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Learn how to enable CPU protection settings through Windows Power Options to reduce laptop overheating, extend CPU lifespan, and recommend the automatic optimization tool iSumsoft System Refixer for a cooler and more stable computer.
This article will give you details on how to give your old cell phone a second life as a webcam for your computer!
Learn how to detect signs of SSD failure early and avoid data loss. Includes SMART monitoring, benchmarks, and expert tools.
Discover how to automate your Windows 10/11 installation with "Autounattend.xml". Learn step-by-step how to create answer files, configure disk partitions, and streamline OOBE settings for an efficient unattended setup.
Windows 11/10 has a recovery mode (also known as Windows Recovery Environment or WinRE), which helps you troubleshoot, repair and restore the system. This page will show you how to get Windows 11 to boot into recovery mode.
You want to install Windows 11, but find that your PC doesn't support TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot? Don't be upset. This doesn't mean you have to give up installing Windows 11 or buy a new computer with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.
When you try to install a digitally unsigned driver in 64-bit edition of Windows, it will block the installation and alert you with one of the messages like
As Microsoft's own cloud storage service, OneDrive is set to start automatically when you sign in to Windows 10. This facilitates users to quickly sync files on their PC to the cloud. If you don't use OneDrive much and are tired of it automatically opening when you sign in to Windows 10, you can disable OneDrive on startup. This page will show you how to stop OneDrive from opening on startup in Window 10. There are five simple methods to choose from.
If you are looking to boost your PC's performance, and you want to upgrade to an SSD. Here are the steps to install a Solid-State Drive for an aged laptop without reinstalling Windows system.
TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is one of the lowest hardware requirements for install and run Windows 11. You may know that TPM isn't the must to install Windows 10, but TPM 2.0 is the minimum requirement to run Windows 11. This post will share 3 ways for you to check TPM version on your computer, come and take a look!
As the main hard disk partition of a computer, C drive is generally used for storing the operating system. So, it is the default local system boot disk. Meanwhile, C drive is the most widely used drive on a computer because the default storage location of almost all the programs is C drive. However, if the C drive is full, the computer will become slow and even collapse. Have you ever been prompted that not enough space on C drive? For this case, either you can clean C drive or extend C drive. In this article which is divided into 4 parts, you will learn how to shrink D drive and extend C drive in Windows 10锛?/p>
Are you upset about your Asus laptop running slow in Windows 10/11? You're not alone. Many users complain that their Asus laptop are running much slower than before and wonder how to speed up their laptop. Here this article will show you some common causes and 8 useful tips to make Asus laptop faster.
When working with a laptop, we tend to check the remaining battery capacity through the battery icon. Normally, the battery icon shows in the notification area on the right side of the taskbar. If you find that the battery icon is missing from taskbars in Windows 10, you can recover the battery icon by the following tutorial.
Occasionally, you need to boot your computer from a disc instead of your hard drive. For instance, for Windows installation, you have to first set your computer to boot from the installation CD/DVD. Following let's see how to boot a computer from CD or DVD.
For all sorts of reasons, you may need to force your computer to boot from a USB flash drive instead of starting normally. To achieve this, you have to change some settings in two or three seconds while booting up your computer. And it may have some differences in operating depending on different computer mainboard and brands. Following this article will set out the details of how to boot your computer from a USB drive.
My C drive (the drive on which I installed the Windows 10 OS) is getting full for no reason. I tried system file cleanup and emptying the Recycle Bin, but nothing changed. What should I do?
When installing Windows 7, it probably reminds you that no device drivers were found windows 7 installation. This is due to the original version of Windows 7 cannot be integrated into USB 3.0 driver, and now the computer motherboard is basically the XHCI master. So we need to add drivers to Windows 7 disc image. In this guide, we will tell you how to make device drivers can be detected when installing Windows 7.
Windows 10 syncs your OneDrive online with the OneDrive folder on your PC. By default, Windows stores your OneDrive folder in your account's %UserProfile% folder. In order to free up C drive space, you can change where files in this OneDrive folder are stored to another drive.
If you find that your hard drive is not working properly and your computer is running very slowly, or you suspect that there may be a problem with your hard drive, you can run the Windows Error Checker to check for errors. Checking the drive for errors can help resolve some performance issues. This article describes different ways to check and repair the hard drive error, as well as checking for file system errors and repairing corrupted sectors on Windows 10.
This guide describes a simple way to check, repair and remove bad sectors for the USB drive using Windows drive error checking tool. A bad sector is an area on a USB flash drive that cannot be accessed, written or read, and therefore cannot be used. There are two different types of bad sectors: hard and soft.
Memory problems can cause your computer to lose information or stop working. If your computer is unstable, there may be a problem with its RAM. This article describes how to use the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to check for computer's memory problems in Windows 10.
Hard drive is an important component of a computer, which even determines the performance of computer to a large extent. In general, there are two different types of hard drives: HDD and SSD. If you don't know what type of hard drive has been installed in your computer, you can check it directly in Windows without having to take the computer apart to see what's inside it. Now this post shows you three simple ways to check if your hard drive is SSD or HDD in Windows 10.
After laptop serve us for several years, you will find that the computer can be used for less time with each charge, which means that the battery health of your computers is slowly decreasing with increase of the use time. so how to check the battery health of our computer on Windows 10 or 11? Follow this post, no matter which brand your laptop is, (ASUS, Lenovo, HP, HUAWEI, etc. ) you can get the battery health condition easily in 3 ways and consider whether the battery of your laptop needs to be replaced.
If your C drive (C:) is almost full, how do you clean it up to free up disk space? Some people want to format the C drive to get rid of all unwanted files. But in reality, this is impossible. Windows 10 does not allow you to format the C drive because it contains the Windows operating system you are using. So, how do you effectively clean the C drive in Windows 10 without formatting? Now this post will give the most effective solutions.
I have a bootable USB with windows 10. How can I convert it to an ISO file? And I want to use the file for boot USB again with another format options in RUFUS. Thanks in advance
To utilize the hard disk space on your Windows 10 PC more efficiently, you can create new partitions. If virus or malware has ruined your hard drive, you can format the entire partition. For whatever reason you need to create and format a hard disk partition in Windows 10, following let's see how to perform this task.
To create a bootable USB drive for installing Windows 10, the preferred method is of course using the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool. But what if the Media Creation Tool doesn't work for you, or you don't like using it? Don't worry, you can also create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive from an ISO image file without using the Media Creation Tool.
Windows To Go is a built-in feature in Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education. It helps you create a Windows To Go workspace on a USB drive, so that you can boot and run a full version of Windows 10 directly on the USB drive. This article will show you step by step how to create a Windows To Go USB drive in Windows 10 Enterprise.
If you are looking for a free tool to create a Windows To Go USB drive, Rufus is definitely a good choice. This article will show you step by step how to create a Windows To Go USB drive using Rufus in Windows 10.
Windows To Go is a great invention of Microsoft. However, this feature is available only in Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise, Windows 10 Education and Windows 10 Enterprise. Moreover, due to many restrictions on use, Windows To Go is removed in Windows 10, version 2004 and later.
I saw a lot of posts about HDD password on the Internet, but after reading them, I had a vague idea of the HDD password. Well, if you also have such doubts, it doesn't matter, I am willing to take you to deeply understand about HDD password, including six questions.
GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit. As a piece of computer hardware, it is the brain of the graphics card that produces the image you see on a monitor. A graphics card is commonly used to drive high-quality gaming experiences, producing life-like digital graphics. What's more, this process can perform rapid mathematical computations, free up the processor for other tasks.
This guide describes how to enable or disable auto save screenshots to OneDrive for all users in Windows 10. If you capture a screenshot by pressing PrtScn, Alt+PrtScn, or Ctrl+PrtScn, you might be asked if you want to automatically save your screenshots to OneDrive( see in the picture). To stop this window prompting every time you print screen, you can turn on Auto Save screenshots to OneDrive feature.
Modern CPUs include hardware virtualization capabilities that help accelerate VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V, Windows Sandbox and other virtual machine applications.
Write protection (also known as read-only) can be used to ensure that data is not accidentally overwritten or deleted. It prevents files and folders from being changed. This article provides very simple ways to enable write protection for USB | Pen drive, as well as SD cards and other storage devices.
File History is a built-in Windows tool that allows you to back up files and folders to another drive and help you restore the data once the original one is removed or damaged. Many users appreciate it for saving the life of their files, while some users complain about File History not working at all because of the File History does not Recognize This Drive. If you also meet the same problem, here are 5 useful ways may get you out of it.
This is an instruction to find a serial number(S/N) of storage device including hard drive - HDD and SSD, as well as USB flash drive that is connected to a Windows PC. Product serial number is a unique identifier that allows us to look up information about your product and its warranty. Usually, the serial number is labeled on the drive's case. However, it is required that you disassemble your PC to see it. Here we will show how to look for the serial number with built-in Windows 10 tools.
I was using my laptop and it was working fine then I closed the lid for several minutes to do something and it went to sleep. When I opened it up the keyboard wouldn't work at all. I've tried all the buttons the only one that works is the Power button. Finally, I used the on-screen keyboard to log in. My laptop is a fairly new Acer Aspire laptop I don't understand why the keyboard suddenly won't work.
Are you facing the HP laptop slow startup problem? Does your HP laptop take a very long time (even up to 6 minutes) to start Windows 10 every time it is turned on? You're not alone. More than 100 users complained on the forum that they had the same problem.
You may encounter the M.2 SSD not showing up when installed on your motherboard. There are three common situations: M.2 SSD not showing up in BIOS; M.2 drive not showing up in Disk Management; M.2 not showing up in File Explorer. If you have encountered one of these situations, you can try the methods mentioned in this article to fix the M.2 SSD not showing up.
Your mouse works normally in the host, while it stops working in a virtual machine? There may be several issues which can cause your mouse not to work properly within virtual machine. This post shows a few tips which can help you get rid of this issue so you can use your mouse smoothly in a virtual machine.
When you plug a USB flash drive or other external hard drive into the computer and try to access data it, you may receive a notification prompting: USB Device not recognized. USB connection errors can occur for a variety of reasons, from outdated software and drivers to faulty hardware and device conflicts.
Built-in Microphone doesn't work in Windows 10? If your PC has no sound , follow this tutorial, it will show you exact solutions to help you fix this problem:
If you are annoying with Windows' On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) displaying every time you open the lock screen. Here is a guide on how to stop Touch Keyboard from automatically popping up in login screen.
When I try to format my USB drive in Windows Explorer by right-clicking on it and selecting Format, I get an error message that Windows cannot finish formatting. Do you know any other options that can help me format my USB drive?
Can't format a USB pen drive because it is write protected? When I try to format a flash drive, pen drive or SD card, get the disk is write protected error message? Don't worry! There is an easy way to remove the write protection and format the USB flash drive or Pen drive without any hassle.
Battery usage report will help you know more about the usage, health, and life estimates characteristics of your PC's battery over the lifetime of the system. Here will show you how to generate a laptop/tablet battery report for Windows 10 PC.
I restarted Windows 10 into safe mode by opening msconfig and then selecting Safe boot. I didn't know that PIN login is not available in safe mode and I am only allowed to use a password to log in. I forgot my password, so now I am stuck at safe mode login screen and unable to go back to normal mode. Is there any way to get Windows 10 out of safe mode without a password?
BIOS (Basic input output system), as an essential part of computer hardware, is responsible for the boot for OS and POST (Power On Self Test). The Secure Boot option is an important function in BIOS, it can prevent your computer from penetration by malware and viruses. However, it can bring better system performance and convenience for some geeks by disabling the Secure Boot option. This post will introduce something on Secure Boot option.
If you have some important and confidential files or materials on your computer, what is the option to avoid someone seeing and accessing the files or materials? It's a good idea to place all the important and confidential files and materials on a hard disk and then hide the entire disk partition. This way, the disk partition is invisible and will not appear in Windows File Explorer, so that others don't know the existence of the hard disk partition as well as the files on it. If you also think it a good idea, now follow this post to see how to hide and unhide a hard disk partition in Windows 10 File Explorer. Here are three ways for you.
By default, Windows Recovery Environment is preloaded into the Windows 10. If your computer is out of operation, you can restore the system without any files missing. Here provide three ways to access the Windows Recovery Environment in Windows 10.
You can easily access BIOS settings on classical PCs by pressing a BIOS entry key (F2, F10, Del, ESC) to interrupt the boot process. However, this doesn't work on Windows 10 and Windows 8.1/8 anymore, because they usually run on newer machines with UEFI BIOS and the boot process is too fast to interrupt. It confused many people how to access BIOS in Windows 10. Now here show several options to access UEFI BIOS on Windows 10 PC/laptop/tablet.
Booting a computer from a USB flash drive is the technology of starting some backup, restore or PE operating system etc. Most computers support USB flash drive startup, which can play a great role when system crash and rapid system installation. Similarly, boot virtual machine from USB flash drive is also allowed. This article tells you how to boot Windows from USB drive in VMware Workstation 15.
If you have a Windows ISO file, you usually need to burn it to a USB drive to make it bootable. Some people think that burning is simply copying an ISO file to a USB drive. However, it's not that simple and you can't do it without a special ISO burning tool. This page shows you two simple and completely free ways to burn an ISO file a USB drive in Windows 10/11.
After Windows system installation is complete, we usually assign letter for each hard disk partition. Occasionally you may want to change the drive letter for your local hard disk partition, removable USB flash drive, or CD-ROM. Now this post will show you how to change disk drive letter in Windows 10 with two different methods.
A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip refers to an independent processor and storage unit welded to the motherboard, which can store various encryption keys as well as characteristic data, and provide encryption and security authentication services for the computer. It is like a backstage role that effectively prevents data outflow of the computer.
A bootable USB drive can help you boot the computer from the system file on USB instead of your hard drive. With a bootable USB drive, you can install, repair, or run an operating system. If you have created a bootable USB drive, you may want to know if it is really bootable. Here this passage will show you how to check if a USB drive is bootable in Windows 10.
Are you ready to embark on a journey into the world of Linux Mint? Whether you're a seasoned Linux enthusiast or a curious newcomer seeking a reliable and user-friendly operating system, creating a bootable USB drive with Linux Mint is your first step towards a seamless and customizable computing experience. In this article, we will guide you through how to create a Linux Mint bootable USB drive.
Want to take Windows 10 with you, but don't want to take your computer? Thanks to USB technology, you don't have to. USB drives can run portable Windows. Just create a portable version of Windows 10 on a USB drive, then take the USB drive with you and you can use your Windows 10 wherever you go. This page shows you how to make portable Windows 10 on a USB drive.
This article will present you with a detailed tutorial on how to create a UEFI bootable USB drive on Windows 10.
If you use Windows 11, you can create a bootable Windows 11 USB flash drive in case of emergencies. A bootable Windows 11 USB flash drive serves many purposes, such as to install/reintall Windows 11, repair a PC that fails to boot Windows 11 properly, bypass forgotten Windows 11 password, and so on. This article shows you how to create a Windows 11 bootable USB flash drive. Prepare a USB flash drive with a capacity of at least 8GB, and let's get started.
When your computer fails to boot Windows 10 properly, you may need a WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) bootable disk to help you repair your Windows. A WinPE bootable disk has more uses, such as to deploy PCs, backup data, recover system files, manage disk partitions and etc. Now this page will show you two ways to create a WinPE bootable USB disk for Windows 10.
Recovery partition is a special partition on system hard drive and is used to restore the system to factory settings in the event of system issues. To protect recovery partition from being changed or deleted, recovery partition usually has no drive letter, and only a Help option is provided in Disk Management.
If you want to prevent others from copying important materials/files from your computer through USB storage devices, it's a good idea to disable the use of USB storage devices on your computer. To do this, you can simply restrict access to removable storage disks, or completely prevent removable storage devices from connecting to your computer through the USB port. Now, this post will show you the two options to disable the use of USB storage devices on Windows 10 computer.
When we use computers to play games or overclock our display cards, monitoring various data from our computers becomes crucial. This includes the temperature and usage of the CPU and graphics card, CPU frequency, cooling fan speed, memory usage, and frame rate. Professional computer testing software, like LuMaster, AIDA64, and CPU-Z, all equip functions like vital signs monitors in the medical field, constantly tracking the vital signs of the computer.
USB flash drives are a convenient way to store and transfer data. However, due to their portability and removability, they face security risks. Imagine if your USB flash drive is lost or falls into the wrong hands, is your data safe? The answer is predictable. So, that's where encryption becomes valuable.
When installing a system on our computer, we typically designate the C : drive as the system disk. The C : drive is crucial for our computer as it houses the operating system, virtual memory, and software cache. These components consume significant space on the C : drive. When the C : drive turns red, indicating it is running out of space, it can lead to problems such as computer stuttering, restarting, and blue screens.In our daily lives, we often need to download various software and files. By default, most software installs on the C : drive, which can quickly fill up and cause it to turn red, as shown in the image below. Windows will then warn you that the volume of your C : drive is running out of space. So, how can you fix this problem? Follow my tutorial to find out!
USB flash drives are often used for storage, data backup and transfer the files of computer. To protect files on your USB drive from prying eyes, you can use computer's files-hidden function. This article will show you how to hide files and folders on USB flash drive.
This article will show you how to install Windows 10 directly onto a USB external hard drive or flash drive. The installed Windows 10 is a full version of Windows 10 that can be started. When you boot from the USB drive on any computer, Windows 10 runs directly from the USB drive.
Are you trying to install Windows 11 on a new SSD without USB or DVD? If you follow the official method supported by Microsoft, it is not possible to reinstall Windows as you're required to create a bootable driver. However, if you prefer an alternative approach, the most common way is to migrate the installed Windows 11 to the new SSD, which doesn't need a flash driver.
In this article, we will show you how to install Windows 7 from a USB flash drive in VMware. Firstly, you have to ensure that your USB flash disk has unplugged and connected with the VMware. To do like this:
Nowadays, many people are used to having some private and sensitive videos stored in a USB flash drive, which can be a good way to greatly free up Computer and phone. However, unlike Computer and phone, there is no built-in option on USB drive to set entrance password. Therefore, it is a risk that anyone can easily access your USB and copy your personal videos. In this case, you may need to know how to lock and protect a video on a USB flash drive from being copied.
In file explorer, mapping folder to network drive can save you a lot of time and vigor, such as not having to look up it and type its network address every time. Here is going to map and disconnect network drive in Windows 10.
Numerous users seek to move Windows 11 to another drive for various reasons, such as enhancing performance, expanding storage capacity, prolonging the lifespan of the drive, or creating a dedicated data drive. This article is for you! It provides you with a comprehensive, step-by-step tutorial on how to effectively move Windows 11 to another drive, whether it is an SSD or HDD.
Defragmenting your computer's hard drive is a very important process that can improve the performance of your PC. Fortunately, Windows contains many tools to perform this important process. This tutorial will show you how to manually optimize and defrag your hard disk drive in Windows 10.
Since there is no built-in option to protect a folder with password on Windows, usually you may encrypt the whole hard drive with BitLocker to protect your folder. However, if you are using a shared hard drive, you may need to find a way to password protect your specific file instead of encrypting the entire hard drive using BitLocker. Here this article will show you 3 easy ways to password protect a specific folder on Windows 10.
If you have an external hard drive and usually use it to store important and confidential files, you should pay attention to the security of the drive. Due to the removability of external hard drives, an unprotected external drive can be accessed by anyone on any computer. This is a great potential threat to the security of the external drive as well as the data stored on it. So, is there a way to protect an external hard drive with password and prevent it from accessed by unauthorized users? The answer is Yes. Now this page will show you how to password protect an external hard drive on Windows 10. Three methods are available.
How to permanently delete files from USB flash drive? Many people would delete files from USB flash drive by the simple Delete option or format USB flash drive. But my question is: Can deleted files or formatted files be permanently deleted? Will these files be easily recovered by data recovery software? If they're recovered, it won't be perfect for me.
Once your computer was in the virus, or any other trouble you can't get into the system, maybe you should have to reinstall a system. This article will show you how to reinstall Windows 10 from USB or DVD:
By default, the hard disk drives on your computer use the same name 'Local Disk'. You use drive letters such as C, D, E, F, etc. to distinguish different hard disk drives. Occasionally, you may want to change the name of the hard disk drive for easier identification. Here in this post, we will show you how to rename hard drive in Windows 10. There are three available ways.
BIOS or UEFI passwords are stored at the hardware level. If you forget your BIOS or UEFI password, you may not be able to operate your computer or change BIOS settings until you clear the forgotten password. If you wish to recover, reset, or remove a lost or forgotten BIOS from your Dell computer, you have the following options:
When you face some synchronization issues, for example, when it is stuck and doesn't sync a folder or file. Reset OneDrive sync can help fix this problem. This tutorial will show you how to reset OneDrive sync for your account in Windows 10.
Want to reset BIOS password or remove the forgotten BIOS password on HP? Resetting the BIOS settings is a good way to solve these problems. In this guide, we will show you how to reset all BIOS settings (including the BIOS admin/user password) and remove the forggten BIOS password.
Can I run Windows 10 from a USB stick? Yes, you can. This article will show you how to do it effortlessly. You first need to install a full version of Windows 10 onto your USB drive, then you can run Windows 10 directly from the USB drive without installing it again. Please follow the steps below.
Setting a Windows 8 password, you can prevent others from logging into your operating system. It's the lowest level of way to secure your computer. To further secure your computer, you can set a BIOS password to prevent others from booting the operating system installed on your computer. Here let's see how to set BIOS password on Windows 8.
If you are using an Acer laptop and experience slow performance, this is due to a variety of different reasons, most of which you can fix yourself without taking the computer into a service center. In this guide, we will explain to you some of the important factors that cause this problem, and you need to make the appropriate changes to get the best speed on your Acer laptop and make it run faster.
I have a 3-year-old Windows 10 HP Pavilion laptop, which is very slow and often takes a long time to respond. Is there any way to speed it up?
Windows PCs should shut down fairly quickly unless there's a problem causing a shutdown delay. When you find your computer takes longer to shut down than it usually takes, you may want to make it shutdown faster. This article describes serval ways to speed up Windows 10 shutdown.
My C drive, the system drive, is out of space and I want to upgrade my laptop to a larger SSD instead of reinstalling my operating system. How can I transfer my C drive to a new SSD in Windows 11
With the growing popularity of solid-state drive (SSD) technology, transferring data between SSDs is becoming an increasingly common task for users. SSDs offer faster data transfer speeds and improved performance compared to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), making them ideal for various applications such as gaming, video editing, and software development.
When you connect any new hardware device to the computer, by default, the Windows system will automatically try to install or update the relevant driver for the device. Most of the time, this is useful and brings convenience to the user. However, some new versions of drivers may be incompatible with the operating system and affect Windows performance. Hence, you can manually turn off automatic driver updates feature. Now, this post will show you how to turn off automatic driver updates in Windows 10. Three ways are described below.
My cat sat on my laptop keyboard when I wasn't looking. Now that I turned on the laptop, I cannot type the password to login to Windows 10, but I can move the mouse cursor and click. The keyboard is currently not working. How can I unlock my laptop when the keyboard is not working?
Updating BIOS help resolve bugs, fix hardware issues, update security patches and improve system stability. Depending on the manufacturer, there are several ways to update the BIOS in Windows 10: Using a bootable USB drive, BIOS Installer, or WinFlash. OEM manufacturers such as Lenovo, HP, Dell, Asus, and Acer have utilities that can help you easily update BIOS, firmware, and drivers. Search for your computer model and download the BIOS upgrade app from the official website. This is the safest way to update the BIOS.
The unallocated space is part of the USB drive memory that becomes inaccessible and useless. If you find that unallocated disk space occupies a large portion of the USB drive space, you can use one of the following methods to effectively utilize this unallocated space on a USB drive.
Remote Desktop allows you to manage computers, interact with users, distribute software, create software and hardware reports, and administer several computers at once, all from a single computer. Using virtual machines over Remote Desktop Connection ( RDC ) instead of virtual connection makes them work faster and integrates them better to host system. This post describes 2 options to use virtual machines remotely.
Keyboard shortcuts are keys or key combinations you can press on your computer's keyboard to perform a variety of tasks. It saves time by providing quick access to certain computer features. This guide will show you how to use Win+X keyboard shortcuts to help save time and get the most out of Windows program on WinX Quick Link menu.
This article shows you how to make a bootable Windows 10 external hard drive just in case. When the computer around you fails to work or doesn't have the Windows system you want, you can just boot from the external hard drive to run your own Windows.
C drive is what we usually call system drive in Windows. If the capacity of the C drive is not big enough or the C drive is running out of free space, you may want to merge the D drive to the C drive to extend the C drive. However, it's essential to note that merging two partitions can cause data loss. So how to avoid data loss when merging C drive and D drive? Now this post will show you how to merge C drive and D drive in Windows 10 without data loss
Windows 11 is running much slower with data increased? This issue usually happens when your Windows 11 is installed in a HHD (hard drive) with little space left. One of the effective ways to improve the OS performance is to migrate your Windows 11 system from HHD to m.2 SSD. Here this article will show you why you need to move Windows OS to m.2 SSD and how to migrate windows 11 to new m.2 SSD without reinstalling and losing data.
If you have a shared or public computer that several people use, you may be worried about your important data being viewed, tampered with, or deleted. To dispel such concern, it's a good idea to prevent access to certain drives from This PC.
When using your desktop or laptop computer, if you need to temporarily walk away from your computer, you would put the computer to sleep instead of completely shutting it down. Once the computer goes to the Sleep mode, it turns off the display, keeps your data, and makes lower power usage.
Want to know the number of CPU cores and processors in your PC? You can use the Task Manager or System Information tool on Windows 10 to find out how many cores your processor has. But how many cores do you really need? It depends on what you are doing. If you are doing a lot of video editing or gaming, you need four or more CPU cores. Beyond that, you will start experiencing diminishing returns.
C drive is one of the main partitions of the computer hard drive, which is generally used for storing or installing the system. As the default local system boot hard disk, C drive is mainly composed of system folders such as Documents and Settings, Windows, Program Files, etc. The Program Files folder is generally the default location for installing software, and there are innumerable temporary files on C drive. So, it will usually lead to a full C drive situation which will slow your computer. Worry not, you can solve it through cleaning C drive or add D drive space to C drive. Besides, Windows offers some other functions to fix this problem, such as compress C drive to save disk space and Compact OS (operating system). But many users worry about that Compact OS and Compress this drive to save disk space good or bad. This article tells you what they are, are they worth doing, and how to do them.
Hidden files are often very important files and being hidden from view makes them harder to change or delete. Sometimes, you might want to show hidden files and folders in your searches and folder views, this post shows the easiest ways to view the hidden files and folders for USB flash drive.
Some users have found that internal hard drives have disappeared after updating the Windows 10 version or upgrading the system to Windows 11 as the hard drive doesn't show up in File Explorer. So why is his happening? This article will illustrate to you how to fix the problem that the hard drive disappeared in Windows 10/11 after updating.
Mouse and keyboard not working after installing drivers or software, or reinstalling the system? The most common causes are incompatible drivers or software, driver conflicts or installation errors. This post will show you an effective and quick way to solve mouse and keyboard not working in Windows 10.
Are you facing an issue where one of your hard drives, such as an SSD, is not showing up in File Explorer after upgrading to Windows 11? Have you recently added an SSD to your computer, but Windows 11 cannot detect the new drive? Regardless of the cause, this article will provide you with solutions to resolve the issue of an SSD not showing up in Windows 11.
A battery is an important hardware component that supplies power to your laptop. It's necessary to always take good care of your laptop battery so that it can better work for you.
Cannot access, change, save, or delete file and folder? This guide describes how to assign ownership of a file, folder or drive and grant full permissions to your account in Windows 10. This can help you fix Access denied to files and folders problem.
The disk is write-protected message popped up when I attempted to copy a Word document into my USB drive. Besides, when I tried to delete some files and folders in the USB drive, the warning came up again. How do I adjust my USB drive for normal use? Please help me. Thanks a million.
You want to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, but your computer is detected without TPM 2.0? Don't worry. In fact, there are some reliable ways and tools to bypass the Windows 11's TPM 2.0 requirements. In this article, we will show you three simple and effective ways to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 without TPM 2.0.
Windows 11 offical requires TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0, and it is one of the lowest hardware requirements for install and run Windows 11. If your computer does not have TPM 2.0 available, then how to open it? This post will provide serval ways to open or bypass TPM 2.0 (suitable for ASUA, GIGABYTE, MSI, ASROCK mainboard), if you have any problems on this field, follow this post and take a look!
Computers have become an integral part of our daily lives, thereinto, laptops are favored by many IT guys for their excellent performance and compact size, making them an essential tool for programming work. However, laptops contain many delicate electronic components, so it's also very important to protect and maintain our laptop during everyday use. But for a computer novice user, how should one go about maintaining their laptop? This post gonna show you some tips about laptop maintenance, both hardware and software. Let's take a look at what you need to pay attention to when using your laptop.
A bootable USB is a media that contains system or system files and allows you to boot operating system from USB. With a bootable USB, you can upgrade Windows, reinstall Windows and repair Windows when it is stuck or even dead. However, it is disturbing when you have created a bootable USB, but you cannot boot Windows from USB drive. You may wonder why it happens and how to fix it. Here we will show the causes and some ways to fix Windows 10 bootable USB not working.
When installing Windows 10, you may get such a notice: We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver. This article is about to tell you how to add drivers to Windows 10 ISO file when Windows 10 installation can't detect hard drive.
I can log in to Windows 10 with my Microsoft account and everything is fine. But when I restart Windows 10 into safe mode, it does not accept my password. Controlled a few times, but the password is still not working. Windows 10 normal mode accepts this password, but safe mode does not. So, what maybe the problem? Please help!
Updating Windows 10 to the latest version helps keep your computer running smoothly and securely, but sometimes the update can also cause unexpected minor problems or bugs. Some users reported that Windows 10 boot slow after the latest update. In fact, it is probably because some settings of the system have been changed during the update process, thus affecting the boot speed. So, how do you fix the problem of slow boot after Windows 10 update? Continue reading this page and you will find a right solution.
Creating a system image in Windows 11 can be a good idea if you tend to have a backup of your entire system, including your operating system, programs, personalized settings, and personal files. This can be helpful amid a system failure, malware infection, or other issues that may require you to restore your system to a previous state. Now, let's start learning to create a system image!
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