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Windows 8.1 Update 1 Disk Usage 100%
Background Information / Computer Specs
I have a 14-inch Samsung Series 5 Ultra. Core i5 CPU, 750GB HDD, 8GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000. I've had the computer for about 1.5 years with no major ...
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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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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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I cloned my SSD to a HDD, but Windows still thinks its solid state
I just finished cloning my 120 Gb solid state drive to a 2Tb HDD using the linux dd utility. Windows seems to think the new HDD is a solid state drive, and it's running very slowly. Is there a way ...
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How can I create a recovery drive for Windows 8.1?
I just installed Windows 8.1 on my computer. I am trying to create a recovery drive.
I click start, type "recovery", hit "Create a recovery drive". I click next once, and this is what I see:
We ...
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Why would there be two separate recovery partitions
I recently got a new Lenovo Y510P Laptop, with Windows 8.1, a 24 GB SSD drive, and a 1 TB Hard Drive.
When I opened up Disk manager, I realized that the Hard Drive was partitioned into six segments:
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Windows 8.1 Factory Reset w/ Upgraded SSD and OS on that new SSD [closed]
Why I am doing this:
I download the wrong graphics card driver update and now my graphics card has gone haywire. After trying several things with NVIDIA, including installing the right driver, and ...
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Can't create partition or locate existing one when installing windows 8.1
I'm trying to install windows 8.1 and I'm getting this error message after I choose the hard drive to install the windows in
we couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one
just to be ...
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Windows 8.1 powering off USB Drives
Since upgrading to 8.1, Windows will shut down my hard drive bay connected by USB after about 10 minutes. I didn't have this issue in Windows 8 as I just went in and changed the hard drive sleep time ...
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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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How to extend C: drive
I have my Windows 8.1 installed on the primary C: drive and I want to extend its size from other free (unallocated) space. There are lots of solutions online but none of them is 100% correct or offer ...
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Why is size on disk so large for a single file?
I've read a couple posts explaining that when you have many small files, the "size on disk" reported by windows can be much larger than the reported "size". This makes good sense to me, but from what ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro install - SSD not detected
Upgrading my girlfriend's Lenovo SL510 to use an SSD. I removed the old HDD and replaced it by the Samsung 830 128GB SSD. The SSD is visible in the BIOS and it is accessible/formattable from another ...
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Windows 8.1 fails to optimize System Reserved partition
I have Windows 8.1 Professional x64 running from a 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 SSD.
Windows has divided the drive in to two partitions:
System Reserved (350MB NTFS)
C: (238.13GB NTFS)
Whenever Windows ...
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Windows 8.1 file explorer is Super slow
I have a newish ( a couple of months old) laptop.
i7 4700mq
gtx765
8gb ram
I'm using an ssd boot dirve and a HDD for storage.
The computer has absolutely no problems running programs but it is very ...
