the PC, I get two beeps from my BIOS and a message saying that a S.M.A.R.T. error on the drive ...
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After Windows 10 installation, I get sent back to the "Install now" screen
I am trying to do a clean installation of Windows 10 from scratch for a PC build that has an Intel Desktop Board DH67CL (motherboard). The processor is an i5 with a built-in graphics card.
At first ...
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What should be the installation order for the Dual Boot Windows 10 and Windows 7
I was learning how to create a Dual Boot (Windows 10 and Windows 7) in a 250GB HDD.
There were two partitions in the 250GB HDD. I installed Windows 7 first and then windows 10. The Windows ...
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Windows 10 spinning dots on black screen
So, I was using Windows 10 latest beta release. I wanted to delete old files(Windows.old) so I used CC Cleaner. I cleaned everything even registry but now my PC doesn't start. I have done this several ...
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Windows 10 inaccessible boot device after transfer to SSD
I'm trying to transfer Win10 installation from a HDD to a new SSD. I'm more or less following these two great howto's
Can xcopy make a bootable copy (clone) of Windows?
Is it possible to copy all ...
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How to force Windows 10 reset/recovery/repair with only partial boot
My son's Acer E5-551-T1PJ Windows 10 laptop crashed while playing Steam yesterday. Screen went black while gaming, rebooted, then immediately "No Bootable Device".
There's nothing important on it so ...
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