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Could I format my C: Drive by mistake?
Could you accidentally reformat a C: drive using file explorer? Would it be remotely possible?
I'm just wondering if this can happen - is it possible to accidentally click the format button on "...
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Windows on a SSD recognized on one computer but not on another
A friend of mine asked me to install Windows on his new SSD. I use a dual boot system, with Ubuntu and Windows 10. I made a bootable flash USB of W10 so I could install it on his SSD, connected to my ...
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How do I completely reset a laptop, changing the main drive in the process?
I have a used laptop, and I wanting to do a factory reset, but also change the main drive.
The main drive right now is C:, with 256GB, and the one I want to switch to is D: with 1TB.
How do I reset ...
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Ssd usage shows 100 percent for 0.1 Mb/s
I have searched this question a lot but all were saying, need to upgrade to ssd. But I have m.2 ssd and I have that problem, I also have two hdd connected to sata, primary os is in ssd. 100 disk ...
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If I encrypt my system drive with VeraCrypt, can I be using the computer while this is happening?
I'd like to encrypt the my system drive that my OS is on. This is my only computer, so I was wondering if encrypting it would prevent me from using it, presumably for days.
I've tried encrypting an ...
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How can I install Windows 10 on my spare hard drive
I want to install Windows 10 on a hard drive, I already have Ubuntu 20 installed on my first hard drive and want to install Windows 10 on the second one. I did get Windows 10 on a USB though when I ...
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Why doesn't the ubuntu installer recognize partitions made by the Windows disk management console?
I am trying to install a ubuntu OS on my laptop, with an existing Windows 10. I plan to install unbuntu on a 1TB drive partitioned into three volumes: F,U and Z. The volume U is the one I plan to ...
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Protect my OS and manage disk accessibility
So I installed two Windows OS on two different disks. They are on the same computer. One OS is thrown away OS used to run potentially dangerous applications. Another one is my main OS and I want to ...
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How to Copy an Operating System to Another HDD?
I found out my hard drive is slowly dying. It's certainly still usable, but I need to copy the operating system to another hard drive, which I don't know how to do.
I would like to try to avoid using ...
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Windows running on HDD very slow
Ever since I am dual-booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu I get a lot of lags on Windows. My Windows takes extremely long to boot and I often get lags when I am switching the active window or I try to start ...
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System Image and Backup& Restore
I know there is threads talking about these 2 concepts, but I still have a few questions. So I have 3 physical drives (Drive C,D,E). My C drive contains my OS (Windows 10 already activated, so will be ...
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How can I get any programs to only/always interact with D: instead instead of C:? [duplicate]
I've built a rig with a small SSD for C: which I want to be pretty much only for the OS, and a HDD D: drive. Problem is, even when I tell them to install and run from D: a lot of programs keep sending ...
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Installing OS on SSD but keeping already exsisting files from HDD without formatting drive
I just bought an SSD drive today for my custom built desktop computer. I already have windows 10 and all the drivers and programs and updates install to my current HDD. I now want to take windows 10 ...
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Will I have any issues installing a Hard Drive with another OS, on my computer
My computer is running Windows 10, and I would like to plug my 1TB 7200rpm HD from my old computer into this as additional storage.
This other HD has windows 8.1 installed on it.
Will I have any ...
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How can I migrate my Windows 10 OS from an HDD to an SSD?
I have Windows 10 installed and running on a hard disk drive. I would like to migrate it to a solid state drive that I've recently purchased.
By this I mean that I'd like to copy both the OS and all ...
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