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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 cant see cd-rom drive
hello everyone from zealand copenhagen. i was about to rip some new cds when i discovered that my cd.rom drive is gone,i have tryed to search for it,and i will bring to your attention that i am a newbie,so if you want to help me please do so i can understand. regards- carsten ibsen
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- cd ripping cd-rom copenhagen drive issues hardware help new zealand newbie troubleshooting windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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I have a question about copy to another hard drive
My Brother brought a computer home and said the hard drive went bad but I am not exactly sure which Windows is on it and how do move Windows from the bad hard drive to the new hard drive- Cooltwou
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- backup data transfer disk copy drive issues file transfer hard drive hardware migration pc upgrade storage system repair system restore tech support troubleshooting windows windows installation windows migration windows recovery
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows 10 I need some help with a hard drive
I am not sure how you post to do this here but the main hard drive is going bad in my computer that has Windows 10 how do you replace a hard drive and keep Windows 10 on the computer- Cooltwou
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- backup data recovery disk management diy drive issues hard drive hardware installation maintenance replacement storage support system repair tech help troubleshooting upgrade user guide windows 10
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Missing folders and driver errors
Hi. In the past few days I've been getting errors for my secondary (D:) Drive (HDD) from Windows. So, windows keeps telling me to restart my PC to fix drive errors. But when I restart, it does nothing, so I just ignored it because everything seemed fine... until recently... Ok, so about 2 days...- GTXPlayer
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- data loss drive issues file explorer file recovery game files hdd issues missing files restart storage visual studio
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 issue with 'Quick Access' panel on folders
I really didn't expect this. I had a 3tb drive that was partitioned into two smaller drives. I decided to dump both and bring the drive back into a full drive, obviously losing one drive letter. The problem now, is I neglected to delete all the quick access shortcuts. I use these quite a bit...- mindzipper
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- data recovery delete issues drive issues drive management file explorer file management folders partition quick access shortcuts storage system settings troubleshooting user experience volume letters windows 10
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Unable to create a recovery flash drive
I have been attempting to create a recovery flash drive but each time I try it fails with the message unable to complete – I have tried three 8 GB drives and one 16 GB, I have tried both the front and rear usb sockets on the desktop. Maybe it is significant – I have had more BSODs since I...- mike21
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- backup bsod desktop disk creation drive issues error flash drive recovery recovery disc storage issues system restore tech support troubleshooting upgrade usb user experience windows 10 windows 7 windows issues
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Error on one of four drives, cannot format or read
I'm having weird problems with a small SSD drive, F: (120GB). C:\Users\Administrator>chkdsk f: The type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives. Server management shows F: drive as healthy status, yet I was unable to create a text file in that drive in...- Chad Abizeid
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- 120gb drive chkdsk data recovery disk issues disk utility drive issues error rectification file explorer file system formatting healthy status raw file system server management ssd storage issues tech support text file user guide windows 10
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows 7 The drive disappeared
Hi, I have window 7 and right now I having some serious issues with my computer. The main issue is that I cannot see my D: in My Computer. Background: Some hours ago I had three drives C, D, & E. I distrIibuted the space of E: into C & D using a partition software. But now I cann't see the D...- muashr
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- audio issues backup computer management d drive data loss disk management drive issues error file recovery file system partition software storage system restore tech support troubleshooting upgrade upgrade planning windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows Anti-Virus turns itself off
After inserting a hot swap drive, Windows Anti-Virus turns itself off. What causes this?- hww1955
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- antivirus drive issues hot swap malware security software bugs system settings troubleshooting user query windows
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Problem with software install
Hey , I had a problem installing some softwares such a google chrome on a drive but not the primary one winfows used as preferred (c:) My os is 8.1,i need to have the on another partition... Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk- hamidnik
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- chrome drive issues installation os installation partition software user support windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 Scanning and Repairing Drive 100% hanging
Hi everyone, first time poster here. Was in the process of a system restore to help fix a windows office 365 install problem. Windows told me I had a drive error that needed fixing before I could continue. So I accepted and the PC restarted, now it is hung up on 100% the loading symbol is still...- JayWehi28
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- computer issues drive issues hanging microsoft 365 repair symbol loading system restore toshiba troubleshooting windows 10
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Right clicking on any drive in Windows Explorer minimizes.
Hi This is a weird one, I'm pretty sure it wasn't doing in the morning. If I right click on the root of any drive it minimizes Windows Explorer. It doesn't crash, just minimizes to the task bar. That stops me from looking at properties etc. I can right click on any other folder or file just...- MikeHawthorne
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- drive issues file explorer file management minimize properties right click troubleshooting update version
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 drive is not accessible after extend using partition wizard 9.
Drive E 'main data partition which contains all my important files' becomes RAW (not NTFS) after extending OS Drive C using partition wizard 9 software which finished successfully without errors! (all details available below): MY HARDDISK WAS RUNNING WITHOUT PROBLEMS BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE...- johnjacke
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- access issues automatic repair backup boot sector chkdsk corrupted drive data recovery disk management drive issues file name linkage file system formatting risks hdd issues ntfs errors partition wizard raw drive recovery tools resize partition tech support windows 8.1
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Seagate central has 2 nas issues
1. These drives are semi-legally sold in Australia and that creates a small problem for professional users because the users agreement is void… this means any info stored on them isn’t covered by insurance and governments, school etc can’t use them without opening themselves up to litigation if...- ussnorway
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- australia backup data safety device properties documentation download manager drive issues firmware legal issues manual update nas network performance professional seagate serial number settings software support update
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 Can anyone tell me why my D:\ drives show as 2 drives?
Hi I'm not really having a problem, but I don't understand why my D:\ drive shows as 2 drives in Disk Manager. I got this way when I tried to move space from what was my Windows 8 C:\ drive to the D:\ partition. If you click Properties you get the same information for either one, which show it...- MikeHawthorne
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- disk management disk space drive issues drive letter dynamic disk formatting partition storage windows 10 windows 8
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Unkown Local Disk Question Mark
I'm scared and confused after I see this mysterious local disk appear in My Computer. Opening it gives this error: How do I kill it? What do I do?- blksith0
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- data recovery disk management drive issues error file system local disk my computer storage troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows Software Raid 1
So I have a 4 TB drive mirrored to an identical drive. My question is, if/when a drive fails, how will I be notified? Will something popup in the system tray? Or will I get some error message or what? I assume there is something that happens.. otherwise this software RAID would literally be...- David Bandel
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- 4tb drive issues mirroring notifications raid software storage system tray windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 C: D: drive both dirty/corrupt/cyclic redundancy check
fsutil dirty query returned both C: and D: drive as Dirty. Desc of the problem and other information: First started off about 6 months ago, my pc has 2 drives, C: and D: with D: being empty, nothing stored, not used for anything. started storing files and within some time there was about a...- PotatoChip
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- chkdsk corruption cyclic redundancy data recovery drive issues file integrity file system file transfer fsutil hard drive malware media player music files pc troubleshooting storage issues system restore tech support torrent windows 10
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 my laptop is not booting window hd
my laptop is not booting properly. while installing window it shows it is lock first unlock it. and in diskpart there is only one drive ( disk 1) which has 22gb. but my laptop has 2 drive disk 0 which has the main window. but its not showing there.- rahul kumar
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- boot data recovery disk management diskpart drive issues hardware installation laptop laptop repair main drive os installation storage system lockup troubleshooting unlock windows
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE -> Cant select "Change drive letter and paths"
I tried to change the drive letter because it wont appear, but it didnt work. I have tried the CMD method with the volumes but the volume did not show up. All I know is that its a G-Technology hard drive. I tried formatting it to NTFS but that wont work. Basically I tried everything and nothing...- Prestigebumps1
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- cmd disk management drive issues drive letter external drive formatting g-technology hard drive ntfs volume management
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support