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    Windows 10 Windows Boot Manager installed to other harddrive with windows on it.

    I am trying to figure out what happened to my system to prevent it from happening again, and how to fix it. I had an old hard drive that I got from my family member after I upgraded their hard drive to an SSD for more speed. My plan was to slave it to my computer and format the hard drive, using...
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    how to replace a failing disk in Hyperconverged Infrastructure node

    Hi, Just wondering what steps we could do to replace a failing hard drive in a HCI node. Can anybody help me with some instructions or point to somewhere i could find the answer ? HCI is made of three HPE DL380 servers and using Hyper V. The nodes dont have any tools installed to exactly find...
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    Windows 10 SATA WD SSD not showing up in windows explorer

    Hi, I've just bought a 2 TB WD Blue Solid State Drive for my Acer Windows 10 Pro 64-bit desktop PC. It shows up in disk management but not in windows explorer. Also, when I go to dotprompt/ diskpart/list volume it doesn't show up. All the advice seems to be about getting it to show up in disk...
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    Windows 10 Stoopid question about hard drives - how do I tell which is which?

    Dear Anyone. I know this is stoopid and I should know the answer, be kind! I've got 2 external hard drives attached to my Win10 machine. One's gone dodgy. I know PHYSICALLY which of the 2 it is, so I want to copy all the data from it to the other one BUT - I don't know how to tell which...
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    Windows 10 Safe to delete Apps.ppkg?

    The following's copied and pasted from Link Removed. ――――― 1. I must reduce HD disk space. How safe is deleting Apps.ppkg? Its size is 3.6 GB. I use Windows 10. I must double check because another program file usmt.ppkg MUST NOT be deleted. 2. I read this abstruse explanation of Apps.ppkg, but...
  6. Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements

    Windows Insiders, Today we’re releasing our first Insider build for Windows 11, and we’re looking forward to the insight that comes from you installing and using on a variety of your PCs. Last week’s introduction of Windows 11 signaled the first step on our journey to empower people with the...
  7. Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.1052 (21H1) to Beta & Release Preview Channels

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.1052 (KB5003637) to the Beta Channel & Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1. See our blog post here on preparing the Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1) for release. This security update includes quality...
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    Windows 10 Vdisk vs passthrough vs dedicated SSD for Windows 10 Gaming VM

    I've installed an extra 500GB SSD to my server that will only be used as the disc for a single VM; it won't be utilised for cache, appdata, or anything else. Is it better to set it up as a cache pool device and use it to store only one vdisk file? I'm hoping to receive the greatest possible...
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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...
  10. VIDEO SSDs Are Getting Expensive

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  11. Dell launches Precision 3450 Small Form Factor and Precision 3650 Tower workstations

    Dell has launched the brand-new Link Removed and Link Removed workstations to help creative users bring more of their big ideas and projects to life. Dell Precision 3450 tower workstation Dell Precision Workstations, which run on Windows 10, are built to handle editing, designing and CAD...
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    Windows 10 Too many smaller partitions, Which ones to get rid of?

    Hi, Can anyone explain why do I have several smaller partitions in my computer? I asked computer shop to add a new SSD and install operating system on it. When I came home I noticed there were multiple small partitions that are about 100mb. That Disk(G) that you see on the image is my...
  13. VIDEO His SSD is about to FAIL... Here is what you do NOW!

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    Hard drives

    I been in the market for new drives for my win10 system and I have always had WD blue drives but I been eyeing WD black drives. But the reviews of the reliability are mixed on amazon and best buy reviews. I have one older model of the WD black and I going to install it and test it with smart and...
  15. VIDEO How Much Longer Will Your SSD Last? How to Tell

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  16. VIDEO Two Drives Failed AT THE SAME TIME!

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  17. VIDEO Are Hard Drives Still Worth It?

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  18. Windows 10 windows cannot acces the specified device, path or file

    Hi After I run a c: drive cleaner when I turn on my pc a popup shows saying "windows cannot acces the specified device, path or file..." see screenshot. Please could you help? I am not allow to open any Ms application it shows that the c: drive is full and even I cleaned it it is still red
  19. Windows 10 Gmail Storage ?

    I want to free up storage space if I delete Updates, where LinkedIn emails come, and Promotions where you get emails from your banks. Most of the time these are useless emails. where you store your in All Mail [archived mail] will it be deleted ?
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    Windows 10 Folder on desktop duplicating files on desktop

    A strange folder appeared on my Windows 10 desktop. It is filled with the same folders and files filling my desktop. If I delete a folder or file within this unusual folder, the same folder or file is also deleted on my desktop. I suspect the desktop will be emptied of all files & folders if I...