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Windows 10 Unallocated disk space
Bookspace disk space I noticed that I have unallocated disk space on the system disk. Quite a lot, in relation to the size of the disc in question, and so I like to use it. Does Windows have any tool / option to add it to C drive? The disk space reserved for programs and applications would...- Rapaaja
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- c drive disk management disk space disk usage file explorer file system hard drive idle space maintenance partition reserved space storage storage expansion system drive unallocated user query windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Make 2T external HD show in w.explorer
Hi, Just bought on line a small 2T external HD & as is not shown I cannot Format it. Tried various programs like eases-us etc hoping they have something to make it show in w.explorer with no success. It specifies formatting in Fat32. My 1T PC HD is in NTFS & so is my other 1T External one...- nichos
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- device manager external drive file explorer file system formatting free software installation troubleshooting usb windows 10
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Disk not recognized
I have a 700GB external disk drive that my Dell x64 used to recognize when I plugged it in. W7 will no longer recognize it. I can plug it into another like Dell W7 machine and it recognizes the disk. Does anyone know why this problem is happening and anything I can do to rectify it? (It may...- Landers
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- data retrieval dell disk recognition external drive file system ntfs storage issues troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Which Partition Should I Delete
Hi guys, I dabbled in having an Ubuntu partition on my laptop but for various reasons have decided against it, I want to delete the partition but I don't know which one it is.- Retsek
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- delete disk management file system laptop os configuration partition storage ubuntu
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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FIX: Heavy memory usage in ReFS on Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10
Discusses memory pressure and performance issues that occur in the Resilient File System (ReFS) in Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10. Provides a resolution and workarounds. Continue reading...- News
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- file system memory pressure memory usage performance issues refs resolution support windows 10 windows server workaround
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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ISO images bootable only in Legacy BIOS OR (!) UEFI ? Decision at ISO creation time or at storage on USB flash drive?
As you known there are many sofwtare tools available which offer not only a setup.exe but an ISO to download. This ISO can either be burned on a CD/DVD or put onto an USB Flash drive. I am NOT talking about Win10 ISO images but other software like (examples): - Gparted GParted -- Live...- pstein
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- bios boot manager bootable usb clone compatibility file system flash drive gparted installation iso images legacy bios partition wizard rufus secure boot software storage tools uefi
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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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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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 'Dirty' SD Card
Hello, Windows 7 refuses to let me save/delete etc files on my Android tablet's SD card, claiming the file system is 'dirty'. The last time this happened I followed the prompts to correct it and ended up with a bricked SD card which was unuseable/unformatable and had to be discarded...- Cheemag
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- bricked data recovery file management file system formatting sd card storage issues tablet unmountable windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 10 Permission in folder
I try to give permission in with the commands: New-Object DirectorySecurity.FileSystemAccessRule ('User', 'FullControl', 'Allow') acl.SetAccessRule ($) Set-ACL c: \ windows \ system32 \ drivers -AclObject it should changed to FullControl In PowerShell when I...- michelbdec29
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- access command control directory file system folders powershell security windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Error message when copying files after pathway character limit fix
I was unable to copy music from external hard drive because of the character pathway limit. I followed the instruction provided to lift the restriction. The value is set to 1. Now I get the error message 0x80004005. What does this mean? How can I fix this?- Cretos
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- 0x80004005 character limit disk management error external drive file copy file path limit file system troubleshooting windows error
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 'npsvctrig.sys' causing BSOD on Windows 8.1
I'm starting to get frequent Bluescreens, always having an error code PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. I checked the event viewer, before the bluescreen, there is an event called 'npsvctrig.sys' with FilterManager File System Filter 'npsvctrig' (6.3, 2013-08-22T12:10:04.000000000Z) has...- NerferMC
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- blue screen bsod critical stop driver issues error error analysis event viewer file system filter manager memory issues minidump npsvctrig.sys page fault reboot issues software conflict system crash system stability troubleshooting windows 8.1
- Replies: 38
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Win 10pro double drives
HI got the question win 10 pro Two of the two have appeared identical to c and d, ie doubled? I have not ever made the fixes for the disc itself ? would it be possible in that case to merge those "merge" into one position?Or can they remove the double drive? Or can they remove the double drive...- Rapaaja
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- disk management drive dual drives file system merge partition pro reinstall storage windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 hi :) can u please help me with my new ssd ? thanks
hi to all sorry for my bad english soo i ve bought new ssd 240 gb and i ve done the cloning process but when i unplug the hdd from the pc , the pc tell me " cant find boot file......" (black pic ) i think i may find the solution here Windows 10 - Windows Boot Manager on wrong drive and i dont...- youssef1996
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- bcdboot boot issues cloning disk management file system installation ssd storage troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Persistent Error Message for External SSD When Connecting USB Stick
I have an external usb connected solid state drive that I use for backing up my computer hard drive. However, when ever I insert a usb stick I get the error message "There is a problem with the external drive. click here to fix it". At first I dutifully checked the drive for errors the first...- John9210
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- backup disk management drive check external drive file system solid state drive storage issues troubleshooting usb
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Choosing the Right File System for Pen Drives: FAT32 vs. exFAT
Is fat 32 acceptable for most pen drives. I have read that exFat is also a choice; is it true?- Peterr
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- exfat fat32 file system pen drive storage
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How can I control Drive letters assignments
I tried all kinds of formulas to phrase the search in Google but I couldn't get too close... Hence I am here now... Link Removed So I have about a dozen drives in my win 10 system. And sometimes I need to swap them to get clones or images or what not. The problem I have is even when I put...- cemster
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- disk cloning drive configuration drive letter drive management drive order file system letter swapping mapped drives permanent assignment storage issues windows 10 workflow workstation
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Can't delete "free space" partition!
I used "AOMEI partition assistant" to shrink a partition, during this "Memory Dump" appeared, when I restarted the PC I found that this partition became locked, I deleted it, and it became free space... 1 - When I try to create a partition in that free space: -It says "not enough space"... 2...- AhmedZeedy45
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- aomei data recovery delete partition disk management file system free space infinix locked partition memory dump partition pc maintenance storage issues troubleshooting windows 10 windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 How to Resize Windows 7 Partition Without Losing Data in Dual Boot Setup
I have been experimenting with another OS and running dual boot. I allocated too much space to windows and wish to decrease it. Can I still do this without losing data in my Window 7 OS? If so what tool should I use and how to go about it. Thank you.- toxickeys
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- data loss disk management disk space dual boot file system partition tool repartitioning storage optimization windows 7 windows compatibility
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 File System Corruption Problem
Hi sir/ma'am, My PC has been running slow during the past few days, sometimes it freezes that all of my apps are not moving, and then suddenly a BSOD shows up and says your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart with a error that says MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and many more errors, the only thing I...- James Lovell De Vera
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- app bsod corruption error file system freezing kmode_exception memory management performance restart slow pc troubleshooting
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Need Help formatting Linux HDD Using Windows Computer
I'm hoping someone in this community can help me with a hard drive problem. Recently, I replaced my old laptop (it ran a Linux/Ubuntu OS). Before getting rid of it, I removed the laptop's hard drive with the intent to repurpose it into a portable hard drive. I then encased it within a plug...- awskop
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- compatibility data transfer disk management drive recognition enclosure external storage file system formatting hard drive hdd instructions linux portable drive repurpose sata step by step tech support troubleshooting ubuntu windows
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Hardware