storage

Hi, I have installed an SSD and want to use it for windows, current windows is running on an optical HD at this moment and was planning on leaving the optical as back up of things, but someone told me that wasn't so sure, but one could not just read, use or rescue documents inside win10 files in...

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...

Hi everyone, I have a question about Windows Storage Spaces and would really appreciate your insights. I'm interested in setting up a storage pool that combines both SSDs and HDDs to take advantage of the speed of SSDs and the capacity of HDDs. My goal is to create a Link Removed solution that...

Strange problem: I use micro SD cards to store music files I play through home audio systems. My PC has no SD card port so I use various USB adapters. These adapters - not the cards - are gradually stopping working in the PC although they all still work fine in the audio systems. I have one...

Hey everyone, I'm in the process of setting up a small-scale hosting environment for a few websites, and I could really use some guidance on selecting the right tower server for this purpose. I've been doing some research, but the sheer number of options out there is a bit overwhelming, and I...

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...

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...

hi, i have all my vm's on an external storage now, i have a new pc but i also need all my vm's so my idea is to connect the external storage to my new pc and get all vm's up an running is it possible? any idea?

Hi guys! I've bought the game-1 server of ovh, that you can see here. https://www.ovhcloud.com/it/bare-metal/game/game-1/ As storage, I'm using this configuration: 2× 500GB SSD NVMe Soft RAID The second hardisk, is the mirror of the first. But I'd like to use the second hardisk as free space of...

Hello Steam or I have messed up my SSD Drive. I have steam installed on 2 drives and after installing a new game, steam put it on the wrong drive somehow. After moving a folder using cut&paste suddenly i have no disc space left. The original Folder that was moved from C to C is gone, but i have...

Is this possible?

So basically I need to search my PC for videos taken (date created/date taken) in 2014 & 2015. I’ve uploaded all my phones videos throughout the years and I completely forgot where I stashed each years worth of videos. Is there a way to search (Local Disk C,D, etc..) for something like .MP4...

I have a Dell Optiplex 3020 PC with a 1TB SSD. I bought a Toshiba 1TB external HDD to back up my files and apps. I've never used a backup system before. I set up EaseUS Todo Backup Free to perform a backup of my files which total around 600GB. I noticed in File Explorer that my internal SSD...

I am trying to make a backup on a one-terabyte USB Drive. When I try to make a file history backup it will appear fine for about 5 minutes. Then it shows an error saying that a file on the drive is corrupted and cannot be read. After I got this message I checked the drive for corruption. I find...

Whilst attempting to install Windows 11 onto my new PC I am getting a message saying "We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver.". I am using an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x CPU with an ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II motherboard. The storage device is a Samsung 960 Pro...

on my hard drive, I have three JOB files that have long numerical sequences after them. Each takes up 64 gigabytes on my hard drive. how do I reclaim that space? I have consulted AI and got nothing useful.

I have an old portfolio management program on my PC. I have upgraded to a new PC and tried to migrate the program to the new PC using Easeus Todo. The program migrated OK but will not run on the new PC and I get an error message that " The registration has been tampered with. The serial number...

I keep deleting them but they keep coming back. any way to delete those "temp" folder in documents and C drive?

Hello, my goal is to replace all bytes on a disk with 0s with a single pass. I have done this many times, but yesterday, I read that I can do it faster with a larger block size 4096. My understanding is, if I use Diskpart or other terminal program to format the entire disk slowly, it will...