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I connected an internal hdd using a SATA and it does not show in "This PC"
The internal Hdd when connected to PC via SATA does not show up in "This PC" so I opened the disk management it shows: Disk 1 unknown 465.76 GB not initialized, 465.76 GB Unallocated. When I ...
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HP Pavilion G6 has no "HP_Tools" partition after drive change
So, I had this HP Pavilion G6 from 2011. I recently found it and tried to use it, but the hard disk was broken. I changed it, and installed Windows 10 from USB/ISO downloaded from Microsoft's site.
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Does CHKDSK have any volume size limitations?
A colleague of mine mentioned he thinks CHKDSK, since it's so old, probably doesn't support very large target volumes. For example, if you wanted to run CHKDSK on a single, super large volume like say,...
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Windows 10 UEFI won't boot (solved)
I can't boot my Windows 10 Pro mounted on GPT partition.
For a couple of days it entered a loop caused by WinRE. The strange thing is that no recovery function was able to get my drive to boot.
I ...
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Windows 10 disk partition missing
lately, my disk has started to be utterly slow/unresponding, up to a point at which I can't even transfer data to USB and replace it.
Now, I've been trying to at least partially fix it in order to try ...
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Windows 10 Pro - time freeze [duplicate]
I have a problem with my Laptop.
I have a Samsung laptop with 3rd gen i7 QM cpu + 8GB ram + 240GB SSD
with a virus. I can't delete the virus because the virus has frozen my system
I can't access safe ...
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System becomes unusable due to hard disk 100% usage with AVG, WhatsApp, Chrome, and System at various times
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 2017 model with Windows 10 OS and SATA hard disk, with 12 GB RAM and i5 processor.
Last many months, I have been facing 100% disk usage at various times, and it is different ...
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BIOS doesn't recognize internal HDD connected through a SATA to USB adapter
BIOS(or motherboard firmware), doesn't recognize internal HDD connected through a SATA to USB adapter
I have two computers, a tower and a laptop.
I usually use a laptop but recently, in addition to ...
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Hibernation doesn’t work when it is booted from external SSD drive
I have an external SSD drive connected to my laptop through a USB C port. I can start Windows flawlessly from the SSD. Windows was installed when the laptop was directly connected to the motherboard ...
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Toshiba external hard disk 2 tb undetected by pc however blinking [duplicate]
Suddenly my TOSHIBA EXTERNAL HDD fall down a small distance later i tried to connect it to pc but it keeps blinking or flashing and the windows makes sound like recognizing usb but it’s not showing on ...
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Cloning active partition to another drive
Can I clone my active partition (H:) in "Disco 1" to "Disco 0" and erase the old one without any risks of boot errors? What program should I use? Is Macrium Reflect all right?
I'd ...
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Windows Drive Keeps Restarting to a Previous State
I have a Windows 10, version 21H1 (which was installed yesterday) 64 bit computer with a WDC WD1502FAEX-007BA0 SSD (C: Drive) that Windows is installed on. When I started it up this morning, all of my ...
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Can RAID 0 cause significantly more writes on one drive?
I use a Windows 10 laptop with two 1-TB SSDs mounted with RAID 0.
I see in CrystalDiskInfo:
SSD 1
SSD 2
Total Host Reads
8193 GB
8193 GB
Total Host Writes
5295 GB
5383 GB
Total Host Reads is the ...
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Windows 10 error 0xc000021a after ssd upgrade
I recently upgraded my hdd for an ssd and cloned my hdd using acronis software which came with my crucial ssd. System stopped booting after i completed the installation i am seeing the blue screen ...
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My main hard drive (the one C:\ is on) is showing as raw
My main hard drive (the one C:\ is on) is showing as raw. I got a bluescreen (wish I had recorded what it said on it before I restarted, but it's probably a moot point now) and tried to restart, but ...
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How do I seamlessly replace a hard disk?
I have 2 drives on my PC (Win10):
C:\ - SSD for the OS
D:\ - HDD for everything else
D:\ has a lot of software/files/games installed on it. It is currently dying but still functional.
Additionally, ...
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boot from old internal HDD after fresh Windows install on new SSD
I replaced the HDD (Win10 Pro Bld # > 1800 can't remember exactly) on a V502UX Asus with 2 SSDs:
500GB 2.5" SATA III Samsung 870EVO on which I installed a fresh Windows 10 Pro (21H2 Bld #...
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Cloning/copying a complete PC
My home has a high end Home Theater controlled by a small PC with two separate drives (C and D). I will be selling the house some time in the near future (I am 83 years old). I designed the theater ...
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Transfering mirrored disks to different computer
I had two 3TB HDDs on my old computer. These were setup to be mirrored using Window's Disk Management util.
I am now trying to use those two HDDs on my new computer. I plugged them in using the ...
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What is "Check for installed LCU, Error code 0x17" (Win10pro doesn't start after power loss)?
We had a storm that knocked up power (maybe twice in ~10 sec). Some PCs at work do not have UPSs, most are set to keep Off after power loss. Next day Win7 machines simply started without any issues. ...
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Hard drive messed up after dual install of windows 10
I installed windows 10 on Hard Drive B (HDB). Then plugged in Hard Drive A (HDA) so I could copy over some files.
It prompted me that I needed admin access to access the files so I clicked continue.
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How does BitLocker encrypt old data on a used drive?
How exactly does Bitlocker encrypt deleted data on a used drive if “encrypt whole drive” option is selected?
Normally encryption copies existing data and writes it to the disk as encrypted data, and ...
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Occupied HDD space not correlating in Windows 10
I have a 1-TB HDD and I decided to delete all the junk files after realizing there were only a couple of GBs of space left:
I used WinDirStat, to list all the folders and files in the directory and ...
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How do I retrieve a Installation ISO file and product key from another hard drive?
My laptop, HP Pavilion is not working. I tried to power on with the power cable. It is not working. I want to remove the hard drive from inside the laptop and connect to my old laptop and copy the ISO ...
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Basic data partition vs. primary partition
What is the difference between primary partition and basic data partition?
I formatted two spare drives I have and am confused that the lower one says "basic data partition". How do I format ...
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how do I fix / repair drive
I don't know how to phrase this.
But the drive (E:) as shown in the picture is not functional.
I can't open it or right-click it.
It doesn't show errors, rather keeps loading and then freezes.
It's an ...
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What's the rule of thumb to keep data safe in portable SSD? [duplicate]
I am well aware that SSDs in general are not ideal medium as long term shelf storage.
But if one insists on using it for that purpose, what can be done to keep files stored in SSD corrupt-free, other ...
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Why is there a 16gb blank volume space on my primary partition on C: Drive?
TL:DR - Can I delete the 16gb volume on my c: drive that isn't assigned to anything, without bricking my system? It is to the left of my "Healthy (EFI System Partition)"
The only reason why ...
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Windows 10 SSD maintenance/defragmentation/compression query
I have a 1TB Samsung EVO SSD as my system drive (Windows 10). I let it get almost full and paid the price - performance writing new files dropped off by a factor of something like a thousand.
I ...
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How to cleanly convert hardrive with existing windows installation to external harddrive for storage?
I recently replaced my laptop with one that has an absurdly tiny hard drive. However, I still have my old laptop, which is no longer functional but does have a functional HD. Thus I decided to ...
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