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HDD missing space until reboot
I have a non-system HDD in my computer. There is no hibernation, pagefile, backup, volume shadow set up on that HDD. Recycle bin is empty. The OS is Windows 8.1 the disk is NTFS.
I downloaded some ...
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Erase a hard drive without reinstalling Windows 8, by a Windows recovery disk?
Is there an option in a Windows 8 default recovery disk (a USB key in my case), to erase the main hard drive where Windows 8 is installed, without Windows 8 being reinstalled afterwards? Or to do this,...
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Windows 8.1: 100% Disk usages at Startup. How to overcome?
First of all here is the screenshot of the program that causes trouble when I boot my laptop.
Service host taking 100% disk:
When I boot my Laptop up disk usages remains 100% for almost 5 minutes and ...
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Windows 8.1 100% Disk Usage after reboot
I recently refreshed my PC and newly installed Windows 8.1. After that I noticed the 100% Disk- and Memory-Usage. Then with the following commands I fixed the problem:
SFC /scannow
DISM /Online /...
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Virtualbox guest OS running too slow on a Windows host OS
I have a toshiba laptop with a samsung ssd 860 evo 500GB in which I have installed Windows 10 64 bits.
This is the main hard drive. Also I have a second hard drive (not ssd) into an optical drive ...
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Can't install windows 8.1 - setup stucked
Recently I got a desktop with a hard disk Toshiba 500GB which has windows 7 installed on it.
When turning on the computer, windows logo appears and it does not go beyond that. After about 30 minutes ...
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Is it possible to install two SSD M2 drives using only 1 SATA port?
I have a six years old Toshiba laptop computer. It has traditional mechanical hard drive with SATA3 interface. It has no M2 SSD interface.
I am wondering if it is possible to install 2 SSD M2 using ...
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How to upgrade Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8.1 while keeping data in D and E drives?
I downloaded a Windows 8.1 .iso file and made a virtual drive using Virtual CloneDrive and mounted it. I want to upgrade my Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8.1 while keeping the data in D and E ...
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How to expand the recovery partition of my hdd?
Disk Management pic
I want to add/allocate free space to the final partition in the image above (the 14gb one). How would I do so?
The intent is to test if a larger recovery partition will fix a ...
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Is One Key Recovery on the Bios of the laptop? (transferring harddrives)
Lenovo 510p ideapad
I need to changeout a 1tb hdd for 2tb drive. I'm used to making a windows backup of my harddrive on an external drive, then inserting the windows disks when the new drive is ...
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System backup too large for hdd
I made a system backup using One Key Recovery (OKR) for my lenovo ideapad, storing it on an external hdd. When I went to recover the backup using OKR it stated the hard drive doesn't have enough space ...
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How to get rid of this "100% Disk utilization across all physical drives in Windows 8.1" and "PC-hang"?
As you see in the above screenshot in my task manager in Win 8.1 the "Disk" utilization is 100%. In my pc it gets 100% repeatedly after few minutes interval. And when it happens my pc gets stuck. i ...
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Why does Windows 8.1 BSOD make my HDD (ST8000DM004) RAW whenever it occurs?
I purchased a 8TB hard drive less than 30 days ago and because it was poorly packaged I tried to check it for bad sectors. 3 days later while the HDDScan was still doing a writing test my PC got a ...
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How to use a DVR hard disk drive on a Windows PC
I am trying to use a SATA hard disk drive of 2000GB capacity from a DVR on a Windows 8.1 PC.
I connected the drive to the SATA port and even though it shows up in the PC's boot menu, I can't find it ...
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How to correct "partitions not in recommended order" without erasing entire disk?
Most of the suggestions about "The partitions on the disk selected for installation are not in the recommended order." that I found on the internet and on this site, say 1. using diskpart to clean/ ...
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How to delete file with no permissions? [duplicate]
On my HD I have H:\found.006\dir0000.chk\$Txf. I cannot delete this folder as I don't have appropriate permissions. If I try to change the permissions I get "You do not have permission to view or edit ...
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Access blocked on my HDD
These are the messages that come up if I want to delete or create a new folder on that drive.
It is a secondary drive and has NO FILES at all.
So far I have changed permissions, made myself the ...
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HDD not recognized by Disk Management
I realize there are many different topics on the subject, but after reading through pages of them, I don't think I found any that is precisely like mine (could be wrong).
So I'm trying to install a ...
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Disk doesn't format, chkdsk hangs after "The type of the file system is FAT32"
I bought a brand new USB stick. Because I needed a file on it bigger than 4 GB, I had to reformat it. So I attempted that. The progress bar stood grey for 10 minutes before I gave up.
Assuming ...
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How to merge various partitions on a disk into a single one ? (without data loss)
I'm trying to install Windows 8.1, alongside Windows 10. I have a single HDD on which I want to do this. This HDD is a dynamic disk with 4 partitions, one The system reserved, one with the OS ...
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Error: "The request is not supported" when trying to shrink volume
I have Windows 8.1 and when I try to shrink the C: drive I am getting an error (regardless how much amount of space I choose to shrink is)
The error says: The request is not supported.
What could be ...
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empty files with the names of repositories on harddrive
Recently I found on my hard drive (Seagate Ironwolf 8TB) the files (in one folder) that look strange
They appeared to be created recently and they are partially reflect the already existing folders ...
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Windows 8.1: Non-system disk slowing application switching
Setup:
1. SSD with the system and all installed software
2. 'Old-school' disk with data
Problem:
Very often, it happens that when I alt-tab to another application (typically to Chrome web-browser), ...
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Laptop with broken HDD as a Secondary Monitor
My lenovo P400 ideapad, running win 8.1, crapped out a few months ago (registry error and I can't access my HDD) and I recently got a new laptop running win 10. Last time I tried fixing the computer, ...
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Limit Windows to connect only one specific hard drive during startup
I stumbled upon weird Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 dual boot. Both 8.1 and 10 are on a separate disks (not partitions, although I recon the same would apply for partitions).
The problem is that W10 and ...
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Acer aspire X; AXC-603G-UW15
I believe i was hacked, and somehow my C drive was LOCKED, running win8.1, and when i rebooted my computer, windows couldn't be found, the comp. did not come with a recovery disk, and i have tried all ...
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Installing OS X On A Hard Drive Partition With Windows On Primary On Legacy BIOS
I Wish To Install OS X On My Hard Disk.
It Already Has Windows 8.1 Installed On The Primary Partition.
So I Shrinked My Hard Disk, Got 150GB Extra And Want To Install OS X On It.
The Thing Is, I ...
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Linux Mint partition is visible in Windows 8.1
I have recently made some changes in my partitions as follows:
Previously, I had 3 drives named: C 150 GiB, D 400 GiB, E: 450 GiB
I installed Windows 8.1 and a partition manager software (EaseUS) on ...
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Is it normal for my disk usage to be at 100% nearly all the time for 2 years?
4TB Hybrid disk from Seagate.
EDIT: Windows 8.1
Occasionally it goes to 0%. Usually it's at 100%. It's hardly ever anywhere in between.
But the computer is usually very quiet, just a low hum.
And ...
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Windows Abnormally High Disk Usage / 100% Disk Usage
I have been experiencing an abnormally high disk usage on Windows 8.1 for a couple of months now that has greatly hindered the speed of my laptop, particularly when a process is retrieving memory from ...
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Type of partition required for a dual boot system
What kind of a hard disk partition is required for dual booting a computer(specifically taking windows and ubuntu). Since, I did not know anything about partitioning, I decided to dedicate my E drive(...
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Scheduled task fires even when hard drives are not idle in Windows 10
TL;DR;:
Can I increase the verification time for idle time in Windows 8?
Is streaming a movie from computer A with Computer B enough to keep computer A out of the idle state?
The case
Given the ...
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Are there any chances of losing data during Boot repair
I had dual booted Ubuntu 14.04 along with Windows 8.1 but for some reasons I decided to uninstall Ubuntu. So I deleted the partition containing Ubuntu and now want to perform a Windows boot repair. I ...
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Internal hard disk not found
I have a Dell Inspiron 14R 5421, which I got in April 2013. Recently while turning on the laptop, a message would appear: "Internal hard disk not found, to resolve this issue try to reseat the drive." ...
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Windows showing up new unknown (Z:) drive
Recently, a new drive with letter Z showing up which cannot be opened to see what's inside. Here is the picture for better understanding.
How to fix it? Sometimes, restarting system fixes temporarily....
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HDD long response times when trying to use it
To preface this, I've already seen this
seemingly similar issue.
Unfortunately nothing in there really helps lead me to a solution so I'm making my own question.
To start, system specs are as ...
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Got a new hard drive, old one is dying - can Windows tell me when I'm writing or reading from the old one with symlinks?
Bear with me, as this is a little convoluted. I have a 1 tb hard drive that I've been using for over 6 years with most of my, let's just say, 'entertainment' of various sorts being written to and read ...
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Hard disk accessible, but I cannot transfer data
I had my external HDD (My Passport Ultra, Western Digital 1TB) connected to my windows PC and I was trying to open a photo while suddenly explorer froze.
The photo did not open, and I got the usual ...
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Notebook with SSD: Added a HDD and now hibernation and shutdown are slow
I have an Asus N56VZ notebook. It have a 1 TiB SSD on which I installed windows 8.1. I used this configuration for about 2 years. Yesterday I added a 2 TiB HDD and now the hibernate is very slow and ...
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How to reinstall windows 8 without losing my files and apps
My windows 8.1 installation on my hard drive is corrupt and my PC won't boot. Is there a way to reinstall windows 8.1 on my hard drive without losing my files and apps? I use an acer-E1 532p.
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How do I fix windows error 0xc000021a
My PC displays the error 0xc000021a when booting then restarts to recovery mode.
I could not find any of my restore points so I booted into safe mode and disable signature drivers but it still ...
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Cannot access anything in C drive in Windows 8.1
My colleague seemed to have accidentally tampered with some security options in C: drive and now seemed to have locked herself out of any direct access to the C drive.
The following is the dialog ...
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Partition positioning and listing in disk management
I'm trying to extend my C partition without re-installing OS and for that purpose I need some space after C: partition in disk manager.So I want to know is there a way I can bring C before D and un-...
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Window8.1, after update and suddenly appear a new drive
The System drive appear after I update the window, and I unable to find the drive at the Disk Management.
How do I make the drive disappear/hide. The System drive appear after I update, and it is ...
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External HDD not appearing in windows explorer
My Toshiba 2TB external HDD was working fine for about 1 year when it suddenly disappeared in file explorer. It is also not listed on Disk Manager and using different USB 3.0 ports don't solve the ...
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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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