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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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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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How can I combine two existing Windows installations on different partitions, one disk to make a dual boot system?
I want to create a dual-booted system, combining one existing Win10 and one existing Win7 installation. So far, I managed to
copy them both to one SSD (GPT) with partition software, the Win10 ...
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How to solve boot in Laptop/Notebook after cloning Windows 7 64bits OEM from HDD to SDD?
I have cloned my HDD to SSD. The files can be seen when the SSD is plugged in as external device, but the SSD itself will not boot.
My original system:
Laptop Acer Aspire 5733-6432
Windows 7 64 bits (...
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Can't partition my SSD because of an immovable object
I wanted to dual-boot arch with win 10, but I can't shrink my partition because of the file further down. I've searched the internet and found that it has to do something with Intel's Software Guard, ...
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What is the best partitioning and its sizes for SSD, to contain everything related to Mint 19.1 [closed]
++ For a Laptop, 300GB HDD, 3GB Ram, USB2, with Win7.
++ To install Linux Mint 19.1, with a dual boot with Win7.
++ In the case of installing Linux Mint 19.1, on a 120GB SSD, mounted in a Caddy DVD.
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SSD Boot disk error
This is more just a general question about troubleshooting, as I think I know the answer already, but the behavior is a little odd so here goes...
I have two 60gb SSDs striped together (for more ...
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Also clone "invisible" partitions on laptop's hard drive?
I wanted to boost my old ASUS U32U laptop by replacing its Hard Drive with an SSD. Under Disk Management I shrank the Boot partition (C:) so it could fit on the new drive. However, I also noted some "...
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Dualboot Windows can't boot after cloning partitions to new SSD
I have a dual-boot system with Kubuntu 16.04 and windows 7, both systems spread over multiple partitions, when I added a new SSD to the system.
The plan was to copy the windows system-partition, the ...
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renaming C: after moving Windows 7 64-bit partitions to a SSD and keeping the old HDD
I bought a 500 GB (6-Gbit per second) SATA SSD to move my Windows 7 64-bit partition (and the 100 MB BCD partition) from a HDD. As that HDD has other partitions that I want to keep, the old HDD is not ...
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Make a 2nd hard drive "appear" as part of 1st hard drive's partition
On my Thinkpad laptop, I have a 1TB SSD (main computer's drive):
C:\ ~200 GB (system)
D:\ ~800 GB (documents)
I'm about to add a second internal 1TB SSD (buying a 2TB SSD is currently not an ...
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Moving Windows 7 and boot partition from a SSD to a HDD without formatting the HDD
I’m having some disk issues and I would really appreciate your help. I’ll try to be as precise as possible, however, if any additional information is needed, please let me know and I´ll fetch it asap!
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adding SSD drive to HDD with OS [closed]
I have an older laptop that needs some performance help. I currently have a 500 gb drive with Win 7 and Recoery Partition. The computer has a COA. I'm looking to purchase a smaller SSD drive, probably ...
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Samsung SSD: GParted can see, partition and format but Win7 won't initialize disk (CRC error)
I have a 240GB Samsung SSD830. Pulled from working PC. Up to date firmware.
On attaching to 2nd working PC, Win7 states disk must be initialized, but fails with CRC error when attempting to do so, ...
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Windows boot and system on separate drives
A while ago I moved my windows installation from a HDD (Disk 3) to an SSD (Disk 1), however I've just realised I must have made a mistake or followed an incomplete tutorial because my Boot files are ...
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