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Disk partitioning sounds like what you'd do in a classified government operation, but it’s actually a little less hush-hush — it's a cornerstone of digital hygiene for your drives. Whether you’re an average Windows punter looking to squeeze out more space for gaming or a power user setting up a...

My Manjaro PC stopped connecting with my monitor after an issue-free month or two. I was trying to install windows, but since the IRST driver didn’t work and the four methods of creating a windows-friendly partition didn’t work, I tried cleaning the SSD in the windows USB boot. After I rebooted...

In recent discussions within the Windows community, many users have wondered whether it is indeed possible to run Windows 11 on a Master Boot Record (MBR) partition. The straightforward answer is no. Windows 11 mandates the use of a GUID Partition Table (GPT) configuration for installation. This...

My computer fails to load the operation system when switching it on. On a black screen the error message shows: Invalid partition table When attempting to launch the opsystem from a Windows .ISO DVD any options offered on the screen fail to work out, the single viable option is to use CMD ...

Hi all! Before we begin, specs: Computer model: Framework 13 AMD Ryzen 7040 OS: EndeavourOS 2nd OS: Windows 11 Pro (Retail). 64GB RAM. 2TB SSD. What I'd like help with: My windows partition needs some more space to accommodate the installation of Adobe suites. But I have a tricky...

The question comes about if it is currently possible and stable to install Windows 11 Pro (or Enterprise) on ReFS. Apparently this appears possible based on a Guru3D post: testing instaling windows 11 24h2 build 26100 on reFS I currently have converted my D drive to ReFS by copying all files to...

Hello folks, I have an old dual boot Windows PC. One OS is Win XP which is on one HDD (has 2 partitions), the other one is Win 7 which is on another HDD (has 2 partitions too). I believe the boot manager was on the Win XP HDD since the dual boot menu was always shown from there. However, the Win...

Hello everyone, I have a problem with NVME hard drives, 3 of them by now. I work with Windows 11 Pro, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz and I have done the data transfer with EaseUS Partition Wizard Pro. The NVME's are installed as follows: 1 x directly on the mainboard (MACHINIST...

I have two identical 2TB SSDs. Disk 0 contains the OS and some data, and Disk 1 is all unallocated space. I want Disk 1 to be a mirror of Disk 0. When I right-click on Disk 0 and choose Add Mirror, it recognizes Disk 1 as the likely partner, warns me of the conversion to dynamic disks, and then...

Hello, I have encountered a problem on my (windows 10) PC which I am unable to fix and I need help. Below is what happened and what I have tried so far: It started when I opened multiple Twitch tabs on Chrome. My PC started freezing. After some seconds I entered the blue screen, saying to NOT...

Which tools can recover fragmented files from a partially overwritten NTFS partition? A friend of mine used a clone drive utility without knowing the implications. It looks like he selected the wrong target drive, and, more importantly, he did not unplug unused devices before using such a...

Hi there, my computer won’t turn on and I’d appreciate some help. My computer will not turn on outside of a black screen with “minimal BASH-like line editing supported.” I am not very technical, but I did as follows (per a YouTube video): grub> ls (hd0) (hd0,gpt4) (hd0,gpt3) (hd0,gpt2)...

Normal Win11 installation. Disk 0 256GB Partition 1 100MB EFI Partition 2 16MB MSR Partion 3 Windows C Partition 4 WinRec Diskpart > lis dis > sel dis 0 > lis par > sel par 4 > assign letter="n" Successfully assigns letter N, but does not unhide partition. How do I unhide the partition...

I am multibooting 3 drives (1 Win10 and 2 Win11) the boot manager on one win11 drive is selected in bios. It works but in addition to the named drives it also lists the three efi partitions which are unbootable -of course. I am not sure why they are there and they are a nuisance. How can I...

I have three drives two with win 11 and one with win 10. One of the drives is older and two are newer which were installed after the older drive. I cannot seem to change the bootmanager. Wwwindows was installed on each drive independently but when I put them together the boot manager on drive c...

In Linux GParted, I may remove or add partition flags on GPT disk. How do I manage all of the same flags in Windows? Low hanging fruit, I already have several softwares can change partition type ID, I am not asking about that. Please only reply if you have personally done it. Thanks.

I would like to install on disk 1. Disk 1 is emtpy, disk 0 has 3TB ExFat partition, disk 3 is the Windows installer. If I try to install Windows, it has error 0x80300024. BIOS boot order has Disk 1 on top. I have rebuilt the partition table of both disks. If I have disk 0 be empty, the it...

PA 10.2.1 is reported as having 2 viruses by Webroot. VirusTotal.com reports no virus, and Malwarebytes scan reports no virus as well. Why does Webroot report a virus?

Hello everyone, Lately while I was working on linux, I wanted to extend the linux partition and accidently the windows recovery tool partition got deleted. The windows were running normaly for 3 days and suddenly this morning something occured (picture below). So apparently, I can't run as you...

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a pretty serious problem and don't know how to fix it. Let's start with the steps: - This afternoon, I decided to upgrade my SSD that contains the file systems (from 250GB to 1TB). - I cloned my old drive to the new one and created a new partition (I had to, as I...