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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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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 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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NTFS drive not working
I copied some files from another computer to my western digital external hard drive and then after I connected it to my PC Windows can't recognize my NTFS drive.
A few month ago I changed partions to ...
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Windows 8.1 no longer recognize disk with a NTFS AND a ext4 ubuntu install
So, as I do every 6 month, I installed a Ubuntu partition on my computer. I have a main SSD (C:) with Win8.1 on it and I had a secondary HDD (D:) with a single huge NTFS partition on it for my data. ...
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How do I determine optimal Blocksize, Sectorsize, and Clustersize for a disk with millions of files?
I have millions of files on a large disk. I want to minimize the average wasted space by correctly formatting the drive.
Is there any way to optimize the BlockSize, Sectorsize, and cluster size for ...
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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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