formatting

i need to convert the E drive which is in mbr format to gpt without losing the data on it, its a non boot drive, how do I do it ?

Hi. I am still unable to properly post code on your site. The indentation get ignored. I tried backticks (```), tildas (~~~) and backticks with c++ (```c++). I use Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition, but I don't think that matters. When I post, I use Chrome, and I manually type the backticks...

Hi. I am having trouble posting code on your site. The indentation is lost. I tried tabs and spaces - both of the leading white space on each line gets deleted. Also, certain constructs, such as LeftSquareBracket i RightSquareBracket gets changed to white space. So, how do I post code ini the...

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...

I have an ACER laptop that has died on me. The 2M SSD is blank. This happened as I was updating the machine with MS Updates. It never ran again after 6 hours of the little marbles going round and round. This is a UEFI booter. Can anybody here reload the OS for me. Acer only shows W-11. I could...

Basically, bought a new laptop which did not come with preinstalled windows. I wanted to download a windows 10 (installer?) Onto a usb-stick, but since it was in Fat32 format, it did not allow any files larger than 4gb on the drive, i formatted the drive to ExFat to allow me to put the 5.4gb...

Hei fellas. Hope i won't get murdered for this question but i'm at a loss. I have a Windows 10 x64 System and after the last update (around june this year) it just won't boot. Therefor i don't have very much Info accessible. It starts to try and install the last Update "do not shut off your...

Lenovo ideapad 330 Windows 10 Vers 21H2 Asus USB external DVD-RW My laptop has recently stopped being able to access the USB DVD drive through File Explorer. The drive shows up in explorer but I cannot write to, or read from, it. I cannot transfer data files to it as I used to or Format it...

My computer is working fine (for now). I have some empty 500 gb drives. I have one empty sata port left on my rather old desktop mobo. What's the easiest way to format (guess I'd have to do that) and create a second backup drive with all my data on it. I probably asked this on some other...

So basically I think I ducked something up with my ssd. I basically dual booted ubuntu for a while and for some reason when I deleted ubuntu It fully deleted. Now I have 2 partitions on my D drive (1 which is windows 1 which was ubuntu) and the ubuntu one sometimes . I need to fully delete...

Hi, Can anyone explain why do I have several smaller partitions in my computer? I asked computer shop to add a new SSD and install operating system on it. When I came home I noticed there were multiple small partitions that are about 100mb. That Disk(G) that you see on the image is my...

Yesterday, I installed 2 Opical (CD/DVD) drives in My computer. Windows recognized they there, but could not access these or recognize these. So I went into my UEFI and set a couple of drive so they would turn on. In the next five minutes, my computer restarted several and windows would not...

Hey guys, My PC croaked on me what has been 3 years ago now. I tried moving my hard drive to a different computer and that's when I discovered Windows 10 is very particular about what computer it's on with the licensing. Gone are the days apparently of just moving a hard drive to a new...

This is probably a very stupid question, but I really need help with this. Are there students here? How do I find the special characters I need for the correct citation format in my essay in Microsoft Office 10? Help me figure this out. Perhaps I chose the wrong text format style, I'm using the...

Hello, I am trying to import a scheduled task from from the command line to the task scheduler. Before my program runs the schtasks command, it inserts a file path in the <Command></Command> element. The XML file works with schtasks before I insert my file path, but not afterwords. It keeps...

anyone know how to put win7 onto ide in old laptop. original install ran out i keep receiving windows not genuine.tried formatting with dariks boot and wont work.tried new install and required driver is missing.cannot make bootrec work. tried re-arm. no chance.simply only want win7 to...

How do I remove the lined box in the attachment in the middle of my word doc?

Hey everyone. I am new to this forum. First, I want to say that I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, so if that's the case, sorry in advance. The story: I have bought a laptop about 4 years ago, and with it, I got Windows 8 installed built-in (With no CD). My laptop is Lenovo Yoga 3...

Trying to format harddrive but windows 10 wont all me as is right protected

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...