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Windows 10 RE adding a partition to HHD that has 4
My HDD has 4 partitions. System reserved C: for OS D: for data E: for storage I want to make another partition so I shrunk E and went to create the new partition. I rcvd this message: The operation you selected will convert the selected basic disk(s) to dynamic disk(s). If you convert the...- ruggb
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- boot drive data management disk management dynamic disk hdd partition storage volume management windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death
Hello, I just installed W10 on my laptop and it began to show the BSOD. I need some help. The notebook has just one modification, the HDD was changed to a Black 2WD Hybrid disk. Thanks for your help, sorry for my english.- Leviathan
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- blue screen bsod error hdd help hybrid drive installation laptop troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Installed on wrong hard drive
When I update to windows 10 I left for work and when i came back the installation was all done. when i booted up it was super slow compared to before, so i went and checked to see where the partition it was installed to was. it turns out instead of replacing windows 8.1 on the ssd it instead...- HelterSkelter
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- boot hdd installation partition performance reinstall ssd update windows 10 windows 8.1
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Upgrading Windows 8.1 to 10 on an SSD: Safety and Installation Tips
I have 8.1 on my hdd and i know if i upgrade i wont loose anything (not guaranteed) but i am getting an ssd for gta v, can i install windows 10 update on my ssd from my 8.1 on my hdd and run it through the ssd? and woudl putting it on the ssd from the hdd increase the chances of losing things?- caine frost
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- data loss gta v hdd installation performance ssd upgrade user experience windows 10 windows 8.1
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 USB Devices Not Recognized After Installing Second Hard Drive in Windows 7
Hello yet again, (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) Fitted a second HDD which work well, however I now have no USB devices. I took care to plug all my USB peripherals into the original slots. The keyboard and mouse are on USB and they work. Safely Remove Hardware lists only the...- Cheemag
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- device manager devices drivers hardware hdd keyboard mouse troubleshooting usb windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows detected a hard disk problem
Hello everyone, I was using my Acer Aspire laptop and suddenly I got a pop up message telling me that Windows detected a hard disk problem (and I keep having this message like every 20 min). The HDD was working just fine and still works good, but I just get that message. I also checked the...- BleronSalihi
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- acer diagnostics error hard drive hdd laptop notifications problem storage windows
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 I want Windows 8 and XP on the same HDD.
I currently have Windoes 8.1 installed. I want to add Windows XP and be able to choose between the two at boot up. How should I go about installing Windows XP?- Legna
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- dual boot guide hdd installation partition version 1.0 windows 8 windows xp
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Combined Hard Drives
I have two 1TB HDD"s combined into one for my D:\ totaling 1.81 TB. I have 88GB free space left. What would happen if I uncombined this drive or would it allow me to at all? I can deal with a few problems like it not knowing where a program is. I just don't want the drives to crash and need...- DigDugFighter
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- 1tb backup data loss disk management disk space file system format drive free space hard drive hdd multiple drives partition storage storage issues tech support uncombine windows
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 New PC, BSOD 0x1E, 0x3B, 0x1A, 0xFE
Hey, New computer, reinstalled windows twice but still getting these BSOD's: 0x1E, 0x3B, 0x1A, 0xFE Not sure what to do, or what information you need. CPU: AMD FX-6300 Mobo: 970 Pro3 R2.0 RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) GPU: 2GB AMD Radeon R9 270 PSU: Antec Neo Eco 520C Bronze Win 7 64 is installed on a 1tb...- alpbsnuggets
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- 8gb 970 pro3 r2.0 amd antec neo eco bsod crash error fx-6300 gpu hardware hdd new computer psu radeon r9 270 ram reinstall testing troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 How to delete SIDs
How do I delete SIDs that are on a HDD that I now just use for backup?- cryptogram
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- backup data management delete hdd sid storage windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Can't move/rename folder in 8.1
So i was redirecting some of the default folders (music, photos, doc, etc) from my SSD drive to my HDD drive. But I accidentally named two of my drives (doc and downloads) D:/ . Now They both have the same files and are both unrelenting in changing back. I tried to change location of it, but...- HanJ119
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- data management default folder drive management equivalent folders file access file location file management file system folder issues folder redirection hdd parent folder rename folder ssd troubleshooting user guide windows 8.1 windows settings
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows repair disk error
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I'm trying to replace the HDD on my laptop (Samsung RV520 with Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64). So I made a system image on a portable HDD and a system repair disk. After replacing the HDD with the new one and trying to boot with the repair disk I am...- Greyhound77
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- bios boot clone disk easeus error flash player hdd home image oem partition premium recovery repair rv520 samsung sp1 system windows
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Missing files after CHKDSK no found.000 folder
I hope I'm in the right place. A while back I was copying some family files over from some (a few ancient, like 1990s) hard drives on my Ubuntu rig over to a new external 1TB NTFS HD formatted in Windows 8, nothing special. I was using the Ubuntu rig cause a few of them wouldn't initialize in...- derius
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- chkdsk corrupted files data loss directory external drive file management file names file recovery file system hdd linux lost files ntfs recovery tools storage tech support ubuntu windows 7 windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSODs on Sleep and In Low Power States
I just assembled a desktop, and shortly after I began using the machine(days), it started to give different BSODs coming out of sleep. Sometimes it appears to happen during sleep although I am not sure(someone may have woke my computer during the sleep). I have run memtest86+ tests with no...- pinhead
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- bsod computer cpu temperature desktop diagnostics driver issues event log file system hardware hdd installation memtest86 minidump network issues performance power state sleep tp-link troubleshooting wireless card
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 I want to do a fresh install, can't find an ISO download.
Hey there, I want to do a fresh installation, I have an OEM copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm entitled to use the software. The people at Microsoft customer service are all foreign, very difficult to understand and won't budge an inch on anything. Worst customer service I've ever...- ParadoxZerg
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- bootable usb clean install customer service hdd installation iso legit copy microsoft mirror download oem piracy software support ssd upgrade tech support upgrade user experience windows 10 windows 7 windows home premium
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD playing games
My specs GPU: Gtx 960 CPU: fx 8320 @3.5 MoBo:GB-78LMT-USB3 RAM: 4x4gb Ripjaw HDD: Seagate 7900rpm(I think) SDD: Intel 250gb PSU: 475w I also have multiple fans and temps are good I've been getting the BSODs when playing games and they are getting spookin me. I have dont the following tests...- jackoccleston
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- benchmark bsod compatibility cpu drivers error furmark gaming gpu hardware hdd memtest ntoskrnl performance ram seagate ssd system temperature troubleshooting
- Replies: 95
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Assistance and advice requested
I have the standard 4gb of ram in my Win 7 pro media center 64 bit edition. Custom build. Crucial 64mb ssd updated with a 1.5 TB, and a 1 TB HDDs. My system is continuously using 93-97% ram memory according to Windows. I have tried turning off everything I can to lower the usage, stopping...- Coin
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- advice cache custom build hdd malware memory usage msi motherboard optimization performance process ram ssd storage system resources tech support troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP Very Intriguing Booting Problem-Looking for simple solution
Hello, I have a peculiar problem which I would like to solve with the help of software geniuses like u'll on such forums. HP dc7700 Small form factor desktop PC (about 6 yrs old) OS: Win XP Pro SP2 Bios version 02.10 C2D, 2Gigs RAM, Q045 963/965 board, E6600 processor, eSATA 80 GB Hitachi HDD...- anilkhubchandan
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- antivirus bios boot cmos date desktop e6600 flash player formatting hardware hdd problem ram startup time usb windows windows pro
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Failed Installation, key invalid.
I need urgent help. I recently finished building my gaming PC, so I brought Windows 8.1 for my OS. I stuck in the x64 bit DVD and waited. It was on "Preparing files for installation" all of a sudden, my power goes off. I turn the PC on and start the DVD again, and after choosing the install...- Jagimama
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- error formatting gaming pc hdd installation product key support troubleshooting upgrade windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Recover Unallocated 250GB HDD After Windows 7 Reinstallation
backed up my files on a 250g HDD reinstalled win7 on 500g HDD During install, I ignored the 250 and partitioned the 500g HDD like I have done thousands of times before. Then choise one of the partitions on the 500G HDD to install wnin7. Install complete and win 7 is on the proper partition...- paulmars
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- backup computer management data recovery disk management file recovery hdd partition storage issues unallocated windows 7
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support