formatting

  1. Windows 10 installing windows 10

    So i got new laptop wich came with a pre installed ubuntu. It had many issues and i wasn't able to fix them with ubuntu's latest update so i decided to stick with windows. It's been a while since i last used a computer to format an os, so i got lost with the steps. What do i need exactly to put...
  2. 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...
  3. Windows 10 Help! My Folders are Hidden After a Possible Virus Infection

    Hi everyone, my pc recently got infected with what I think is a virus and all folders in my drives including drive C(windows installed) have been HIDDEN. When I click on any of my drives the folder is empty. The only way I can access my files/folders is keying in the folder directory in the...
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    Windows 10 Windows Bug on Hard Drive

    Hi my name is Ricardo and I recently bought my computer with w10 and everything but as 1 month ago my pc started to slow down and I researched several possible solutions and I ended up finding out that it could be a windows bug, so far I have not found nothing that would solve it. I try to do...
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    Windows 10 Pros and cons of Windows updates

    I have adopted a fairly old IT philosophy of 'If its not broken, don't fix it' when it comes to Windows 10. After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data. So - for the past...
  6. 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...
  7. Windows 10 Plz help!!! Stuck in Safemode bootloop...

    Ugh... So, I'm having major issues with my PC freezing up a lot. I even tried reinstalling Windows 10 and it worked great for about 2 hours before freezing up again. I figure there must be some kind of trojan downloading stuff to my PC. This is strange because I formatted the drive twice before...
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    Windows 7 Program exe stopped check online for solution.

    I have hp laptop using windows 7 today i put external harddisk, and from that tym it is giving program exe has stopped check online for solution i have tried to format c and no difference but it has partition Sent from my Infinix X572 using Tapatalk
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    Windows 10 Low disk space after fresh W10 install.

    Hello Yesturday i did a fresh install of Windows 10 and I have deleted a lot of bloatware from the computer but I am still very limited in space on the C drive. Only 38GB out of 97.5GB is free. I feel there should be alot more space than this free, and if I am not mistaking, the computer had...
  10. Windows 10 Can't reinstall Windows after using laptop as a Chromebook

    I have an old laptop that I thought I'd try and speed up by using it as a Chromebook, however, I want to go back to Windows. I created a bootable USB Windows 10 drive and booted from that. I have run Win10 on this laptop before. When I try to install, there are now 27 partitions on the drive...
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    Windows 7 Unable to access encrypted folders and files

    Hi, Can anyone please help me on this :- I had mistakenly added a encryption to my one of the folder in D drive in Windows 7 and then had my Windows formatted and installed fresh again. The user from whom the encryption was initiated, is no deleted (as windows is formatted). Now when I access...
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    Windows 7 Understanding Windows 7 Reinstallation: Hard Drive Overwrite and Data Recovery Chances

    When one re-installs windows7 from scratch, what part of the hard drive does it write itself on? Will it overwrite old data, so to speak starting from the first place on the hard drive or will it rather first write in between un-used space? Would it make a difference if the old data had bean...
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    issue persist to exist after formating (site deleted)

    Hi all Yesterday i found that my Arcgis server site was deleted and I don't know why, so I shred my services again on new site. and today the problem repeated so I decided to format my server to build every thing again from scratch. the problem is that after I made this, my site was deleted...
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    Windows 10 Error Creating Windows 10 Boot Drive: Not Enough Space on USB or External Drive

    Im trying to create a windows 10 boot drive on a 128gb usb or 1tb external drive. I get to the creating windows media part at 30% and everytime it says not enough space. I have reformated both drives so there is more than enough space. What am i doing wrong?
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    Windows 10 USB with GUID partitions

    Hi, This is my first post hoping to find a solution from some Windows guru. My question affects all versions of Windows, which presumably support GPT partitions. I have a USB stick that I partitioned using GPT scheme. I have about 4 or 5 partitions, one of them is an ESP so that I can boot...
  16. Windows 10 cpu usage 20% - system interrupt

    Hi, the pc: QC5000-ITXPH I've got a severe issue here. When I open one of these 2 surveillance softwares: -axis-camera-station -axis-companion , after a while the cpu starts load at 20% without reason. the process is "System Interrupts" and I can't determine what is causing this. I've tried...
  17. Default cluster size for NTFS, FAT, and exFAT

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  19. Windows 10 free upgrade to win 10 now i have to use my win7

    hello, To cut it short my pc got hacked yesterday and had malware and other stuff on it so i had to act quick tried to clean install win 10 through usb but didnt work out well for me so i used my win 7 cd to format driver and install it. my question is will my product key work on win 7 after i...
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    Windows 7 How to Change Reply Font in Outlook to Century Gothic

    Hi Members, Could someone please help me with a option I want to change on Outlook. It seems that all my replies are returning using Times New Roman, I want to change it to Century Gothic. Can someone please assist me in locating and changing the font?