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    Windows 10 Will Installing Windows Using Media Tool Delete My Data?

    will i lose my data when i install windows.iso using Media Tool?
    • T00mek
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    • backup data loss installation iso media creation tool software upgrade windows
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  2. VIDEO Our data is GONE... Again

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    • whoosh
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    • backup data loss data recovery hard drive failure
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
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    Lenovo Thinkpad E550 (ThinkPad) 20DF0030US is stuck at POST

    Hi, Lenovo Thinkpad E550 (ThinkPad) 20DF0030US is stuck at ThinkPad welcome screen. If I am right, this is POST screen. Windows 10 is installed in the ThinkPad. After this issue, I turned it off and turned back on multiple times but Windows 10 Troubleshoot Menu is not coming. I pressed and...
    • GNS
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    • bios boot data loss e550 error lenovo post recovery screen startup stuck support thinkpad tips trouble troubleshooting windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 11 Data lost and corrupted upgrading to windows 11

    I have lost all my personal data and some python files are corrupted during upgradation from windows 10 to windows 11? Is their any way to retrieve all the data? i have tried everything on google but none seems to be working´? any ideas or suggestion for retrieving data would be helpful? thanks...
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    Windows 8 Recovered video file write-protected

    I recently recovered a deleted video file. I'm attempting to move it to my backup drive but the following message appeared (attachment included). I don't recall ever having this issue in the past so I'm not sure what I need to do to fix it. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
    • persius
    • Thread
    • backup drive data loss error message file management recovery storage tech support troubleshooting video files write protection
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Did My HDD Fail?

    COMPUTER SPECS. hp laptop, model g72-227wm Windows 7 Home Prem. OA Intel Pentium dual core T4500 (2.30 GHz) 3 GB memory, 320(?) GB HDD Intel GMA 4500M IMPORTANCE AND COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE This laptop is maybe 10+ years old. I'm a musician and use it exclusively for recording stripped-down...
    • ThisIsMyName1
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    • backup bad config blue screen computer knowledge data loss data recovery error message file security hdd laptop repair music production overheating registry startup repair surge protector system restore tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 10 Accidentally Formatted An SD Card, Need Help

    I did it. I was in a hurry and accidentally formatted a 200Gb Micro SD card in my external slot of my Android phone. It had every type of file you can imagine on it. Videos, Pics, PDFs, Word Documents, Rar, Zip & 7z files... and more. About 110Gb of data. There are so many reviews that are...
    • crevice
    • Thread
    • android help backup data loss data management data recovery digital files external storage file recovery file restoration file types formatting microsd open source recovery tools sd card software recommendations storage tech support user help windows 10
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  8. VIDEO HW News - Evils of Windows 11, RTX 3060 Supply Boost, WD Drives Deleting Files

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    • whoosh
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    • data loss rtx 3060 supply boost western digital drives windows 11
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
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    Windows 10 Seeking Software Solutions to Identify and Remove Corrupted Files from Any Disk

    Hello! I just wander id there is some software to find corrupted files existing in a disk (any disk-not system)- I want to get rid of them. Searching one by one is a pain :( Thank you
    • JulianGeorge
    • Thread
    • corrupted files data loss disk disk cleanup error checking file management file system recovery software utilities
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  10. Windows 10 Files Disappeared after Transfer to Portable Drive

    Hey, guys! I recently transferred about 30 files (around 20 GB) to my portable drive and they disappeared. I'll try to explain what I did because I would like to know if I did something wrong so that I can avoid this in the future. 1. I unplugged my drive (Seagate Backup Plus 4TB formatted in...

  11. VIDEO What Happens If You Don't Shut Down Your Computer Properly?

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    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • data loss personal computer shutdown effects system stability unclean shutdown
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler

  12. VIDEO Two Drives Failed AT THE SAME TIME!

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    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • backup and recovery data loss disk issues hard drive failure
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
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    Windows 10 Backing up a crashed system from the recovery console (or what10 calls the command line)

    I have a system that refuses to boot to Windows 10 Professional (64-bit), and I think I need to do a reinstall. The advanced boot options is available, but it will not go into safe mode. I can however get the command line, and it recognizes both robocopy and xcopy. Assume that C is the hard...
    • SlickRCBD
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    • access backup boot options command line command prompt data loss disk space error message file ownership file system portable drive recovery reformat robocopy safe mode tech support user folder windows 10 xcopy
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Bitlocker - Make login passoword impossible to break with software.

    Dear all, Before you can help me here you must understand fundamentally what Bitlocker is about. Bitlocker: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The idea with Bitlocker is that you do not enter a bitlocker password when you boot up. Your TPM does this for you. As...
    • ztplru
    • Thread
    • access control authentication backup bitlocker cybersecurity data loss data security encryption hard drive os security password protection recovery key seamless boot security tech support third-party tools tpm windows 10
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  15. Windows 10 My PC has 6 drives

    I am in the process of cleaning and neatening up my PC. My PC has 6 drives: (C:) - Primary - M.2 - 1TB O.S. Drive - 3 Win Install partitions (D:) - Primary - SSD - 1TB Installation Drive - 1 Partition (E:) - Primary - HDD - 2TB Data Drive - 1 Partition (F:) - Primary - HDD - 2TB Data Drive - 1...
    • voyager
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    • backup computer setup data drive data loss disk cleanup disk conversion drive management hdd logical partition m.2 drive os drive partition primary drive ssd storage windows
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  16. Windows 7 Recover cleaned data from diskpart

    Hello, I had windows7 in my laptop.I tried to install windows 10 with USB flash drive, When I selected drive to install windows it said windows can't be installed on this drive. Later I have deleted the partition 1 under disk 0,but still didn't give me a solution got the same error. Then I have...
    • suuresh
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    • command prompt data loss data recovery diskpart format drive free space hard drive installation issues laptop issues lost data partition management recovery tools storage issues system restore tech support unallocated space usb windows 10 windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    File permissions changed by themselves?

    Hi, I went to made a new virtual box on a drive which was recently convertde to go from several partitions to just one, and although I can read files I cannot delete them or indeed write a new file to the drive. Not sure how this has come about. How can I get it back to normal? The username of...
    • anotherwindowsuser
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    • data loss drive management gparted linux partition permissions read write access storage user rights virtualbox
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Linux Forums
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    Windows 10 windows 10 outlook 2016 and Samsung Smart Switch

    Is anyone having issues with Samsung smart switch and outlook 2016. When I go to smart switch preferences and click on update both I get many duplicates and in some cases triplicated and quadruplicates. They are both set to first name first. I have deleted all the contacts in the phone and then...
    • Doug Foord
    • Thread
    • contacts data loss duplicates outlook samsung smart switch sync troubleshooting user preferences windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  19. Windows 8 EFS certificate lost , please help

    Hello All, I have windows 8.1 pro, Before 4 years my friend did clean install of windows 8.1pro from windows 7 , I have 5-6 documents which i had encrypted with efs . My friend forgot to take back up of efs key certificate, Now i can't open without efs key certificate, Please help me to...
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    Windows 10 The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed

    I recently migrated several thousand files and folders from one external hard drive to another. My backup software (iDrive) failed to back up 5 or 6 folders. When I looked at the properties for those folders, the Security tab just says "The requested security information is either unavailable...
    • RobSquire
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    • backup data loss error message external drive file management file properties folder deletion idrive security windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support