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Windows 10 Diskpart seems confused as to disk size - but only sometimes
Hello everyone, I've come across a weird problem that I'd like to share with you: under certain circumstances, Diskpart and some other programs don't report the correct capacity of a hard disk. The disk in question is a new 4 TB, or 3.64 TiB (3726 GiB), Seagate BarraCuda, initalized as a GPT...- Jaap Verhage
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- aomei chkdsk cloning disk disk management disk space diskpart explorer gpt hard drive minitool optiplex partition recovery usb sata controller seagate storage issues troubleshooting usb windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Computer Management-Upgraded Internal Secondary Hard Drive
I have a Dell XPS-17 L702X laptop running Windows 10 Pro x64. I upgraded my 500GB internal secondary drive to a 1TB drive. I did not do a quick format of this new 1TB but rather did the full, longer format. The new, upgraded 1TB secondary drive was made active and assigned the drive letter D...- CBM
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- acronis active partition backup computer management d drive dell disk disk 0 disk management drive letter formatting hard drive ntfs partition secondary drive storage upgrade volume windows 10 xps
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Please insert disk into removable drive error
I have inserted my USB drive into the computer and upon clicking on it asks me to insert a disk into removable drive. What do I do?- Guest21
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- disk drive error removable
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 HDD accessed while PC unused?
The HDD is active and every 2 or 3 seconds, it is being accessed. What does Windows do in the background?- WinFreak
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- access background disk hdd idle monitoring performance usage windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 need help. windows 10 lag
today i downloaded a game called chess ultra. when i opened it the graphics was so high that the game started lagging. so i quit the game. but after this my pc was super slow. the cpu,ram,disk,gpu,network all are free (2-15% used) but i can't even search a program on start. i disabled all third...- roskee
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- chess ultra cpu disk games gaming gpu high graphics lag network optimization pc specs performance ram slow pc system issues task manager third party services troubleshooting uninstall windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Dell Optiplex 755 Windows 7 Fix
I have a dell optiplex 755 usff with an intel core 2 duo and a copy of windows 7 ultimate and the disks for x32 and x64 bit. I can install the 32 bit version of windows but not the x64 bit version to take advantage of my intel core 2 duos x64 bit compatibility with windows. How can I make the...- CalebOConnell
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- 32-bit 64-bit compatibility computer issues core 2 duo dell disk error fix installation intel optiplex pc specs tech support ultimate upgrade usff windows 7 x64
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Trivial question as i'm scared of partitioning D: drive.
I'm scared of partitioning D: drive to install Linux. My most important files are backed up in the cloud but have loads of stuff i don't want to loose. The process went fine for my C: drive which already had windows 7 in it. Should i expect a similar scenario for my D: drive?- ztplru
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- backup cloud backup d drive data loss data safety disk disk management dual boot file management home users installation linux installation partition storage system setup tech support user questions windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 BSOD when i try to burn blu-ray disks
Afternoon all , I get BSOD when trying to burn blu-ray disks , It,s Nero 2018 or 2017 I use when burning blu--rays . Thank you .- NettleWarbler
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- blu-ray bsod burning crash disk error media nero windows
- Replies: 122
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Disk Free Space
I have an external Seagate 8TB USB disk . As usual , when I have less than 10% free disk space , Win 7 gives me a warning . If this is only a data disk , is it still important to have at least 10% free space ?- a w
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- disk disk space external storage free space hard drive seagate storage usb warning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Replacing pre-installed Windows 10 with Windows 7 SP1 disk?
I'm switching over to Windows for a better gaming experience, but most of the PCs I'm looking at online come with Windows 10 pre-installed. I've tried Windows 10 before, and I hate it with a passion. If I were to get one of these PCs, (For example, an Alienware Aurora) then how would I go about...- MooseMafia
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- alienware disk gaming installation pcs sp1 support upgrade windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows XP Recovering Windows XP After Missing System File Without Installation Disk
I was running xp, until the windows/system32/config/system was found missing. I do not have the windows disk, but I do have a Linux mint 16 disk. For some reason it won't let me boot from DVD, I stead just giving the error message.- AKPatriot
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- boot issues configuration disk installation linux mint missing files recovery system error troubleshooting windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Help expanding the C drive
Hello, My C drive is almost full, 6 GB left now. I tried using EaseUS application to expand, but no use. I think because I have 2 different Disks. Disk 1 is the C drive which is almost full, and Disk 2 is my D drive, it has 300GB left, I want to take some from D drive to my C drive. Anyone...- Rustlol
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- c drive d drive disk disk management disk space easeus file system migration partition storage windows windows help windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Low Defragmentation Doesnt Equal Visual
Can anyone explain how this disk is only 1% fragmented? Just look at all that red. It doesn't add up.- blksith0
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- defrag disk error fragmentation maintenance performance storage utilities visuals windows
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 10 Struggling to Reset My PC: Encountering Errors and Considering Downgrading to Windows 7
All I want to do is reset my pc to factory. So I got to Settings->Update/Security->Recovery->Reset This PC. NOPE "There was a problem resetting your PC" "No changes were made" Ok so Ill just downgrade back to windows 7. NOPE Been a month so windows says <unacceptable bad language removed> I no...- Vexus337
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- disk downgrade error factory frustration issues pc troubleshooting recovery reset settings software solutions support tech help update upgrade windows windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Back to Out of Box
I just stated to get my Toshiba back to Out of the Box condition. Well, since I changed out my hard drive to a Solid State one, with just the first disk of three, it has taken me 3 hours and 40 minutes to get the Hard drive deleted 50%. So much for SS Drives being in a hurry. I am on my...- wilhelm1
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- computer delay desktop disk files hard drive import files migration out of box performance slow solid state drive ss drive storage system restore technical issues toshiba upgrade user experience windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Upgraded to Windows 10. Was working fine now NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM error boot loop
Upgraded to Windows 10. Was working fine now NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM error boot loop. How do I get a repair disc to repair windows?- greenkomodo
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- boot loop disk error file system ntfs repair troubleshooting upgrade windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 I need help
So I erased my whole drive windows and all, by mistake. Now I don't have a windows disk, and I have no idea what to do. Assistance please?- Allenjolley
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- assistance data disk drive eraser formatting help installation recovery windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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SQLIO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool
The SQLIO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool has been retired and replaced by DiskSpd.exe. Link Removed- News
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- benchmark disk diskspd performance retired sqlio subsystem tools
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- Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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Windows 10 My sad tale trying to resolve a Windows 10 installation!
HISTORY Some months ago, my Windows 7 PC was flagged to be updated to Windows 10, then suffered a hard drive crash. I purchased a new drive and tried to install windows 7 from disk, but since it is an update disk it wouldn't install. My solution was to grab a Windows 8.1 Pro Preview ISO disk...- Imageman
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- access adoption computer disk error graphics card hard drive help installation iso key code microsoft purchase support troubleshooting upgrade users windows 10 windows 7 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 8 Windows 8 "Storage Space" Adding Hard drives without space problems
For The Windows 8 "Storage Space" Pools, am I correct that choosing the "Simple/Resiliency" type of Pool will allow me to add more disks in the future when I buy them without any issues. I know that if you choose any of the "parity" types to create the Pool, you run the risk of having problems...- John Palston
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- adding disks disk disk columns disk space external drive future upgrades hard drive mirroring parity pool types resiliency space management storage storage issues troubleshooting virtual drive windows 8
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support