partition management

Hello, I had windows7 in my laptop.I tried to install windows 10 with USB flash drive, When I selected drive to install windows it said windows can't be installed on this drive. Later I have deleted the partition 1 under disk 0,but still didn't give me a solution got the same error. Then I have...

Hello. I use a Lenovo laptop where I had W10 and Ubuntu on different partitions. It would let me choose between W10 and Linux upon startup and would boot into Linux by default. After a long update last night, my PC boots directly into Windows (no more bootloader screen). I still see the 60GB...

Friend's Asus TP500L laptop running Windows 10 is giving the 0xC0000225 error (). I created a recovery image for a USB and booted from that. I've tried all the standard stuff (see below) and just looking for other ideas before I pronounce the drive toasted. This was originally delivered with...

Hello, Summary of problem: After re-installing Windows 10 on my SSD, I have to have my 2nd HDD unplugged to get it to boot to windows. As a test step, I did configure the HDD SATA port for hot swap mode. This does allow me to boot the computer with only the SSD plugged in and once it boots, I...

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my HDD and it asked me to format full drive. So, I backed up my data on my friend's drive and formatted mine and installed Ubuntu but then I came up to a point where I couldn't work on Ubuntu any more. So, I decided to reinstall Windows back. So, I booted in using my...

Hi guys, I've have successful removed a dual boot and booting ok win10 after rebuild mbr and removing linux partitions. However, I have 4 partitions at this moment and I would like to know if I can delete some without causing any issues to win10. Thanks in advanced. Sent from my Nexus 6P...

I am a Mac user, but at work I use Windows 7. How do Windows users clone one drive to another? Norton Ghost no longer exists and it was the software used to do such a task.

This Dell XPS 8700 started out at Windows 8.1. Before I even started using it, I used Paragon's Migrate OS to SSD 4.0 to move the C: partition to an SSD and be able to boot to it. Prior to doing that I shrunk down the original C: to basically match the SSD size and created another data partition...

I have an old XP machine. An Acer Aspire. I put Win7 Ultimate on it but it hasn't taken. Always gives me an error message and asks for the install disk again - which was a USB stick - but when i provide it nothing changes. So I need to get it off and start again. I have 3 physical disks...

Hello,, My uncle asked me to help him with his HP Pavilion laptop that was upgraded to Windows 10 (presuming he had Windows 7 before but don't really know). Although Windows 10 is working just fine and he has 80 -90% of his hard drive space still free, he is now getting disk space full...

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So I had win7 32 bit on my machine, then I installed the 64 bit version. I don't think the 32 bit install ever got removed, because after I upgraded to 10 it began taking me to the dual boot screen on startup. Now I can't delete the 20gb of windows 7 files off my ssd (it won't let me- says that...

Assume I have a rather new external (Toshiba) 3TB USB harddisk. During the last days I experienced a data loss because one of the data blocks on the hard disk seems to get damaged. I run a surface test with one of these hardidsk management tools like Minitool Partition Wizard. It shows...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN NR220E. I bought it in 2008 with windows vista. It did not came with a reformating CD or anything. I am just assuming that the vista is installed in it. I love my laptop and want to keep it. My brother used it for some years. Now I find my laptop running with XP. In the...

I installed Windows 10 on my laptop a few weeks ago, only to discover that the laptop in question is not compatible with Windows 10 which unfortunately Microsoft forgot to mention when I was offered the free upgrade. I have now done a factory reset to return the computer to Windows 7, but I now...

Hi guys I just reinstalled my Win 7, 2 days ago, only to find that now all my other partitions are Read Only. NP I thought, just untick the box and reset them, but some partitions are proving rather stubborn to my efforts. I've used Taken Ownership to undertake the process, and then unticked...

I have got a 3TB hard disc which contains a 750 GB GPT partition. It is not my first main hard disk but an external USB hard disk. My first main hard disk based on MBR. With a tool like Easeus Partition Manager I deleted the existing GPT partition on the new external USB hard disk and turned...

Hi there, I'm really in need of some help with my Windows 8. When I installed my Windows XP, for some reason my Windows 8 moved to E: Partition, when it previously was on C: Partition, now C: Partition is a System Reserved partition. Now what I want to know, is moving my Windows 8/E: Files to...

Hi all, I was wondering something and is hoping someone can give me a lending hand. Ok, here is what I've been thinking.. lets say I made my system dual boot, Boot A as Windows 7, Boot B as maybe , lets say windows XP. after making this work, in windows 7, I go to Advanced tab in system...

so guys, i had originally windows vista on drive C and then i installed windows 7 on drive E, then i wanted to try windows 8 so i deleted windows vista form drive C and installed windows 8 ... now i tried deleting/formating Drive C to put another OS on it but i couldnt delete the windows folder...