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Windows 10 New 8TB Hard-drive only shows 1.99TB .
Morning all , I bought a new 8TB Hard-drive online , I installed Windows 10 on it and it's only showing 1.99TB on my computer . I thought windows only showed 3TB as the largest size , but the bloke in the local computer shop said windows 10 had solved that problem . (Meaning I wouldn't have to...- NettleWarbler
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- 8tb capacity issue computer shop data loss disk management disk space file system formatting gpt hard drive installation mbr partition software compatibility storage tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 10 windows issues
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Windows 7 Program exe stopped check online for solution.
I have hp laptop using windows 7 today i put external harddisk, and from that tym it is giving program exe has stopped check online for solution i have tried to format c and no difference but it has partition Sent from my Infinix X572 using Tapatalk- canary
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- error external drive formatting hp laptop infinix partition solutions system crash tech support windows 7
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Windows 7 Help with (re)-Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on Samsung SSD.
Ok, I have received at beat-down trying to install this ssd. Where I am at now. So, put in the ssd, but left my existing hard-drive in (wd caviar black 1TB) as I want to use the ssd for booting and the hdd for storage, etc. I did a clean install from my dvd of Windows 7. The problem I have now...- MickFig
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- 64-bit boot caviar black clean install computer issues error hdd installation partition repair samsung setup ssd storage tech support temporary files troubleshooting ultimate user help windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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booting to external drive
For years I’ve used Clonezilla on external drives to create and manipulate drive image backups like this: First, using Gparted I make two partitions on an external drive, first partition 300MB fat32 for Clonezilla live boot, and the balance ntsf partition to store the images. Next I use...- skrambam
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- backup boot clone diagnostics disk image external drive fat32 gparted ntfs partition restore tuxboot usb issues wd passport windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows vista windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 For Any Mozilla Thunderbird & Eternal Septembers Users From Sr. Citizen, Please
Hello, In my 80's now, so please bear with me a bit. Using Mozilla Thunderbird for eMails on my older pc running W7. Like it a lot, as do family members. Have just bought a new Apple iMac Have the following questions please, regarding transferring Folders and items from this W7 pc to the new...- Robert11
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- cloud storage cross-platform email client email transfer eternal september file transfer imac instructions migration older users partition software installation step by step tech support thunderbird usenet reader user guide windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Unallocated drive space - wont move into C: drive
I want to provide a lot of space for a Linux Mint distribution to run on the windows pc, having first set up a dual boot system. I had a D: drive with 800MB of space not being used. I deleted the D: drive and that space became "Unallocated". Following the instructions, I should be able to click...- davidlew
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- c drive d drive disk management disk space drive allocation dual boot file system installation linux installation linux mint partition reallocation storage unallocated virtual drive windows windows 10
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Windows 7 Windows 7 broken after Linux install.
Hi! I tried installing Debian 9 on my Windows 7 laptop this morning and have managed to break my Windows. I'd like to have it set up so I can choose which OS to boot from at start up. I used the Debian GNU installer to partition my hard drive and install. I am able to start Debian from GNU GRUB...- mooncake
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- bcd boot issues data recovery debian dual boot error codes file system grub installation linux os selection partition recovery disc repair system administration system repair tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Partition SSD to prevent win10 from using up all the space?
Alright I have a 60GB ssd on my desktop and I have noticed Windows is using up almost 60% of my disk space (according to WizTree). Windows is preventing me from deleting some junk (like unneeded upgrade files, OneNote, and even Visual Studio) so I currently have about 5GB of space left even...- whiteglint143
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- desktop disk space onenote partition ssd storage unneeded files upgrade files visual studio windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 How to check on which of these ubuntu is installed ?
I wanted to check on which of these partition Ubuntu is installed as I want to delete them from the disk management menu.(disk management pic is attached with this post)- Akash Anil
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- check installation delete partition disk management file system linux os management partition storage ubuntu windows tools
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Windows 10 Dual Boot Windows 10 and Windows 7: Tips for Partitioning a 600 GB Drive
I have a 600 GB hard drive and run Win 10 -clean install. I would like to use the Windows 7 the pc came with. Can I shrink the drive by 100GB and install Windows 7 on the new partition I would create without hurting Windows 10? I have never done this before so could use a few tips.- Peterr
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- clean install dual boot hard drive installation partition shrink drive tips user guide windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 1 physical C drive with 3 partitions. Can i secure erase partitions 1&2 but leave 3 untouched?
Say i have 1 physical C drive with 3 partitions: 1) System Reserved 2) Boot (Where Windows lives) 3) Lubuntu Then i have a bad BSOD! I boot, and on Grub i choose Lubuntu. Can i secure erase partitions 1&2 but leave 3 untouched? 3 is rescue & fix partition! If secure erase, wipes the whole...- ztplru
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- boot drive bsod c drive data recovery lubuntu partition rescue secure erase system reserved windows
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Windows 7 When you secure erase entire SSD; do you wipe out the whole drive or "System Reserved" is untouched?
When you secure erase entire SSD; do you wipe out the whole drive (all partitions); or "System Reserved" partition is untouched?- ztplru
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- data recovery data wiping disk cleanup drive health erase methods partition performance secure erase security ssd storage system reserved windows
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Windows 10 Can't reinstall Windows after using laptop as a Chromebook
I have an old laptop that I thought I'd try and speed up by using it as a Chromebook, however, I want to go back to Windows. I created a bootable USB Windows 10 drive and booted from that. I have run Win10 on this laptop before. When I try to install, there are now 27 partitions on the drive...- Kevin Heath
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- bootable usb chromebooks disk management error formatting hard drive installation issues old laptop partition recovery reinstall rescue storage system restore tech support tips troubleshooting windows 10 windows installation
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Windows 7 Create "System Reserved" partition on second D: drive.
Tried installing Lubuntu on my D: drive which contains only files, no OS! But when i selected this drive in the boot options got message "Bootmgr is missing". Lubuntu gives the option to select which partition should contain the "Bootmgr", and i selected the same partition for the OS to be...- ztplru
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- backup bootmgr d drive data recovery disk management dual boot file management gparted linux lubuntu os installation partition storage system reserved troubleshooting unallocated space windows
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Windows 7 Trivial question as i'm scared of partitioning D: drive.
I'm scared of partitioning D: drive to install Linux. My most important files are backed up in the cloud but have loads of stuff i don't want to loose. The process went fine for my C: drive which already had windows 7 in it. Should i expect a similar scenario for my D: drive?- ztplru
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- backup cloud backup d drive data loss data safety disk disk management dual boot file management home users installation linux installation partition storage system setup tech support user questions windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 2nd partition not showing in BIOS boot selection.
Hi, Have an Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT. I created another ntfs partition on my ssd C: drive. It is is to install Linux Lubuntu. My idea for a 2nd OS is purely for rescue purposes so i can access internet from lubuntu and try to fix windows or reinstall it without having a dedicated usb with...- ztplru
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- asus bios boot bootable computer diskpart dual boot linux lubuntu ntfs os installation p8z77v partition rescue ssd troubleshooting windows
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Win 10 restore from veeam bare metal image
Hi guys, My pc crashed, I've repaired win 10 but lost all programs and settings. I have a veeam bare metal image from 2 days ago, stored on a folder in another partition but have no idea how to restore system using this image. Some help please Cheers Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk- babuja
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- backup crash help image partition restore system restore veeam windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 10 Merging volumes to enlarge c: volume
My Toshiba has had windows 10 replacing win 7 And my C: volume is running out of space ie[39 gb ][only 3gb free] This is how I purchased it I have tried to add space from an f:volume in disk management with no result only 34 gb free space which I can not add to c: My system is left to right...- trombo
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- c volume disk management f volume free space merging volumes partition recovery space management storage issues system reserved tech support toshiba upgrade volume management windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 secondary hard drive
hey guys just purchased a Acer all in one running Windows 10. it's got a 120gb ssd and 1tb hard drive. now here's the problem I can't see the 1tb in my computer but I can see it in bios and device manager. how do I fix this so I can use the 1tb as storage? Thanks Sent from my SM-G930F...- slacky
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- 1tb acer all-in-one bios computer device manager disk management external drive hard drive partition ssd storage support forum tech support troubleshooting upgrade user guide windows 10
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Windows 7 Windows 7 not running after I tried installing Kali Linux for dual boot
Hey everyone, Please help me! I tried to install Kali Linux on my pendrive, but it was not complete due to some partition problem and I aborted the installation, after which my device restarted. But after the HP logo, the screen became black and unresponsive. I powered off by power button and...- Srijan Singh
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- boot issues data recovery diagnostics dual boot hard drive installation kali linux partition pxe error windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support