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Windows 10 Phantom F Drive??
I have a brand new clean install of Windows 10 Pro, I had recently installed Office 2019 from an ISO which was downloaded to the download folder, I installed from it's current location and all went well, activated product etc. Next time I went into "My PC" I saw my C drive (SSD), my D drive...- SteveSkal
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- activation clean install command prompt configuration disk cleanup disk management drive issues drive letter eject drive file system installation iso office 2019 phantom drive storage tech support troubleshooting usb virtual drive windows 10
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Windows 10 I believe I accidentally erased all data from the recovery partitions can i restore it?
Upon preforming a disk cleanup I believe I accidentally erased data on 2 recovery partitions. I assume one is for 7 and one for 10. I took a look at the hard drives recovery partitions and there is 100% free space. If one is for 7, I can live without it. However I would like to have one for 10...- Cretos
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- data recovery disk cleanup free space hard drive recovery partition system restore windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to restore Disk Cleanup utility registry settings to default?
Hi How to restore Disk Cleanup utility registry settings to default? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches- PiotrMP006
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- computer default disk cleanup registry restore settings utility volume caches windows
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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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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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Windows 10 Cant update hard drive full?
I learnt some time ago that you could delete the information that builds up in the software distribution folder and that has kept me going but a few months ago I noticed windows was holding onto data somewhere else after an update for a few weeks then it would just disappear. With the last...- rewrisk
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- app storage data management disk cleanup driver backup error resolution hard drive hp files installation guide memory card performance software distribution space management storage system files troubleshooting update issues user support windows help windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Computer stuck on Keyboard Layout Page
I need some help. Once I was running disk cleanup, when the screen froze. I tried restarting it, but now it keeps taking me to keyboard layout and I can't move the mouse. Can someone please give me a simple step by step method on how to fix? I looked up all the others but they seemed to be...- WForward
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- assist computer disk cleanup error fix frozen guide help keyboard layout mouse restart screen settings step by step support troubleshooting user issues windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 When you secure erase entire SSD; do you wipe out the whole drive or "System Reserved" is untouched?
When you secure erase entire SSD; do you wipe out the whole drive (all partitions); or "System Reserved" partition is untouched?- ztplru
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- data recovery data wiping disk cleanup drive health erase methods partition performance secure erase security ssd storage system reserved windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 8GB RAM low memory prompt Posted on 2017-10-26
Hi All, Good Day. I have 2 users using Dell 7270 laptop 64 bit Windows 7 keep getting your "computer is on low memory error", and sometime the laptop will just have no display and turn off. They are 8GB in RAM on windows 7 and 10, less then few month of using, got once I have checked the Task...- xchiazyx
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- 64-bit antivirus custom size defrag dell 7270 disk cleanup error laptop memory issues memory management performance issues ram system settings task manager tech support troubleshooting users virtual memory windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Tried to install Fall creator update 10 times with all methods on sufrace book, but unsuccessful
When I try to install Windows 10 fall creator update, I get this error message: 2017-10-20 22:16:30, Error MOUPG CInstallUI::GetDefaultLanguage(1785): Result = 0x80070002[gle=0x00000002] I tried through update assistant, media creation tool and windows update and all failed. I...- Mohammad83
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- clean install disk cleanup drivers error error logs fall creators update freh memory installation issues media creation tool productivity ssd surface book tech support troubleshooter update assistant upgrade windows 10 windows community windows defender windows update
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 remove system files
I have just installed the fall creator update and all seems fine. I also made a flash drive for a clean installation if needed. My question is, How long should I not remove the disc cleanup system files because I want to create an image that does not contain all those files.- Peterr
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- backup clean install disk cleanup fall creators update file deletion image generation storage system files tech support windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Running out of Space
I just now noticed it says under Hard Disk OS(C:) 169GB free of 684 GB. I have no clue how much free space I have left, is 168 GB not very much space? Also is there any way to free up. I did delete all my Downloaded videos, I know they were taking alot of space, that is when it said 169GB...- Deanna H
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- computer help data management disk cleanup disk management disk usage error resolution file deletion free space guidance hard drive space optimization storage support system performance troubleshooting user help windows windows tips
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Delete in disk cleanup?
I have a Lenovo G510 PC and have for some time been upgraded to Windows 10, but have problems including With Windows Update, when an error message appears and it does not update. I have run disk cleanup and see that there are many files etc that I can delete. The 3 pictures show it. It is among...- Terje Meringdal
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- cleanup computer disk cleanup file deletion installation files lenovo g510 maintenance pc maintenance performance issues storage support troubleshooting upgrade user query windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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No more Disk Clean but...
''It now seems there is a modern alternative to the Disk Cleanup program that deals with all of the files that take up space on our devices and can be safely removed. I suspect the day is coming in a future feature update for Windows 10, maybe even Redstone 3 that is due this fall, that Disk...- kemical
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- creators update deprecation disk cleanup feature updates file deletion habits hard drive improvements maintenance performance replacement space management storage tech support tools update windows 10 windows features
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 10 Stuck in 'Discovering Files'
I want to delete two massive videos (155 GB combined), but when I press delete, it starts the usual 'Preparing to move items to the Recycle Bin' procedure, and during that, it gets stuck on the 'Discovering items' part. Please help. Thanks in advance.- KapasG
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- disk cleanup file deletion file management large files recycle bin storage system performance troubleshooting video files windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Alternative to Ownership&Permissions Change (for deleting access denied)
Situation: Secondary HDD contains previous installation's Windows folder which my current Win10 account cannot delete even as admin. Solution: I'm assuming that I'd need to first take ownership then change the permissions to give full control. However this is an old hard drive, and since my...- blksith0
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- access denied admin rights control data recovery disk cleanup file deletion file management file system hard drive hdd linux boot ownership recovery disc system files tech solutions tech tips user account windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 W7 disk full
I only have 1.2 GB left on 178 GB C: I looked at properties and C:/windows is 130 GB. C:/windows/temp is 30 GB and has a lock symbol on the folder icon. Is this reasonable? I have removed down to basic programs. Btw C:\users is only 20 GB. help please... Thanks!- Leonard
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- c drive disk cleanup disk space file management help storage system files temp files user folder windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Baffled By Hard Drive Space
I've got Windows 10 Pro 64bit installed on my system and the hard drive is showing me over 60GB of used space. When I open the C drive and unhide all folders and do a Properties, it shows just over 20GB of used space on my system drive. I'm trying to figure out where 40GB of files are hiding...- Jebidia
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- 64-bit backup computer control panel data loss disk cleanup file management file system file updates hard drive hidden files performance pro version restore point space issues storage system drive troubleshooting used space windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Can't Find The Install.esd File
I want to make a iso file of my current win 10 build but in my surprise, suddenly i can not find that "install.esd" file. It used to be in a hidden folder named "$WINDOWS.~BT". But neither i can find the Folder nor the esd file. For information, I didn't do any disk cleanup and also i don't use...- Ayan
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- $windows.~bt build disk cleanup file recovery file search hidden files install.esd iso tech support windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 How to stop Windows 10's Maintenance from .... ?
I just figured out it's Windows 10's scheduled maintenance that's messing my pc up. I don't want my thumbnail cached deleted. I don't have Disk Cleanup, CCleaner or System Machanic setup to touch it. How the heck do I stop the daily system maintenance from messing with it ?- brkkab
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- ccleaner cleanup computer issues disk cleanup maintenance settings performance issues scheduled maintenance system mechanic thumbnail cache windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support