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My battery notification does not work. Is there something wrong with the OS?

I have done that. My computer just shuts off when my I have that set. However, my laptop still shuts off with out notification when I am using the battery as a power source.

How do I activate battery notifications for Windows 8 when the battery reaches a certain level? I did go to Power Options and then to Advanced Settings. I could not find the option to do this. Anyone know?

I made a audio computer recording. The file is about 2 GB and is saved in a .WAV file format. I am not able to open it. I use Windows media player to open the file. Each time I play the file. Windows Media Player displays an error: "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing...

I try to back up my files using Windows 8.1 file history in System and Security>File History. The default drive is to one letter belonging to a USB stick. I am not able to select another drive. The USB stick does not have the storage required to save my back up files. How am able to change...

I am suspicious of those partitions as I can not see their contents. I have known of a lot of computer trickery in the past where files stored on a computer on hidden partitions shouldn't be there. The files are not apart of the computer system.

I am using Windows 8.1 and the system is using uefi. System was pre-installed. Here is a screen shot of my drives:

How am I able to view the files in them? 3 of them say they have content in them (200 MB free of 500 MB) . I open them and nothing is there.

How am I able to view the files in them? 3 of them say they have content in them (200 MB free of 500 MB) . I open them and nothing is there.

Hello. I opened CMD and ran diskpart. I found 4 hidden drives I did not know about. One of these partitions I am not able to open because I do not have permission to access it. The other three say they have content stored in them. For example, 200MB free of 500MB. I open these partitions...