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Windows 10 How to delete "Windows " folder?
My computer was infected my a ransomware called Pahd. After remove the virus, I notice a folder in the C: drive, another Windows folder but with a space in the end. Inside is all normal Windows folder but it all unavailable. If I delete it, it just say "Could no find this item". I think this is...- LOL
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- c drive data recovery delete file system folders malware ransomware security virus windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows not appearing in Boot Manager
Hello I am Rahul Due to this pandemic doing work from home for Akai metal so I have a dual boot system, both on the same drive. I have Pop OS! And Windows 10. The problem I have is that I unplugged the C: drive which contained Windows and Pop OS! And plugged it back in and now Windows is not...- akaimetal
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- boot manager c drive detection dual boot pandemic pop!_os windows 10 work from home
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 10 Windows 10 seeing C: drive as too large
I am running a Dell XPS 8930 with 21H1 version of windows pro, 4mhz processor, 16 gig memory on an ethernet lan. I haven't noticed any problems with the system, but I entered the Settings - System - Storage window yesterday and it said that my C: drive was 1.6 TB. Now, while that sounds good...- schmieg
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- c drive dell disk management gigabyte partition size samsung 970 evo storage storage issues system issues version 21h1 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Changing C: drive letter of installed Windows problem
Hello! I want to change Windows drive letter C:\ to another (in my case W:\). We all know that it is not possible by easy way, but some tutorials I found, but three times installed Windows 10 Pro it failed. Here's what I was following: Start Regedt32.exe as admin Enter...- MIRKOSOFT
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- bsod c drive drive letter installation registry system variables tech support troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 windows cannot acces the specified device, path or file
Hi After I run a c: drive cleaner when I turn on my pc a popup shows saying "windows cannot acces the specified device, path or file..." see screenshot. Please could you help? I am not allow to open any Ms application it shows that the c: drive is full and even I cleaned it it is still red- Romelia
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- access application c drive disk space drive cleaner error popup storage troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Restoring C Drive from a clone
I have a Lenovo AIO 730S-24IKB computer running Windows 10. The computer has 2TB on-board M.2 PCIe SSD storage (Drive C) and a 1TB SSD 2.5" drive (Drive D). The OS is on dive C I create weekly backups of both C and D using Ashampoo software onto an external usb 4TB HDD and I also regularly...- djchapple
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- ashampoo backup c drive cloning external storage lenovo m.2 pcie restore ssd windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 I have a problem with several partitions on my C: drive
I had a issues when I was downloading Windows 10 lot core to my raspberry pi 3 B+.I used a software called "Install Windows 10 Lot Core Dashboard" and it took part of my c: drive and made a UDF partition. I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to remove it. But now i am left with my C...- Randy2747
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- c drive dashboard disk management partition raspberry pi recovery storage issues tech support udf partition windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Unallocated disk space
Bookspace disk space I noticed that I have unallocated disk space on the system disk. Quite a lot, in relation to the size of the disc in question, and so I like to use it. Does Windows have any tool / option to add it to C drive? The disk space reserved for programs and applications would...- Rapaaja
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- c drive disk management disk space disk usage file explorer file system hard drive idle space maintenance partition reserved space storage storage expansion system drive unallocated user query windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 New Notebook Space Issues
I just purchased an HP laptop with a 128 GB M.2 SSD Hard Drive. Besides the original setup and adding some basic programs, I've done very little in a week. But my C: Drive has already used 42% (only 69GB free) A further disk analysis shows that, of the total used, Windows has used 30%...- Hiram
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- appdata c drive data cleanup disk analysis file management hard drive hp laptop notebook performance issues space issues ssd storage storage optimization system information system volume tech support user data windows performance windows storage
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hello Help PLease!!!
Dear Users, my notebook`s Drive C: is decreasing withing minutes! I deleted a lot of things, and i had forexample 2 GB space! then it becomes 135Mb and when i Refresh the Windows Explorer! it is decreasing withing seconds! what can be the problem?!- arinbmw
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- c drive disk space file deletion file explorer help notebook storage system performance troubleshooting user support
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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how can i divide hards in win server 2008?
i want format my pc and install win server 2008 but the case have 4 hards any hard 300 GB ,so how can i divide them and create drive c and drive d- bms
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- c drive d drive formatting hard drive installation partition storage windows 2008 windows server
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows 10 One Drive needs help...again!
Can someone tell me where to find the One Drive folder. It is and has been uploading a file endlessly and I think if I can delete it out of this folder I can stop it. I looked at C: drive and did not see any folders with that name. Help please.. thanks.- Fenway16
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- c drive delete files folders help onedrive storage upload
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 can't optimize my C drive
It says "never run". How can I Optimize the C drive, is there any wall i need to close down to get access. Any help plz.- abodi
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- access issues c drive disk cleanup disk management help optimize performance storage windows windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Help me install Office on another directory
Hello so I have a 30gb SSD C drive and a 1tb hard drive as my D drive. I want to install Office on my D drive and I can't start the setup because it keeps trying to install on the C drive. How can I change this? I don't wanna mess up my registry so what can I do?- Aleman
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- c drive d drive hard drive installation office registry setup ssd storage windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 One Drive Default Folder
Hello, How can i change the location of One Drive Default Folder from C: to another Drive? In Properties of One Drive I can´t see the "Location" option that I see in other Folders like "Documents" and so on. Thanks and best regards Curious- Curious
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- c drive change location default folder file management folder properties onedrive storage user settings windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Help! My Folders are Hidden After a Possible Virus Infection
Hi everyone, my pc recently got infected with what I think is a virus and all folders in my drives including drive C(windows installed) have been HIDDEN. When I click on any of my drives the folder is empty. The only way I can access my files/folders is keying in the folder directory in the...- mchlmuia
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- access issues c drive cmd computer issues data recovery drive q file access file system folders formatting hidden files infection malware security support troubleshooting user help virus windows windows community
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Hidden files clogging HD
Recently noticed my C: drive had almost maxed out (47 GB free of 457 GB). Knowing this wasn't right I did a quick total of all the files which came out at about 250 GB. I then went back and carefully checked each folder and file and still came up with 250GB. Then I downloaded an analytical...- rdoty
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- c drive disk cleanup disk space file analysis file deletion file management hard drive hidden files optimization storage troubleshooting unknown file user folder windows 10 windows 11 windrstat
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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unknown ssd/harddrive space
How can I recover 15 GB of C: partition ssd space that WinDirStat shows as "unknown" and I cannot access? I know this "unknown" 15 GB is real because Windows File Explorer shows there is an unexplained shortage of disk space. Its 15 GB or perhaps more. I don't have a problem accounting for the...- skrambam
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- 128gb blank space c drive chkdsk command prompt disk space hard drive page file partition sfc shadow copy ssd storage system restore troubleshooting unknown space vssadmin windirstat windows windows update
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Drive C is not working properly.
I am a student who is exploring different operating systems. i dont know, because a recent thing that i have done, drive c does not seem to work well. i cant install anything drive c nor uninstall anything. i cant directly open a downloaded file but i have to go to downloads folder. plz let me...- Deneth Sathsara
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- c drive file access installation issues student issues system issues tech support troubleshooting uninstall windows help
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 After put bit-locker key get Automatic recovery screen.
After put bit-locker key gets the Automatic recovery screen. Even not able to detect C drive D drive from Advance recovery command prompt. Can someone help here to resolve this issue?- Nilesh Pawar
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- automated recovery bitlocker c drive command prompt d drive data recovery encryption troubleshooting windows security
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support