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So, when I ordered my computer I saw that I'd have 1TB of storage. I see that the default area where things are installed (C:\) only consists of 149 GB total, while the Data (D:\) drive has a total of 780 GB. I'd like to move some files over there, but I'm not sure what I should do. I would also...

Hi, I need some help with a few multi-boot questions. I know how to set up two versions of windows with a boot menu but there are a few technicalities I need to understand. To better explain here is what I need to end up with 1) A windows 7 partition encrypted with its own encryption key...

Hi, I'm currently using a Lenovo Y510P laptop, which I bought with an OEM installed, but I've removed it and clean installed Windows 10 with a recovery media I made with Microsoft's tool Anyways.. in the process, I've noticed my laptop has a lot of, probably some unneccesary partitions left by...

I had some problems from one of my programs and decided to reload the image I had saved two weeks ago. When I tried to load the image (I have windows 10) I was told that the image was stored in bios (I assume legacy) and my computer is UEIF bios and it will not load the image. What am I suppose...

Hi everyone, I wanted to do a clean install of Windows 10 from Windows 7 and created a usb drive for that. Since I wanted to do a clean install I backed up all my data. When I booted up from the usb drive everything goes fine. I can/could go to the setup menu and set everything up. I think I...

Hi I was trying to delete a 100 MB partition on my Hard drive when my dog bumped my arm and removed all partitions on my 1 TB drive. This held all my backups and files. I cannot see any way of reversing this situation and do not want to close Administrative tools as this will "set" the action...

Recently my computer decided to die and when i tried to fix it die even further, so I had to reinstall windows. I have a few issues now. First I can't get intel rapid storage technology to work, I downloaded the driver but it didn't install. Second my touchpad has no settings, i installed the...

Normally if a user accidentially deletes a file and want to recover it then he can take the following steps: Load one of the many "undelete" tools (like Recuva) and let it detect,analyze and copy the file to another partition. Now assume that the partition where the deleted files is stored has...

Hi guys, I am in dire need of some help/advice. My parents are on vacation and I thought I would finally upgrade my mother's PC. This PC was still running on Windows XP along with several old programs. Normally I would do a clean install, however she wanted to keep everything *sigh* So first...

Hi All, I have purchased a new laptop with Windows 10 already factory installed by manufacturer. It came with HDD drive which I would like to replace with SSD to run apps faster. I came to several sites where they explain how to do that with several steps. I am thinking of creating a bootable...

Considering the information below regarding the restrictions on a Fat32 partition. The question has arisen so a clarification regarding the wording of the files is necessary. So, suppose you have a parent folder which contains no files but many child folders, approx. 660. Each one of those...

I have removed all the partitions on my hard drive(which was probably stupid) so that i could start from scratch. The problem i have is that when i try and use the windows 7 installation disk i get a message saying that my hard drive needs a partition. I have a created a ntfs partition with...

I am trying to migrate Win 10 from a 1tb partition on internal drive C: to a 128gb internal SSD. I am using EaseUS Total Backup Ver. 8.2 to do this task. EaseUS suggests that you back up your documents, music, video, & pictures folders to a separate drive then erase all of the files in those...

Hello to all, I want to create a new partition out of my primary C drive but without having to format the disk. Is it possible to do so. This partition has a lot of space and therefore I want another partition, but without losing the content on C. I am using Windows 7 Home Edition

I did the windows 10 update Friday night and after completing the update I shut down the computer. When I turned it back on it went into a continual loop where the windows 10 symbol would display and the screen would flash on and off. I attemped all of the recovery options and used a recovery...

Is there a way NOT to enable + disable Pagefile.sys through Systems dialog but with a Registry key? When enabling from disbaled state it should take the previously (eventually in the past) set partition location and file size. If this is not possible then pagefile.sys should be set to "system...

Is hiberfil.sys always automatically on the same partition as pagefile.sys? If not: How can I tell Win 7 that it should be this way? Or alternatively: How can I tell Win 7 that hiberfil.sys should be on partition D: ? Peter

Some time ago I tried out the hidden folder tool Winmend Folder Hidden free available from here: Link Removed I uninstalled it later. Now I found out that this tool installed silently a strange empty folder in root directory of each partition: C:\Winmend~Folder~Hidden\...\...\cn\ Mind the...

I previously relocated my user profiles (and all corresponding files) to a separate partition under Windows 8 and would like to do the same with Windows 10. Can anyone confirm if the below method still works? I know there were many downsides an it was not supported by Microsoft - they...

I want to install windows 8.1 on a new SSD, but I want the SSD to MBR instead of GPT. Before installation I changed the disk to MBR using diskpart (through the shift+f10 cmd function) However windows automaticly changes the disk to GPT during installation. How can I install windows 8.1 using MBR?