hard drive

  1. B

    Windows 10 Dual booting on windows 10

    *I am not sure if this is the right spot for this* Hello. I have a laptop with an SSD and a hard drive. I already have windows 10 installed on the ssd and I want windows XP on there as well. First of all, how much space does windows XP need? I have about 100gb of space on the ssd for XP. Is...
  2. S

    Windows 7 Assistance with error STOP: c0000218

    Good Evening, New to forum. Outta the blue (no pun intended), laptop encounters BSoD. Quick aside on features: HP Elitebook 6930p, runs on Windows Vista. Older computer, purchased in '09, I imagine the driver has since been updated but not confident. Disclaimer: Not computer literate but can...
  3. F

    Windows 7 USB/external hard drive access denied (tried everything)

    Hi, and thanks in advance for your help... I have been trying (without any success) to access 2 external harddrives and a USB key on Windows 7, the 3 with FAT32 format. (for the fun I also formatted one in ExFat to try, didn't work) The access is denied each time (the 3 devices work perfectly...
  4. Ed1944

    Windows 10 problem imaging HDD

    I'm trying to make an image of my HDD in my Toshiba L55 laptop. I have a 1TB external drive connected. When the dialogue box asks what type of media I'm using, I select the proper answer (external hard drive). After doing that, the button I'm supposed to select in order to start the process is...
  5. Omer200158

    Windows 10 Problem hdd

    i have found that the problem was on my hdd in my previeus post i told i stucked on the load screen i unplugged my hdd Windows 10 doesn't open it didn´t happen anymore and when i did plug in my hdd back i format it but then the computer was stuck and i was again stuck at the load screen what´s...
  6. J

    Windows 10 Baffled By Hard Drive Space

    I've got Windows 10 Pro 64bit installed on my system and the hard drive is showing me over 60GB of used space. When I open the C drive and unhide all folders and do a Properties, it shows just over 20GB of used space on my system drive. I'm trying to figure out where 40GB of files are hiding...
  7. J

    Windows 10 Windows 10 keep crashing when i shut down or restart my laptop

    Hi, i am using a windows 10 laptop, i had recently been messing around with different sata drivers for my series 7 hard drive controller, i dont know if its linked but my laptop recently has been crashing anytime i restart or shut down the laptop, it will go to a sort of bsod screen which looks...
  8. B

    Windows 7 Can It Be Done?

    Ok, here's my situation. I have two (2) HP dc7900 desktops. One has Windows 10 Home, and the other Windows 10 Pro. I have a new Crucial MX300 SSD hard drive I want to install in the desktop with Win 10 Pro, but, I want to install Windows 7 Home (going back to using Win 7 Home) on this...
  9. J

    Windows 7 Windows 7 is not Genuine

    I purchased a custom built desktop on ebay that included Windows 7. The package did not include the the Windows 7 software disc as it was already installed. I upgraded to Windows 10 and then decided to go back to Windows 7. After I went back to 7, my pc indicates that Windows 7 is not genuine...
  10. J

    Windows 10 Reinstalled windows 10. Ext HDD isn't working now.

    I reinstalled windows 10 today. I connected my Toshiba external hard drive afterwards and although it shows up in the File Explorer, the usage information is not displayed and I cannot access the data inside. I plugged in two of my other external drives and it worked fine. I plugged the Toshiba...
  11. K

    Windows 7 Quickly decreasing hard drive memory

    I have downloaded some movies to a thumb drive the last couple months and notice my hard drive space is decreasing quickly even though the download is going to an exterior flash drive. Is there a temporary memory place somewhere on my hard drive storing this data? I want to delete it if so.
  12. S

    No accsess on my portable HDD (when connecting to pc) after I connected HDD to smart TV

    I need some help!! After I connected my portable HDD to a smart TV I lost access to the HDD when I tried to connected it to my laptop again. "F: is not accessible, access is denied" (funny ringtones) When I connected back to the smart tv I can read all the folders and files on the HDD. It looks...
  13. P

    Windows 10 Computer with Win 10 needs new Hard drive

    My HP dc7900 desktop came with Win 7 Home. It was upgraded up to Win 10 in 2015. It has all the latest updates, etc. It has a few... (be honest many) problems almost every day to contend with. I think the hard drive may be the problem. It has a Seagate Barracuda 7200-9 160 GB HP WGBU...
  14. C

    I have a question about a Windows system

    My brother brought a computer here that has older Windows version on it and I am not sure which version it is and he said it doesn't boot up and one of the hard drives went out how to start Windows when I put a new hard drive in the computer
  15. C

    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
  16. C

    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
  17. G

    Windows 7 Will a Windows 7 hard drive work in a Windows 10 formatted pc?

    I bought a refurbished Windows 10 desktop and I want to install my windows 7 h/d in it. Will it work? The motherboard is bad on my old system. Thanks
  18. BlockBlazerMC

    Windows 10 [SOLVED] 10gb of ram and only 1.5 is usable.

    Ever since I got a new hard drive and installed a fresh copy of windows 8.1, I have been having issues with my pc's speed. Before both of my usable hard drives inconveniently broke within a week, my pc was just fine in terms of speed. I could run most games I had installed. Nowadays, after...
  19. J

    Windows 7 Problem setting up network between Win 10 & 7

    I purchased TP-LINK Archer C7 router to replace my existing router. I'm trying to set up my network again and having problems in doing so. My wife had purchased a HP laptop with Win 10 before I replaced the router and was having intermittent problems then with the network. The win 10 computer...
  20. M

    Windows 10 system posts but won't start

    I have a system that will not make it past post. The system starts, and then has a black screen that basically reads "disk error" and a mac id. Now, I know that means there is something wrong, so I took the drive and put it in my main system with slightly higher specs. The hard drive worked...
Back
Top