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  1. Windows 10 Moving windows boot manager to another HDD (MBR Legacy Boot)

    Hi everyone, I have two HDDs one is 640GB & the other is 320GB(Both MBR using Legacy boot). The 640GB HDD has Windows 7(in D)& Windows 10(in C) installed but the boot manager is located in the 320GB HDD. I want to move the boot manager to the 640GB HDD. My Partitions look like this...
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    Can you turn off a HDD so it does not use up energy?

    Hi, We just had a heatwave in the UK and whilst I didnt need to use one of the HDD on my computer as it was running off a SSD, I was annoyed to feel it chucking off heat, is it possible to turn off a HDD electronically rather than prat about unplugging it? I realise unplugging it is minimal...
  3. Failing HDD

    2016 ASUS F555-LA w/ Intel Core i7-5500U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3GHz), Intel HD Graphics 5500 12GB DDR3L 1600 MHz Memory , 1TB 5400 RPM Hard Drive, Was Running Windows...
  4. Windows 10 Windows on ssd, can't boot without hdd

    Just like in the title. I have my Windows 10 installed on the SSD, but when I unplug HDD I can't run the computer. On top of that, in the boot menu I need to have HDD as the first boot option, because if not, the system just doesn't find the OS. And yes, I can find the system files on my SSD.
  5. Data transfer at 0.3 MB/s between internal HDD and SSD

    Suddenly the transfer rate dropped to 200-300 kb/s. I have no idea why . Any help is appreciated. Thank you! I uploaded all the relevant screenshots, here is a summary: My system is : Intel Core i7 4771 @ 3.50GHz Link Removed Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. I have this PC with Win10 installed on the...
  6. Windows 10 Windows slow boot + other problems. Nobody finds a solution. PLEASE.

    Hello. It's been a while since I've been experiencing various problems. I have a Lenovo Y50-70, a respectable laptop. i7, 12GB, GTX 680M and 1TB HDD. I state that I have dual boot in Clover with OSX. It's been a while since I feel it very very slow. It takes about 2 and a half minutes to get...
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    Windows 7 Non-bootable Windows 7. The cloned version WORKS!

    Hi. Windows 7 Ultimate x86 It was on my original 1TB Western Digital HDD. After several consecutive PC crashes it doesn't boot anymore. After the BIOS POST there appears a blinking underscore in the top left corner, and it stays in that state forever. (I don't want to perform a clean Windows...
  8. Windows 10 Which system on my device? Please help!

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    Windows 7 Exposing a virgin 2009 win 7 HDD to the internet in 2020 for updates Questions

    I just returned my 2009 win7 Toshiba Laptop HDD back to its factory defaults from the OEM hidden restore partition. With the final security patches for win7 due out next month in January 2020, I want to have a clean fresh out-of-box 2020 win7 install with all the service packs and security...
  10. Windows 10 How do you scan and repair Windows 10?

    So, my Win10 Installation is pretty broken, but somehow still working... (I already used SFC /Scannow, it didn't do shit) (I want to know ways, without reinstalling Windows 10) Question: I have several problems with Windows 10, and I would like to know if there are any ways to scan and repair...
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    Windows 10 BSOD critical process died

    Dear all, Thank you for reading this. Recently I've been getting a lot of BSOD's. To be more specific the "critical_process_died" one stuck at 0% so no dump file. I did my fair amount of searching on the internet and i tried just about everything and still can't seem to fix the problem. I have 2...
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    Steps to Downgrading Win 10 to Win 7

    Hi , I just purchased this laptop at a fairly inexpensive price, because I wanted to have a "typewriter" that would have the bells an whistles, and be used strictly off internet. The problem is that I don't like or want Windows 12, and e ven off the internet, I'm still plagued with issues...
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    Windows 7 Use Your USB Stick As a Key to Boot Your Windows PC

    I have been searching for a solution to allow boot up only if a third party hardware is connected. For the new tech people. A similar solution was possible during the days of Windows 95 up to Win Me by using Dos. The idea is to disable all the HDD from booting and enabling USB and once the boot...
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    Windows 10 BSOD - WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR while gaming.

    Hey guys; having WHEA's pop up after random amounts of time while playing ARMA, or generally any game, really. CPU - Intel i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz GPU - Palit GeForce 2060 RTX RAM - 32GB Corsair Vengance @ 2133MHz MBoard - B360M-DS3H - Gigabyte HDD - 2TB HDD Unknown Make/Model SSD - Kingston? 500GB...
  15. Windows 10 how to install Windows in a raid 1 config

    Hi. I have two 160gb hdd and I wanted to install windows in a raid 1 configuration with those drives. I have windows 10 currently installed in a third 320gb hdd and already transformed the other two into a single raid 1 partition. How do I install windows in the raid 1? Do I have to move the...
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    Windows 10 Fresh Start???

    I am trying to start fresh on my work laptop. I am fine with starting completely over as well as buying a new OS. Just wondering if its possible and how to go about it. The skinny... I was planning on merging companies with a buddy and we purchased me a laptop for work. He handled all the tech...
  17. Windows 10 Can't boot on selected drive

    Hi, I recently built a PC with 2 drives, a SSD and a HDD. I had originally installed Windows on the SSD but after a malfunction, I temporarily installed it on the HDD while the SSD was getting replaced. When the new SSD arrived, I did the following : - Unplugged the SATA cable from my HDD -...
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    Windows 10 Hdd rescan every time my computer

    Why does my win 10 system rescan my hdds every time i hit my computer or go back one level when in explorer?
  19. Windows 10 Ideapad 330-15IKB (Type 81DC) "Other User" problem after changing HDD to SSD and recovering

    Hello ! I changed my HDD with an SSD. I had kept an image of Windows to a usb. After putting the SSD , put the USB , windows automatically recognize it and start recovery proccess, selecting "Remove files and clean the drive ". After completing, instead of the first steps after recovering...
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    Windows 10 Deleted a partition when i set up recovery drive

    Hi! I am in a shit siutation: I wanted to create a recovery drive. I plugged in an external drive with an M and an N Partition. Once i started the wizard, it told me to use either the M or the N drive. I took M, since on N there was the backup of quite a lot of pictures. Then the process to...