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    Free Windows 11 Software for Creating Disk.img Files with Positive Reviews

    What well-reviewed Windows 11 software successfully creates a .img file from a disk for no cost? I already have many softwares that create their own proprietary image files in Windows, but not a Disk.img file. Linux Gnome Disks creates Disk.img files, but that is not in Windows. I am asking for...
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    How to Zero Out a Disk Using Larger Block Sizes?

    Hello, my goal is to replace all bytes on a disk with 0s with a single pass. I have done this many times, but yesterday, I read that I can do it faster with a larger block size 4096. My understanding is, if I use Diskpart or other terminal program to format the entire disk slowly, it will...
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    Windows 10 Computer Can't Run any Boot Devices

    My computer was running Windows 10. Here are my specs: 2 x 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal SSD 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6286-KR, 8GB GDDR5X 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz 1 x ASRock Z270...
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    Windows 10 How to Successfully Convert a New Hard Drive to Full Capacity

    evening all , I recently bought a new harddrive , I tried to convert using this method as it said the conversion rate was rapid taking only seconds . I must have done it wrong because my drive still shows 1.99TB and 2.93MB can someone please tell me how to complete the conversion . thank you .
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    Windows 10 Bootmgr is missing.

    SO I used Kali Linux live usb, and I thought live usb would not erase windows but it did. I need help and any solution by which I can use Kali Linux as a live usb and not getting Windows wiped out. Thanks!
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    Windows Vista How to create an image iso system without my personnel files?

    Hi! i want to make an iso image file from my Vista system but only the operating system + drivers, i don't want any of my programs files and personnel files! i tested a few softwares but the only choice i have is the complete "C" drive! How i can do that? i want a copy for trying my Vista...
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    Windows 7 ChkDsk wrecks data?

    Windows 7 destroyed itself using AUTOCHK without warning on boot twice, where after the second time, even the Windows repair DVD could not help. After the first chkdsk on boot (autochk), some pictures on my SD card and on the PC itself were unreadable. When I opened the photo files using...
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    Windows 10 How does Windows 10 know when to run ChkDsk?

    When exactly does Windows show "Scn and repair this drive?"
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    Windows 7 How to copy dummy file onto defect hard disk sector and block it?

    On one of my (older) computers there is a defect sector on the hard disk. Checking the surface of the hard disk shows a red square for it. It seems to me that all the "usual" reserve sectors are already in use. Every thing else works on this computer. No unusual noise comes from the hard disk...
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    Windows 7 Option To "Extend Partition" Grayed Out In Disk Management (SOLVED)

    I guess I'll start with what gave birth to this problem: I was curious about OpenSUSE so I thought I'd try it out, I dual booted Windows with OpenSUSE and everything was fine, I gave it a go, exactly what I wanted to do, and then I was done with it. In the process of installing OpenSUSE however...
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    Windows 7 Does a system repair disc need updating?

    I create a new system image every week on a secondary internal drive. Do I need to make a new system repair disc too, or will the existing one continue to function?
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    Windows 7 FYI Win7 & Mini-Tool Partition Wizard

    I think this experience may be useful to Win7/8 users who build and maintain home and small business systems. I regularly clone and swap drives keeping at least one spare at the ready per system at all times. I was shocked to discover that under certain conditions Win7 installation creates a...
  13. Paolo78

    VIDEO ...is there any risk of losing anything by running a disk check?

    Any risk in losing anything by running both an internal and external disk check via this method? Thanks
  14. otacon239

    Windows 7 Cannot Get Windows to Install

    I've tried for the past two days issuing everything I know to get a copy of Windows running on my computer. Things to know: -I'm planning on dual-booting with Linux. -It is a desktop. -I have access to a Linux machine that is currently running. -I have the Digital River copy of Home Premium x64...
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    Windows 8 Recover lost data

    I had to clean install yesterday and rightfully so, i lost all of my date from drive (D). Now, i would like to know how to recover any of this data after formatting? (How do i make my internal HDD become a slave and therefore readable and able to recover data?)
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive Regenerator

    I've got an out of warranty drive that has a bunch of bad sectors, which I'm going to replace with a new drive. The fact that the drive still works (after doing chkdsk) raises a question in my mind about a program called Hard Drive Regenerator. I understand that there is more than one reason...
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    Windows 7 Format Hard Drive

    When Windows is reinstalled from the disc (from the "F8" boot window), is the hard drive reformatted automatically? If not how can I achieve this?
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    Windows 7 True Image Sync

    I just used the folder sync function of TI to move a few hundred video files from one drive to another, it worked as expected except that when checking the target drive after completion, it was highly fragmented, and it looks as though it is going to take many hours for defragging. I only used...
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    Windows 7 What is $RECYCLE.BIN on portable SimpleTech disk

    I discovered what is called the $RECYCLE.BIN on a SimpleTech portable disk drive I use. It does not show up in the disk folder/file listing, but I can scan for it in the 'Find' routine (*recycle*.*)). What I am concerned with is that it may contain deleted files that need to be purged, but I...
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    Windows 7 Boot Mgr Missing - Please Help !!!

    Hi everyone, I have been reading through many forums online, with many different solutions to this problem, and I have tried some of them, however I am still stuck with the same error. It might be helpful if I tell the whole story about the hard drives I am trying to boot. To begin with,my...
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