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Tagged with windows-8.1 hard-drive
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Can I boot Windows 8.1 from a duplicated HDD?
If I've got an hardware HDD duplicator and two identical harddrives (by "identical" I mean same brand, exact same model, but not the same serial number) and if I use the duplicator to make an exact ...
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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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Consistently high disk usage hinders performance
I have a Asus quad-core Laptop running windows8.1, and it has high disk usage, for the entire time it is running. Its not like its doing anything, (that I know about) Just 100% disk usage, all the ...
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Large folder copy between two local drives stuck at 98%
I just got a new hard drive and I am moving some files over from one internal drive to another, both NTFS. The file copy was going fine until this point:
Then the transfer rate dropped to 0 bytes/sec ...
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How to extend C Drive in windows 8.1
I'm using Windows 8.1. It is installed on the C: drive.
The problem is that the drive is full. I have 200 GB of unallocated space, but I don't know how to merge it with the C: drive.
I tried to ...
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Windows 8: 100% SSD Activity, 0 R/W Speed: System Hang Issue
Experienced a weird issue with my Windows 8 system where it hangs and it is very unresponsive at random intervals of time (in fact, the first clue that I had an issue was when boot to desktop time was ...
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Are reserved GPT or UEFI partitions important for data USB disks?
Will creating a reserved partition on a data USB disk cause problems such as:
files are too long,
cannot be deleted or copied,
files and folders duplicating themselves tenfold,
etc.
Do I need ...
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Instead of SSD, found HDD
I bought a ASUS laptop and it is mentioned that disk is 256 SSD.
After buying when I checked I found the following, not why it is mentioned hard disk drive.
Insight is highly appreciable.
Update 1
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After a hard restart, I am unable to repair the MBR of my BitLocked drive and don't have the key
Why would Microsoft not build in a password entry widget into the repair process?
How can I save my data? I've tried everything I can think of.
Windows 8.1 Pro (not sure if version N or not, not ...
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Windows 8.1 won't boot
My computer, running Windows 8.1 has suddenly decided not to boot any more, showing me just a black screen (no errors or anything).
It's a HP Pavilion 500 141ea. When I turn it on, I get the HP logo ...
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Windows 8.1 External drive seen by Device Manager but not by disk manager or explorer
I got an external drive from a family member (who usually uses it with a Mac), and when I plug it into my computer nothing happens. A couple times (trying different USB slots), a dialog popped up ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 is not showing my existing Windows 8.1 partitions
I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 8.1. My hard disk drive has three partitions, but they are not recognized by the installer:
What should I do to Install Ubuntu alongside the ...
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Hard drive usage very high all the time
I have a problem with very high hard drive usage. Computer of my colleague (Sony VAIO) was working very slowly, it had Windows 10 Technical Preview, so I had to reinstall system. I installed Windows 8 ...
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Task Manager Glitch?
In task manager, under the "processes" tab, it shows that disk usage is 49% but in the "performance" tab, it shows that disk usage is 100%. I am using windows 8.1, core i5, 7200 RPM 1TB drive, 12 GB ...
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Windows 8.1: Windows cannot be installed to this disk
I am installing windows 8.1 for the ASUS laptop.
I have two drive in the laptop namely:
Drive 1 : 40 GB
Drive 2 : 450 GB
At the time of installation I have formated Drive 1 which I was suppose to ...
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