system files

If you find yourself stuck with the dreaded Windows upgrade error code 0x80070428 – 0x3001A, fret not! This error often rears its ugly head during the upgrade process to or from Windows 11. So, if your dream of a seamless operating system transition has turned into a nightmarish hassle, we’ve...

In a significant move to bolster the user experience for Windows 11, Microsoft has released a dynamic update aimed at improving the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). This update is now available for multiple versions of Windows 11 including the 21H2, 22H2, and 24H2 variants. For Windows...

Is your once-speedy PC now moving slower than a snail? Many Windows users share this frustrating experience. Fortunately, identifying the culprits behind your PC's sluggish performance is the first step to restoring its efficiency. This article explores ten common reasons for slow performance...

New member here, first post. Would like some help/advice with the above. The update downloads, and installs to the restart required. Restart first displays the "working on updates" blue-screen, but at 6% progress, commences to close and reboot. (Normally this reaches the 30% progress point??)...

I sometimes watch videos like deleting the program files folder, setting date to crazy big values and breaking win 11/10 every other possible way. In many cases modern windows starts slowly transforming into win 7/XP. Like alt-tab menu from XP, task manager from 7 and other weird things I wonder...

I've made a mistake on a cpu that has both windows 10 and 7 in different partitions. I was moving files between partitions and ended up moving windows operation system's files. Now I can't startup neither with windows 10 or 7 Is there a way to chose with windows to startup by using the dos system?

I cannot open PDF files in Foxit Reader because of apparently a problem with file ODBC32.dll in the Windows System folder, error 0xc000012f. I tried uninstalling and re-installing the program but the same result. I tried installing Adobe Acrobat Reader but it will not install. I thought I could...

Learn how to run a disk cleanup in Windows 10 including deleting temporary and system files to free up disk space. Continue reading...

I have all my files on an external disc, D. I only use C for system files. I have activated ”Säkerhetskopia” , I guess ”Backup” in English. Säkerhetskopia is ordered to backup on another external disc, G. The size of D is 377 GB. The size of the backup on G is 1,67 TB, and rapidly increasing...

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...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.572 (KB4579311) to the Beta and Release Preview Channels for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following fixes and improvements: We fixed an issue with a possible elevation of...

Just like in the title. I have my Windows 10 installed on the SSD, but when I unplug HDD I can't run the computer. On top of that, in the boot menu I need to have HDD as the first boot option, because if not, the system just doesn't find the OS. And yes, I can find the system files on my SSD.

-SP1 has no entries anywhere, so can't be uninstalled -can't reinstall SP1 again Can I just remove a file or a registry key to make it think i don't have it (so that it overwrites existing files)?

Much to my surprise I found some folders (e.g. D:\System Volume Information\{d8216247-eb56-11e9-87e1-005056c00008}{3809876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-05046e6cc752} ....and 7 more similar folders inside the "System Volume Information" folder on my partition D: This partition does not contain a running...

I don't usually mess with the registry but occasionally manually edit to make small changes. Anyhow, I was doing a search for a particular key and I came across what appears to be references to drives and folders/files that do not exist on my computer. There are a lot of them actually spread...

Failed boot 1: Boot normally. Failed boot 2: Boot normally. Failed boot 3: Automatic repair. Failed boot 4: Boot normally again? In which file does Windows store the information of what mode to boot into?

So I decided to do some cleaning in my PC. But one thing that has been bothering me a long time and was afraid to delete them, are some folders with long names containing random numbers and letters on my Local Disk. Examples: 0e42926df47d3dd246932dc8c69d1c 92b0cc202300988ef32292...

Can I delete Windows10Upgrade folder? I am looking for stuff to delete, so I can have more space. This folder is 3.26GB. I don't think it does anything other than taking space.

I cannot reset my computer as the attempt always fails. I believe I am missing some system files. The restore application also fails. Windows 10 was upgraded from Windows 8 via download. So I do not have the registration key or whatever. So what solutions are available before taking it in for...

After a refresh of Windows I cleaned the system files. Do I need to delete the Windows.old folder too?