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Hi, to explain as concise as possible. I am running out of C: drive/boot drive (256GB) space. I want to buy an ssd that is much larger and clone the C: drive to it, it contains my OS and loads of other things I don't want to tamper with, as well as personal documents etc. Is this possible? Is there anywhere, where I can follow a step-by-step guide? Would I need to manually set this new SSD to be THE Boot drive after cloning? I don't want to reinstall the OS or any other programs if possible. I play a lot of games on my PC and I've had this rig since 2016 and it has gone through multiple upgrades in the same tower to the point that only the C: drive is the only Original part. I'm not a PC wizz although I've probably had more time working with my computer and building it than the average person. I have this feeling that all my data is interlinked across all the drives. I never install games on the C: drive, but programs like Steam, EA, Riot Games, etc. have made their own paths on the C:. I also have like peripheral software on it as well like LGhub, Corsair ICUE, Bitdefender, etc. Please explain like I'm 5, I appreciate all the help and advice, thanks for your time. OS version: Windows 10 Home x64 10.0.19045 Build 19045 BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 2403 Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X RAM : 32GB 3600MHz GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070 PSU: EVGA 750W bronze Please let me know if you need more information
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Instead of having to constantly reboot your machine(if you are doing a dualboot and more stuff) why not just run the two OSes at the same time? In theory it does not sound complicated you just have to "virtualize/schedule the resources" for each OS so they don't clash. What is stopping this from being possible? And in terms of switching the OS it should be a simple thing like having a active OS changer like a bootloader but a menu for you to change your OS without having to restart etc. something like "Alt-tabbing" if that makes sense. Essentially all the hardware is running on the "Active bootloader" and it divides up and schedules the resources evenly or depending on the user preferences. This is not exactly virtualization since that would be a big performance hit but it's more like a scheduler/bootloader in a way. Sorry if this explanation is not so clear since its just an idea... P.S: this sounds like a VM but without all the hassle and performance loss and more. So it's basically or sorta trying to replace the concept of virtualization entirely. P.S.S: This is more like contanierzation like docker and a virtualization hybrid but in a more seamless way, almost like switching apps... P.S.S.S: This would also be easier to do if both OSes could support the same drivers to prevent rebooting of the machine. From a security standpoint sandboxing is also essential here to prevent cross OS-malware-attacks.
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So I recently got a ssd, and installed it in my laptop, the ssd is 512gb and i have a hdd which has my os and all of my files 1tb in size, what I wan't to do is shift my os from my hdd to my ssd, could anyone suggest a way or a method to do so? I hope it doesn't include any paid software
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Hello everyone, I'm brand new to building a DIY NAS and I'm unsure which OS is best for my needs. That's why I'm asking you. I have an old spare PC and I want to use it to stream media on my own network. Currently, I have a 2TB HDD and a 120GB SSD boot drive installed. In the future, I'd like to add 4x 8TB drives so I can stream movies, series, and music. To keep electricity costs down, I want to shut down my NAS when it's not in use. I'll need Plex for streaming since I use a Samsung TV. Which OS should I use for this purpose?
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I have a small 500gb SSD as my main storage for my operating system and programs but it's starting to get full with programs and updates. I would like to get a larger storage device and maybe go to a m.2 drive and transfer my OS to it. Anyone ever done this and do they know how to as it would be good to be able to upgrade space and still use my SSD as a game storage device.
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I bought an official copy of Windows 7 in 2009, and I took the free upgrade to Windows 10 in 2016. When I built a new PC in 2017 I was still able to use my Windows 7 key to activate a clean install of Windows 10 on that, and last year I took the free upgrade from Windows 10 to 11. I did a clean install from a USB drive and it activated without me even needing to type in a product key because it recognised the hardware, even though I had changed several parts since I built the PC. It was even still working since I upgraded my GPU to a 7800XT in January. However, I was having persistent problems with my motherboard recognising the new card at boot time, so I ended up re-flashing the BIOS (same version) to see if that would help, and it did. The thing posts successfully every time now. Yay. Except that apparently was enough to qualify as a hardware change, and I came home yesterday to find I had the dreaded "Activate Windows" watermark and limited features. Long story short, after trying all the usual stuff I called Microsoft to try and get them to activate it and they informed me that the Windows 7 "loophole" was finally closed last year and I'd have to buy a new license as mine will not cover any more hardware changes. I haven't personally tried installing Windows 7 and seeing if it's still possible to do the upgrade path that way, but from what I've seen online, that won't work either. Just wanted to share in case other people missed the news like I had. Well, I have an AMD GPU now so t might finally be time to main Linux on my desktop.
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My pc is struggling to run games like fortnite at 144 fps. I also have a lot of input delay. Is it worth it to get a custom OS like atlas OS?
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So I was looking for the best Desktop Environment for gaming and came across two different windowing systems. Which would be better performance wise and stability wise? I am gonna be gaming on it so I would appreciate if there is minimal screen tearing. Also what is the compositor? Should I disable it?
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Hello, I'm trying to install windows 10 to my old pc, but I'm stuck at the "loading" screen right after choosing whether I want to install windows 64 bit or 32. I tried running Linus Mint from my USB and it worked, but I hadn't tried installing it to the pc itself to see if the same thing happens, but yeah. I updated the bios, took the cmos battery out then back in. I'm quite lost actually. I haven't tried reseating hardware yet, but do let me know if I should do so and any other steps that may be relevant. Advance thanks to any helpers. Specs is i5 7500 gtx 1060 b250 pro4 Using old hdds for this build from 2016 and older, that actually do work and that's all that should matter?
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I'm trying to install windows 10 to an old pc I had from 2016, specs being i5-7400 and a gtx 1060ti. The old ssd died and now I'm trying to install the OS on an HDD (we're tryna cheap out) from a USB, but as seen in the photo it's stuck there for a while now. It's the very beginning, right after choosing whether the 32 or 64 bit. Is it just taking long? This is like the very beginning, no text has been seen
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So I was trying to organize my contact by making "group or list" then I realized that my contact stored in different email. iCloud, gmail and all gmail. I try to sync but it does nothing and when I am trying to delete a synced email it warned me that the contact also deleted. Is there anyway to merge everything into iCloud?
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The problem: After I used GParted to format my drive, suddenly nothing wants to boot. The BIOS key doesn’t seem to work, only the BIOS POST key (so the keyboard works, and it does respond to the input), but that only gets to listing the specs. I have already tried removing the CMOS battery, unplugging the drives, only leaving a USB drive with SystemRescue on it, but nothing boots. Also, when I just leave it to boot, it just stalls on the ASUS logo forever. Specs: Motherboard: Asus P8B-C/4L REV 2.0 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2 3.4GHz RAM: 2x Hynix 8GB DDR3 1600MHz UDIMM ECC PSU: Chieftec Smart 400W Storage: 4x WD RED 2TB 1x Crucial MX500 250GB
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Apparantly i cant just put my m.2 ssd (contains the os and everything i need) from one pc to another brand new pc, what am i supposed to do? i heard im supposed to make a fresh windows install but i havent find any helpful things on how to do it yet
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Hi all, At university, I have access to a PC with a GPU. I am allowed to use at as long as I dont interface with the storage on that PC or install anything. I want to use it for gaming. I was thinking if it was possible to use an external drive to boot an OS and use the installed GPU and peripherals for gaming. For context the PC has a RTX3080 installed. For gaming I will be using Steam and EPIC. If externally booting is an option what are the things that I should keep in mind before trying that since that PC has a lot of important data regarding research projects.
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I encountered this problem a few days ago. When I turned on my pc to play I encountered the blue screen and provided my bit locker encryption key but to no avail. I clicked the UEFI button on troubleshooting blue screen and since then my pc is only booting to bios. Pls help I cant play games or do my work
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My iPhone 6S from 2015 got seven major versions of iOS from iOS 9 to iOS 15, and still, to this day 8 years later, regularly receives security updates from Apple. The same is true for my iPad Air 2. Which Android phones have great long-term software support? I’m asking about phones that has a great track record historically, so Google’s claims about 7 years of updates in the future doesn’t count since Mr. Pichai breaks promises more rapidly than cheeseburgers are consumed at McDonald’s.
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I bought a new ssd and installed a os not yet activated win10 home. *Kingston 960gb ssd 2.5 since its a new storage i download new drive for it and for my gpu the amd andrenaline. download a few games. but within along i notice that windows virus scan was prompted that something is trying to gain access so it blocked it. then the pc comes to slow or shows error or shutdown or bsod. i tried every cmd command from: -sfc /scannow -dism -chkdsk with either /f /r and another -attributes disk clear readonly cause it seems write protected, i did 3 clean install or format of the ssd all still leading to the same either problem. but another thing is that before i used a hdd no problem. installed another os and games, played a few on aother hdd no problem (did not download amd andrenaline cause amdrss is showing im afraid). im guessing its the ssd but it could be just trojan or something else im not looking up to. i hope to get some insight but ill keep trying but if it doesnt work for the 5th or 6th i might considered using a warranty on it if it covers it. specs : i5 9400 ram: 2x8gb hyperx beast 3200mhz at 2666 only since it cannot run 3200 mb: b365m ds3h gigabyte psu: 80+ bronze fsp something
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I recently added a 1tb M.2 ssd to my build, and I want to use it as my boot drive instead of my old 250gb ssd. What would be the best method to make the new drive my boot drive? I am using Windows 10. The new drive hasn't been formatted yet, and I would be fine if I need to wipe any drives to make my new drive my boot drive.
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Hi, My Raspberry Pi OS failed. I need to recover lost data. Are there built-in recovery mechanisms or tools in Raspberry Pi OS to assist with data recovery? Are there third-party data recovery tools or software that can be used to retrieve data from a failed Raspberry Pi OS installation? Will be grateful for any help.
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I tried making a backup but i don't have any space left on my drive. Is it possible to fix in a bootable usb? Thank you very much! (I just bought an bigger m.2 to transfer my os but this suddenly happened)
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Looking for an OS to run my home NAS, ideally that is free. Will be used to store files that won't be used very often So I can be slow Hardware: CPU: Xeon E5-2680 V4 Cooler: Silverstone Krypton KR02 Motherboard: AliExpress X99 LGA 2011-3 Motherboard Ram: 32GB DDR4 2133Mhz ECC AliExpress ram Boot: Dual Western Digital Green 480GB NVME M.2 SSD Mass Storage: 4x Seagate Barracuda Compute 8TB (Used), 2x Western Digital Blue 8TB (New), 3x Seagate IronWolf NAS (12TB) Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB Dx9.0c Graphics card (An old GPU I got a long time ago, will be used just to display out) Case: Fractal Design XL R2 ATX Case (Used) Power Supply: Corsair CV650W Others: Molex to 5x Sata Power x2 4x 3.5" Hard Drive Cage
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I have been trying to identify an issue for the last two weeks with a PC I have put together made up of second hand parts. Essentially every time I install an OS there is various errors that stop the installation, If I insert a working drive with an OS installed into the PC it crashes/ blue screens etc. This happens in windows and ubuntu. I will leave below my troubleshooting steps to help with providing advice, but I am currently thinking it is a Motherboard/PSU issue (which seems very strange but the only justifiable explanation) PC Specs: i5 8th Gen CPU MSI B360m PRO-VDH Motherboard 8gb DDR4 Corsir memory (Unsure of the exact name) Created a Ubuntu installation media, when running installation it freezes, errors or took over 12 hours and therefore I cancelled the installation. Re created installation media with a different USB stick, same issues occurred Changed drive that I was installing it to, same issues Tried installing Windows 10, this crashes and froze during installation Failed when trying to install Debian Installed Ubuntu onto the drive using my gaming PC Plugged the bootable drive into the 'newly built PC' This caused Ubuntu to crash in the desktop environment. Firefox wouldnt launch and would error. Terminal would fail to start etc. Eventually it wouldnt boot into the OS and would launch in Emergency mode. Changed RAM stick to a known working one. Made no difference Flashed back the Motherboard BIOS to 3 different versions. This just created different issues such as Ram not being recognized in 2 out of 4 of the slots Took back the i5 back and swapped it for a i7. This stopped the RAM issue where it wasnt recognised but still booting into Emergency mode Tried wiping the drive again and resetting the BIOS, then installing Ubuntu onto an empty drive. This saw the same problems with crashed and errored installations This started to make me certain there is a motherboard issue Removed the motherboard and put in another older Motherboard CPU and Ram, that i had laying around This motherboard also started to suffer from the same issues of crashing whilst booting or installing I then started to believe the PSU was at fault, as two separate boards and components were suffering the same symtoms when hooked up to the PSU. So I took another PSU and plugged it into the older Motherboard CPU and Ram, just to confirm it wasnt two faulty boards. Which it wasnt Emptied the PC Case, hooked back up my i7 8th Gen, 8gb DDR4 and the same MSI B360m PRO-VDH Motherboard, however I used a different power supply, after this everything was running perfectly. Ubuntu installed within 5 minutes and I could start setting up my device and installing software etc. (COUDLNT BE HAPPIER!!!) After 3-4 hours of getting the machine up and running finally and assuming there was a power supply fault, the issues started to come back.... Since the issues came back the 'newly' swapped out PSU that was working is also not working and when i use it in another machine it causes the same kind of performance and reliability issues the original PSU seemed to be causing. I have now tested the PSU and the 12v Pins on the 24 pin connector are reading as 11.4v through my multimeter. My working theory currently, that I want opinions on, is that the motherboard has a fault that is killing my power supplies? This issue has been driving me mad for two weeks now and I would appreciate any help or advise. As I say above I am fairly confident in my troubleshooting that I have a fault with a PSU, I now think that it is the B360m motherboard that is causing power supplies to fail. I have a new motherboard on the way, but annoyingly I need to buy a new PSU as well because I currently dont have one that doesn't cause my machine to fail
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I recently got a second NVMe for very cheap, currently have a 1TB SN850 for game storage and im looking to upgrade to a sabrent rocket 4-plus g 2tb as space is getting low fast with game sizing constantly on the rise. The cheap drive I picked up is a 500GB WD Blue sn 570. My main question is at what point does drive speed produce diminishing returns for OS storage and boot, should i wait until i get the new Sabrent and repurpose my sn850 (7000mbps) for os storage and boot or just swap OS over now and work off the WD Blue (3500mbps). Will the extra speed from the SN850 be noticeable? (Also motherboard has 3 NVMe slots so all 3 will be used in some way, side question, does this split bandwidth between NVMe slots and is it worth using all 3 slots in this scenario? If so NVMe can be repurposed to a second build. Motherboard is MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk)
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Spec MSI B360M PRO-VDH 8gb Ram i5 8th gen I have been battling with a PC I have recently built to get it to install any operating system. Initally I thought I had a bad version of Ubuntu. I since have tried new boot media as well as windows 10 and debian. Every installation freezes or spits out a number of random errors. I instead plugged the SSD into my PC and installed Ubuntu through my PCs motherboard and ram etc. Then hooked it back up to my 'newly' built machine, this loaded up and then launch Ubuntu in emergency mode. I am baffled as to what the issue is. Is my motherboard screwed? It was second hand but my friend that gave it to me never experienced these issues. Another thing to mention when i tried installing windows 10 i got vertical orange an white lines all over the screen on boot. Is someone able to give me some guidance on this. I have been trying to get this work every night for the last week!