partition management

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    Windows 7 Cloning a drive in Windows

    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.
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    Windows 10 Boot record messed up.

    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...
  3. abrogard

    Windows 7 How To Uninstall Botched Win7 Install on XP machine?

    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...
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    Windows 10 recovery partition full after windows 10 upgrade

    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...
  5. William B

    UltimateBootCD (V5.3.5 )

    William B submitted a new resource: UltimateBoodCD - The diagnostic/make-ready/fix it "Do-it-All" toolkit for serious technicians Read more about this resource...
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    Windows 10 How to delete an unintentionally dual booted OS in windows 10?

    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...
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    Windows 7 Read errors for one block on harddisk a problem if I re-format harddisk?

    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...
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    Windows XP Seeking Help to Reformat Sony Vaio VGN NR220E from Windows XP to Vista

    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...
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    Windows 7 Factory reset - help with removing disk partition and windows 10

    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...
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    Windows 8 Drive partitions all read only after reinstall - problems solving :(

    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...
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    Windows 7 How to turn an external USB GPT into MBR hard disc? Get full capacity

    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...
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    Windows 8 Help Needed: Safely Moving Windows 8 from E: to C: Partition Without Data Loss

    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...
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    Windows 7 Dual Booting questions

    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...
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    Windows 7 help formatting drive c on windows 7

    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...
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    Windows 8 Changing User Directory (C: to D:)

    Hey all, i\'ve upgraded my win7 yesterday to win8. But in win7, i\'ve chaged the user directory from c:\\users\\NAME to d:\\users\\NAME, creating in c:\\users an alias from d:\\users. But I dont know how can I do it in win8. All my files are in d:\\ and the partition c:\\ is only 17gb free, i...
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    Windows 7 Win7 boot in boot recovery mode

    Every time I boot my computer, it come up loading files, the open the boot recovery mode. If I leave it, it says that it fix one error, then it restarts and does the same again. The error was that it the boot.ini was missing. So I booted it up with ubuntu, and created an empty boot.ini file...
  17. Guy Stevens

    Windows 7 Hard drive size shows different in windows and a partition manager

    i tried to used pc disk clone x to clone my win7 to a smaller hard drive. now for some reason My Computer shows as 381 gig size instead of 682 gig here is a pic Link Removed tried to make the partition a couple megs smaller to make it realize the actual size and its not working. any ideas?
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    Windows 7 The Ultimate Boot CD

    Boot Up Any Computer, Rescue Windows and Data in 5 mins!, well maybe not 5 minutes, but fairly close. Many of you already know and have probably used this CD before as it has been around for ages. This is for those who do not know about it and that you may find it extremely useful. The CD...
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    Windows 7 Including some commands in an unatttend file

    Hi Running the sysprep /generalize /oobe /reboot /unattend:c:\Unattend.xml command in Audit mode, how do I create an answer file that allows to: 1) include a partition in the system protection of Windows 7 SP1. 2) rename and put a password to the Administrator account. 3) permanently...
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    Windows 7 Window moves different way

    Hello! I'm not sure but I think I have this problem after extending the C drive with Easeus's partition manager. When I move some window it doesn't move with the Windows 7 style but something like Windows 98 style. Link Removed It's not a big problem but I really don't like it so I hope someone...
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