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Extending partition with free space
So I'm having a problem extending the partiton, I don't have idea what is wrong...
I create some free space, and than I try to extend some partition with that free space but I just can't click "...
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Windows performs very low over 2 year timespan
My laptop is performing very low compared to when I just purchased it from the store. Normally when I try to clean it, the most common things are ad-/spamware and just a bunch of cluttered and ...
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My NTFS internal HDD is now detected RAW
This is my Crystal Disk Info snapshot:
First of all, my machine is Windows 8.1 x64 with Media Center.
I noticed that my internal D: drive that was used to record TV recordings failed the other day. I ...
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How to disable Low disk space for ReadyBoost dedicated drives on Windows 8.1? [duplicate]
I've enabled a disk partition of around 8 GB to be dedicated for ReadyBoost.
Windows keep warning me about that disk running out of space (Low Disk Space).
How do I turn off that warning for THAT ...
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Intel Rapid Storage HDD+msata
I have have a laptop with two hard disk's, one is HDD of 320 GB and a msata drive of 32 GB. Now I have Windows 10 installed directly in msata, and I want to swap for windows 8.1.
The situation is ...
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Follow up, extreme sluggishness on machine doing IO
This is a follow up to a previous question.
After more investigation it appears that I have a slightly different problem, whenever I do any volume of disk based activity like copying files or backing ...
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HGST 4kn support on Windows 10 with Z97 and Asmedia?
We've been trying hard and failed to get an HGST Ultrastar 2TB 7K6000 SATA 4KN to work on Windows 8.1 Pro and 10. Windows reports an inaccurate drive size, and Disk Management fails to initialize the ...
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External HDD unrecognized in Win10 but works fine in Win8.1
An external drive (Seagate Freeagent Xtreme 1.5TB) has some issues:
the filesystem cannot be recognized (1 NTFS partition but detected as RAW)
the drive cannot be accessed - an error pops up saying "...
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How do I get Windows 8.1 to enable Recycle Bin on a removable drive?
I want to use Recycle Bin functionality on my removable USB Sandisk flash drive. i.e. I want to be able to retrieve my file after an accidental delete. A related question exists (How do I get Windows ...
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PC boot loop bug, how to enter bios if none of the 'F' keys work?
A laptop (Samsung NP270) was running OK but after several Windows updates on windows 8.1 it started an endless boot loop, showing 2 screens
First screen: Windows logo
Second screen: BSOD saying ...
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Ubuntu doesn't show hard drive partitions properly
I first had Windows 8.1 on my laptop installed and now I'm trying to add Ubuntu 15.10 and be able to dual boot. I have freed up some space and partitioned my hard drive for the Ubuntu installation.
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Should I buy a new HDD?
It's been months since I've been receiving "A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" error and I don't know exactly why. This error occurs minimum 2-3 times a week and the only ...
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Replace hard drive with new one on different connector
I have a small 300GB hard drive (data, not OS; some programs) which is getting full, and I've ordered a 2TB drive to replace it. I would like the replacement to be seamless - that is, I plan to clone ...
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Secondary partition became primary
I was using Windows 10 some time ago and decided to go back to 8.1 by wiping out my main partition and installing 8.1 over it. Since I wanted to backup a lot of stuff, I made a secondary NTFS ...
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HDD keeps spinning down in Windows 8.1 - hdparm and power options already set
I have an internal secondary SATA HDD in my Laptop, Windows 8.1 constantly spins it down.
I already set "turn off hard disk after" to never in power options.
I booted debian and turned off stand by ...
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