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Copying user folder from a crashed Windows 11 laptop

I had a Windows 11 laptop that crashed. I had some very important files in my user-folder. So I left the laptop to an Italian computer shop and they removed the internal SSD hard drive and copied the ...
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Recovering corrupted Windows 10 user profile

I had to remove my hard drive from my PC recently, and view the data there. It could not be accessed, with a message "you don't currently have permission to access this folder". To fix this, I added a ...
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How to undo an account renaming without having to make a system restore in Windows 10?

First of all, I must say that my concern may seem perfectionist. But I have this concern because of the old reputation of Windows operating systems in terms of bugs; and also some strange things that ...
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How to set up a computer with two hard drives?

I recently had to do a clean reinstall of my OS and took the opportunity to get my first solid state drive. The plan is to have my OS and programs on the SSD, and all my files on the mechanical drive. ...
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Allow non-admin user to format internal drive in Windows 10

We have some notebooks (Lenovo T430 running Windows 10), that all have multiple HDDs. One is the normal System SSD and another SSD is in the Ultrabay. Both of these drives are seen as internal from ...
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Windows 10 - Copying 4 user accounts to another hard drive

I have a Windows 10 PC, with 3 hard drives and 4 accounts. Drive 1, the boot drive, will not boot. Edit 1: The Boot process: The PC beeps twice, then the amber light blinks 6 times and the cycle ...
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Include folder from D: drive on User folder on C: drive

On my Windows 7 computer I have 2 drives, C: and D:. On C: drive I have my system installation, and on the D: drive I have my personal data. I want to sync data between C: and D: on the user folder, ...
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How do I keep my data from being destroyed on my web server if a hard drive fails?

For example. say I have a website, and people can create users. My server has a hard drive, that stores the data from each user. If one of my hard drives fails, how do I ensure that the data on it ...
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Can problems with accessing a secondary hard drive be related to linking my user account to my microsoft account?

[updated below] I'm working on a PC with windows 8.1 and while installing OneNote 3 months I linked my user account with my Microsoft ID. I'm using a secondary hard drive (d:) to store project files ...
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How to move a win xp installation from two partitions of same HDD to two separate discs?

I have a question regarding windows setup: I have a win xp installed like this: one disk drive with two partitions C: - system data, etc. D: - all user data (user accounts) now I bought an SSD ...
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Can I install windows on one HDD, but have users on a different one?

I just purchased a new Sager NP9130. I am putting a 64GB mSATA SSD in it for the windows boot, as well as a 256GB SSD for all of my software, and lastly a 500GB Hybrid Drive for all of my files. I ...
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