I upgraded from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11 Pro on Dell XPS 8940 purchased 2 years ago. I upgraded a few months ago when Windows Update said my computer was ready. The upgrade went smoothly with no issues.
I frequently attach a USB external drive to the computer and back up large files to it...
Somebody recently posted about error codes that show in their Event Viewer. I've searched and can't find that post now. They wondered if they were the only ones seeing them. All I show in mine is Kernel PnP 219(212). I thinks it has to do with USB drivers. The remove hardware safely is showing...
I use a Goflex 2Tb external drive for daily backup. Unlike it's eSATA predecessors it doesn't have a power switch and Win 7 doesn't cut USB power upon safe removal.
There is no point in it being on all day, but to cut the power properly I have to unplug it from the back of the PC and that's a...
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To make a long story short, there are currently two windows (SP Pro) folders:
Windows and Windows_0. It seems that sombody installed Windowx XP Pro twice by a mistake Because of that, whenever I boot the computer, the following notice is seen on the screen:
Please select the operating...
All of a sudden my SRH icon stopped working. If I put the cursor over it, it says "Safe To Remove Hardware", but it never opens up. I have a internally connected multi-card-reader that should and did show up, but now doesn't (they show up under my computer).
When I shut down though, it does...
I use an Esata external drive which Win 7 has not difficulty mounting from the Express Card Adapter that plugs into the PCI port. When I click to remove the device or the adapter the "Safe to Remove Device" pops up but it immediately remounts after. Is there a solution to this or an HP driver...
Can I delete the windows.old files that were left when I installed Vista? They take up a lot of room and since they are all xp files and you can't access anything in them, I just thought it would be nice to get rid of them. We did a complete install to Vista from xp, not an upgrade, but it still...