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How to get back partition created from C Drive to unallocated space?

Hi.. I recently bought a new laptop 500 GB hard drive, which had C:, Recovery (D: ), and HP Tools (E: ) drive. I thought of creating a sepreate drive to keep personal stuff like pics, songs, etc. I...

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Why Win 7 64bit has a limit of 192Gb RAM?

If a 64bit OS can use up to 8Tb, why is it that Win7 64bit can only use up to 192Gb and not 8Tb?

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How to fix current pending sectors on external drive?

HI One of my external drives (WD) appeared a warning in SMART status: C5 Current Pending Sector Count Current = 200 Worst = 200 Threshold = 0 Raw values = 1 If this is repairable problem, what is the...

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AHCI will not work - I have edited the registry as recommended

I Have tried changing the registry msahci 'Start' setting to zero and have extensively googled looking for an answer. Most just mention editing the registry. I set the Sata Mode to AHCI in my Gigabyte...

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Restoring a recovery partition

Ok, I have a Lenovo ideapad Z 575. and it was Hijacked. I attempted to just restore windows with lenovos "OneKey Recovery" but after that my computer was still infected. so I then backed up everything...

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Sata 2 HDD, smell like burned every time i put the power

anyone know, why it always happen? i need to move the file from my sata 2 HDD to my new pc, when i put the power to my HDD, it smells burn so bad. what is the possibilty of the smell?

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System Temperature 90+ !!!

Hi this is my brother PC the specs are: Intel E5300 CPU Intel DG31PR Mobo 2GB DDR2 DVD-RW 250GB HDD I installed SpeedFan and the System Temperature is 95c :eek: and AUX is 125c :eek: btw what is AUX? :o

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which cooler do i need for AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ ?

Hi all, me and a friend are assembling a computer for another friend, we do have a AMD's Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2,6 GHz Processor...

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Windows 7 not detecting display resolution

I have a Toshiba LED TV that I use as a secondary display. Up until today, it worked fine at 1920x1080. Now for some reason Windows is detecting it as a generic UPNP display and it it only let's me set...

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New OS SSD won't boot on its own, tried everything

Hi guys, first time in the forum, wish me luck! I have installed W7 on a new samsung SSD, but it will only boot if it's the secondary option next to my old system. If it's on its own, it gets stuck on...

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Intel SSDs - Configured for Intel CPUs or Excellent with AMDs too?

Hi all Yes, that's about it really... Advice in a previous thread (many thanks) has got me leaning towards Intel. So sorry for the silly question, but are they excellent with AMDs too? I have a X4 965...

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DvD drive (BD-ROM Drive (I:)) not reading disks

Hey there. Recently after receiving my computer after it being worked on a bit, my computer hasn't been reading Cds and DvDs. There hasn't been many things done to the computer after it being worked on...

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Windows Explorer doesn't recognize added Hard Drive

I recently attempted to add a hard drive to my Lenovo W520 laptop using a CD/DVD caddy accessory designed to hold a SATA hard drive. Windows recognized the new device and according to its messages,...

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Boot Ready CDs/DVDs won't boot even after they are boot ready!

The screen says: CD/DVD-ROM Boot Priority: Boot Ready But it goes to the regular boot screen. If it wasn't reading the disk, it wouldn't be saying Boot Ready. It is arranged to boot from the CD-ROM,...

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Swapping a board with a western digital my book essential 1tb

My WD book essential must have had a power surge and the board fried. It was less than a year old. The light turns on, but doesn't read. Best buy said they couldn't read it, and that it would cost...

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BIOS not seeing USBHDD anymore.

Hello. I'm not sure if I'm asking in the right place. If I'm not, I apologize. Here's the issue. I have an eMachines eM350 netbook that used to be able to boot from a flash drive, until now. I have a...

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Seagate HDD won't boot

Hi 7Forums, I probably already suspect the answer, but anyway's here goes. Recently my PC just randomly crashed and upon restart, would not barely get past POST screen and get stuck on "Detecting IDE...

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Acer crystal web cam application is not showing

*_Acer crystal web cam application is not showing_* Hi every one! Previously I was using Windows 7 Home Basic and at that time web cam application was showing. But now I formatted my laptop and...

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Maybe problem with sensor on mb ?

When I run some tools like HWInfo, Speccy, AIDA and etc... I got hight temps on motherboard and some others. While when I go into BIOS I got pretty good temps. Attachment 224453...

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Toshiba satellite a660 only 8gb ram????

I am looking at upgrading my toshiba satellite a660 the manual says only 8gb can be installed is this a main board issue or a bios issue or can I put in 16gb just curious

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