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Multiple EFI partitions on c drive
Hi All Been trying to do a dual boot with windows 11 & 10 on my c drive. It didnt work, windows 10 failing to create a boot setup and i`m left with lots of small 100MB partitions on my c drive. Any idea which i can remove, i`m trying to extend my C to use that unallocated 487gb of space. THanks...- paulr1
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- boot setup c drive disk management dual boot efi partition storage issues unallocated space windows 10 windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Need Help: Hard Drive Requesting Initialization in Disk Management During File Recovery
I'v been trying to recover files from this other hard drive , now when i click on disk management . It is showing as wanting initialising ( its usually not showing at all ) .- NettleWarbler
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- data recovery disk management file recovery hard drive initialization storage issues
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Delete write protection From USB file
I've been trying to remove File protection from a file from a USB and then delete it for a little while now I Tried. Removing disk attributes from the USB Starting up in SafeMode Delete The File From Command Prompt. Still Can Not Delete the File. If anyone knows how to help me out...- zyn
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- command prompt data recovery disk attributes file deletion file management microsoft support safe mode storage issues usb write protection
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 The SD card does not work in Windows 11.
As I have asked some other people, they have told me that I need to remove its allocation on disk manager and then reLink Removedallocate it for it to work. I have tried moving, copying, pasting, deleting, creating, or doing anything on my MicroSD card. Can anyone help me with this?- abdemiller23
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- allocation data recovery disk management external storage file system microsd sd card storage issues troubleshooting windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Blocked from transferring files.
I am trying to transfer about 7GB of data (photos) to an external hdd that holds 400GB. As per some instructions on the web I formatted the drive to NTFS and exFat nevertheless I still can't make this transfer.- Jeff2125
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- 400gb drive data transfer disk formatting exfat external drive file transfer ntfs photos storage issues transfer blocked
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Server 2016: Why the C drive of a server gets full while neither data nor heavy software are stored or installed in it,
Windows Server 2016: Why the C drive of a server gets full while neither data nor heavy software are stored or installed in it, I couldn’t figure out why the C drive of a server gets full while neither data nor heavy software are stored or installed in it as per the screenshots below- jamalnuman
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- c drive data management disk space file system performance resource monitor server management storage issues troubleshooting windows server
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Extent less than minimum error when formating unallocated drive space
After re-installing my OS I noticed that I had lost a massive amount space. It automatically set up a c drive with approximately 100 gigs of space and an additional d drive with only 9 or 10 gigs of space. I looked in the disk management settings console and noticed multiple entries with a disk...- shooterd
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- disk management format issues os reinstall partition partition size storage issues unallocated space virtual drive volume
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 im tired please help me(problem with my ssd)
So basically I think I ducked something up with my ssd. I basically dual booted ubuntu for a while and for some reason when I deleted ubuntu It fully deleted. Now I have 2 partitions on my D drive (1 which is windows 1 which was ubuntu) and the ubuntu one sometimes . I need to fully delete...- playerno3
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- data recovery disk issues disk management dual boot formatting partition ssd storage issues ubuntu windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 my WD external hard drive stopped showing on my laptop
after transferring a large no of files from this hard drive to another hard drive... after sometime i removed the drive and plugged in again... and then it appears like the photo i have uploaded.. please help..- HDvictor722
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- data transfer external drive file transfer hard drive laptop not recognized storage issues troubleshooting usb
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 seeing C: drive as too large
I am running a Dell XPS 8930 with 21H1 version of windows pro, 4mhz processor, 16 gig memory on an ethernet lan. I haven't noticed any problems with the system, but I entered the Settings - System - Storage window yesterday and it said that my C: drive was 1.6 TB. Now, while that sounds good...- schmieg
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- c drive dell disk management gigabyte partition size samsung 970 evo storage storage issues system issues version 21h1 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 recovery drive on usb is only 512MB
Hi, when I make a recovery drive on usb on my desktop it is 16GB in size. When I make a recovery drive on usb for a Lenovo laptop the drive is only 524MB in size. Both are for the same latest version of Windows 10 and I clicked copy system files in both cases. How would the Lenovo recovery of...- rob54321
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- backup file size hard drive lenovo storage issues system files usb windows 10 windows installation windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Nonexistant USB Drives
On My "This PC" page, I show 4 extra nonexistent USB drives. Little doubt they showed up when I used some thumb drives. In my PCs POST setup there are shown 4 extra drives, "General MassStorage Drive Class 2952", numbers 00 thru 03. I believe these point towards the same nonexistent drives...- voyager
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- device management hardware post setup storage storage issues system settings this pc troubleshooting usb drives windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Have I Killed my SSD?
Win 10 on my laptop. Yesterday I decide to go thru and delete files to recover space. When I got done, I ran a couple different disk cleanup programs. At this point my free space, instead of increasing, dropped from about forty something percent free space to a little over 2 GB free. What...- JerryC58
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- disk cleanup file deletion free space laptop performance recovery ssd storage issues troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Recover cleaned data from diskpart
Hello, I had windows7 in my laptop.I tried to install windows 10 with USB flash drive, When I selected drive to install windows it said windows can't be installed on this drive. Later I have deleted the partition 1 under disk 0,but still didn't give me a solution got the same error. Then I have...- suuresh
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- command prompt data loss data recovery diskpart format drive free space hard drive installation issues laptop issues lost data partition management recovery tools storage issues system restore tech support unallocated space usb windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 Boot Issue: SSD Shows as Unallocated Space - Possible Causes and Solutions
Hello everyone, I have a PC with Windows 10, from my sister, that her son somehow messed up, so it cannot boot anymore. It just boots into the BIOS, where I plays around with various options, but with no success. There are 2 HDs inside. A small 128 GB ssd where windows resides And a big 1 TB...- Loukan
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- bios boot issues data access data recovery disk issues disk management drive issues file recovery hard drive live usb partition pc repair ssd storage issues system restore tech support troubleshooting unallocated space windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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E Drive Suddenly Dissapeared
Hi, When I woke up this morning I turned on my computer and it had an error message, unfortunately I didn't look at this error message and continued to start up (computer updated, see attached for list of updates). When I loaded up I noticed many different programs weren't accessible anymore...- simanton
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- 2tb accessibility connection data recovery disappearing disk management drive recognition e drive hard drive hdd missing drive rescan disk storage issues system error system update tech support troubleshooting user request
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 smart phone, mobile network not available
My Sony Experia mobile does not work as it says "mobile network not available". It worked OK for the last 7 years, suddenly the phone says Mem.Error, delete some files from sd or internal storage.- nichos
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- android device issues mobile connectivity mobile data sd card smartphone storage storage issues tech support troubleshooting xperia
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 10 Trouble Locating Hidden HD Picture Files on External Docked Drive
I've put a HD in a dock to view the files, I'm looking for my pictures, but the picture folders show nothing, I know the pictures are there, the trouble is where, can anyone please help as by opening a folder only brings up sub-folders etc.- philcog
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- data retrieval external dock file access file recovery hd pictures microsoft support photo recovery storage issues subfolders
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 I have a problem with several partitions on my C: drive
I had a issues when I was downloading Windows 10 lot core to my raspberry pi 3 B+.I used a software called "Install Windows 10 Lot Core Dashboard" and it took part of my c: drive and made a UDF partition. I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to remove it. But now i am left with my C...- Randy2747
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- c drive dashboard disk management partition raspberry pi recovery storage issues tech support udf partition windows 10
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Slow writes to SSD
So here's the story: I have a 500GB 970 Evo Plus NVMe, about 40% full on the motherboard as a C:\ system drive. Works as quick as the board/CPU/RAM (ASUS 970 gaming aura, FX8350, 16GB) will let it. It's only PCIe 2. It's still quite quick. 1.4GB/s read, 1.1 write (seq) from Crystal Mark Also...- Keith W
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- bios components crucial crystal disk mark file transfer nvme paging performance samsung sata ssd storage storage issues system drive transfer speed troubleshooting windows 10 write speeds
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Hardware