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What will be the best to increase the speed of the computer i.e. RAM should be increased or SSD should be installed in the computer [closed]
I have Dell,i5 laptop 7th generation windows and I am a android developer and we know android studio requires a lot of memory. So, to increase the working speed of my computer what should be done. I ...
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"KB2990941" "The update is not applicable to your computer"
I got an NVMe SSD. I intended to put it in my Linux machine but the only PCI Express slot that's free is too small. I put it into another machine, the problem is the one I put it into is my Windows 7 ...
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RAID 5 with SSDs; how many and what class of SSDs to use?
I have a 850 EVO 250gb as win/programs/games disk and I am thinking buying more SSDs to go with RAID 5 in order to gain more speed. I know the pros and cons of RAID 5.
The question is:
5 cheap 120gb ...
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"No Device Drivers Found" when trying to install Windows 7 onto a Samsung 860 Evo SSD
I am trying to install Windows 7 onto a Samsung 860 Evo SSD, but I have been getting "No Device Drivers Found" after I click "Install Windows." I have been using this guide for many years and have ...
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What are the causes behind SSDs displaying less available space than there actually is?
I have a Kingston A400 128Gb SSD as the boot drive. It's almost brand new. And for a while, I had had a problem of runaway drive usage by an unidentified source and the drive would be permanently out ...
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mSata m.2 SSD not detected on Windows 7
I have a Dell Latitude laptop. Its motherboard has problem and I cannot use that laptop anymore. I want to recover data from that HDD. It is mSATA SSD by Lite-On IT. I bought an Orico M.2 NGFF ...
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Is hiberfil.sys used for anything other than hibernation?
I have a desktop PC where hibernation is enabled, but it is never used (AFAIK it has never been used).
However, there is a 12GB hiberfil.sys file in the root directory of drive C: (SSD).
I was ...
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Motherboard blew a few capacitors. How should I migrate the system?
So, the motherboard of a customer’s system blew a few capacitors and replacing the motherboard with one of the same model is not an option as it is out of production now. The system won’t stay turned ...
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Recover files after deleting and merging partitions on SSD
In the Windows Installer's Partition Manager I hit "delete" on the two logical partition reserved for the system (the first is the ~100 MB which was created by windows and the other was the rest of ...
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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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Misterious slow performance on Windows 10
asus zenbook ux32vd
Windows 10, Windows 8.1 , At first, they both work fine, but after several months of using I experience terrible lags when I:
Play youtube
Edit photos
Edit videos
visit website ...
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One folder in Windows 7 very slow on SSD
I have one folder, in particular my 'Downloads' folder, that windows is struggling to read. It gets there in the end but even sorting the files by date takes a could of minutes. It is only about 500 ...
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SSD Speed Half As Expected
I have bought a SSD recently. I have checked its speed with several software but speed is only half as expected.
SSD is installed on SATA 3/6Gb/s and company informed SSD speed is about 550MB/s but ...
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Moving VM from hard drive to SSD
A hard drive was replaced with a much faster SSD. The contents of the hard drive, including a Windows 7 VM for VMware Workstation were copied over. Is there anything that must be done so the VM and ...
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Why Windows 7 will not install when using Marvell MST644R HyperDuo?
I recently wanted to upgrade my desktop by adding a VANTEC (Marvell) UGT-MST644R (2mSATA + 2SATA) Raid card with HyperDuo capability. I also purchased two 240Gb SSD cards that fit directly on the ...
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