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  1. Costa24

    Solved My external drive isn't working in Windows 11

    Hello everyone! My external hard drive has stopped working. The disc is no longer readable. When I connect the drive to my computer, the system asks me to format it. It's an HHD drive that was in FAT format, but now appears as RAW in the disc manager. I have important files on the drive. Can...
    • Costa24
    • Thread
    • external drive fat hdd raw windows 11
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows 11
  2. Gilsa

    M2 slot 2 and hdd not working on new motherboard

    I recenly bought an msi mpg b550 gaming plus, to pair it with a ryzen 7 5800x. Also bought a new psu, the msi mag 750w. For some reason when I placed my m2 ssd on slot 1, the one with the lightining gen 2, the pc didnt get any image. But when I plugged it on slot 2, the pc works normally. Also...
  3. D

    Solved Bugcheck, Monitor disconnects, PC restarts…WHY

    Hi everyone. I’m in need of some advice, and thanks in advance for helping. -So I have an SSD with OS plus HDD for storage. My HDD turns off if not in use for some time to save lifespan. It starts up again every now and then OR when in use. When it starts up again, the screen freezes which...
    • Deleted member 7932
    • Thread
    • bugchecker connection hdd monitor
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Internal Hardware
  4. B

    Solved Multiboot issue

    Hello, I have two HDDs in my computer, old Seagate with bad sectors and new Toshiba. Each disk contains Windows XP operating system. When I remove the Seagate hardware, my computer cannot boot into Windows on the Toshiba HDD. I tried the fixboot c: and fixmbr commands from the Windows CD, but...
    • bbdra
    • Thread
    • boot hdd windows xp
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows XP
  5. A

    Solved Do I need an OS

    I was recently gifted 75% of a gaming PC (everything except for the SSD and the GPU). I am in the process of ordering the GPU and SSD and it just now hit me that the OS is usually saved on the hard drive. Since the person took the SSD with him to his new build am I going to have to purchase and...
    • Axel Maxwell
    • Thread
    • #gpu hdd help me please help on building pc help requested operatingsystem please help please lord help me ssd windows
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Gaming Support
  6. Youcef Guenaoua

    My PC reports a wrong usage value in one of my drives

    Hello. My non-system "D:\" drive's total capacity is approximately 683 GB, of which 655 GB I'm actually using. Yet, the OS shows that there's no more than 20 GB is left unused as shown in the picture. Furthermore, after I ran chkdsk and TreeSize scan, I found that there's no hidden files nor...
  7. F

    PC slowdown, sort of

    Hi guys, been experiencing a type of slowdown when using my PC in the last 2 days. Looking for some input before I jump the gun and purchase a new rig. -Specs- (Attached a DXDIAG if interested) A pre-built tower purchased in 2013 from Newegg (...
  8. P

    Laptop pops up "no bootable device please insert boot disk"

    Its a Toshiba Satellite laptop, when turned on it pops up the message saying "no bootable device please insert disk", i went into the bios and its detecting the hdd, but keeps getting that message, the laptop had a fall some time ago so i thought it could have damaged something, so i opened the...
    • Pcgamerrtx
    • Thread
    • hard disk hard drive harddrive hdd hdd error hdd not detected hdd problems toshiba
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Laptop Support
  9. Salim Gdoura

    Laptop won't power on after hdd upgrade!

    Hi i have a lenovo ideapad gaming 3 15ARH05 and i recently wanted to add an additional 1To of HDD to my 500Go ssd. I followed a video on youtube but to my surprise the pc didn't even power on but whenever i remove the hdd it turns on as usual. Pls help im kinda stressed out 😥
  10. S

    Boot Failure Error Code: 0xc0000001

    Whenever I try to boot Windows 10 from my SSD, I get a blue screen with the error code 0xc0000001. I've tried all of the troubleshoot options on the screen, but nothing has helped, and I can't boot in safe mode. I can, however, use command prompt. The Windows 10 installation on my old HDD still...
  11. K

    Solved My Desktop PC is making weird clicking sounds, what could be the cause?

    This is the link to the weird sound my PC is making: This occurs most often after starting the PC back up from energy saving mode, but (rarely) also happens randomly or after normal booting. It seems to be happening more and more frequently. Sometimes, it just goes away by itsself but most of...
  12. Brandon Byrnes

    How to get Seagate Exos Enterprise HDD to Be Detected By Windows?

    I am going to be purchasing a Seagate Exos Enterprise HDD. Seagate mentions that you have to do something with the power supply in order for the HDD to be detected by Windows. Does anyone know what that implies? I also saw something in the reviews about altering the power supply cable but the...
  13. cynana10

    Solved How to get to previous system?

    I wanted to updgrade old pc with ssd. It is dell optiplex 760 intel core duo 2x2gb ram windows 7 I cleard the drive wich gave no effect. I cloned the system to the new plugged ssd for which I bought sata power y plitter. Now hdd and ssd are pugged and ssd also is using sata cable form the...
    • cynana10
    • Thread
    • confiiguring windows update hdd ssd windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows 7
  14. spamcan

    Solved SSD upgrade from HDD - migration

    So recently I decided to upgrade my HDD(1tb) to an m.2 SSD(1tb). The trouble I'm having is deciding how to utilize it. Do I migrate all of my existing files on my HDD to my SSD...or do I utilize it to open certain games or files. Please let me know what you did when upgrading your HDD to an SSD...
  15. T

    After Windows Shutdown HDD turned off but Motherboard and Fans are still running

    Dear IT Experts, I hope there is someone out there who can help me. A relative got a HP Pavillion p6-2027 with HDD which was very slow. I offered her to make the PC faster and installed an SSD (Samsung 860 Evo 250GB) with Windows 10 64-Bit. After the installation was done I encountered...
    • TobiasFr
    • Thread
    • fan hdd running shutdown ssd windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows 10
  16. M

    Solved Replacing semi-faulty hard drive, need some advice.

    My hard drive has been making my computer freeze up and/or crash. I ordered a new hard drive, and was just wondering how I would have to configure it after I install it. My OS and apps are on my SSD, but most of my files and games are on my faulty HDD. I have an adapter that allows me to use an...
  17. T

    "missing operating system" after swapping a secondary HDD

    i have an ssd with win 10 and all my installed programs. i also have 2 hdd's with other files on them. i bought a new hdd, swapped it for one of the old ones, and windows gave me a blue screen. when it rebooted, it just says "missing operating system" even though the OS isn't installed on the...
  18. Jakeandacamera

    Unpartitioned New 3TB HDD (Please Help!)

    Hey there, I recently built my first PC and everything went pretty well! However, when I plugged in my 3TB HDD it was split into two, a 2tb section and a 1tb section. The 2TB allocated just fine, but after watching lots of videos and trying to follow along with other forums I can't get the...
  19. F

    help with BSOD (HDD failure)

    Hi, please, i need you help. ive recently get BSOD with: PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA. with NTFS.sys fault. so what i did was remove and put back rams, but find out, that the problem was in my HDD. i wanted to reinstal OS via USB, but only what i get was bootloop with BSOD with no possibility...
  20. danielelii

    SSD and HDD space optimization

    I as a music producer recently switched to PC from Mac. And I am wondering if it's possible to install Windows 10 on my SSD and my programs, plugins, music packs and such on my HDD. Since my SSD is only 250GB and my HDD is 1TB, I want to store most of my music stuff on the HDD, so that it...
    • danielelii
    • Thread
    • hdd help music optimize pc help ssd storage windows windows 10
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Software Support
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