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System Drive: "Unmovable Files"? by
(PeteCresswell)
New PC.
Has a single 1-TB drive.
Did a Computer | Manage | Disk Management | System (C:) | Shrink
Volume and it shrunk it by half with the admonition that...
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September 20th 12 04:28 PM
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September 24th 12 10:04 PM
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SATA Sled: Inserted Drive Not Mounting by
(PeteCresswell)
I know this feature was broken in XP, but thought it was fixed in 7.
I have a SATA sled that allows hot plugging/unplugging of drives.
My expectation was...
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FolderSize Won't Die? by
(PeteCresswell)
I was an avid user of FolderSize under XP.
Now I have 64-bit version installed on my 7 box and the presentation has
changed from an extra column in Explorer...
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Memory: What You See Is What You're Using? by
(PeteCresswell)
Win 7 SP1, 8 gigs.
If I watch my memory usage and it's not approaching full use there's
nothing to be gained from adding more memory, right?
Video...
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How To Find Out What Ate My System Drive? by
(PeteCresswell)
New-ish Windows 7 Install.
About 60 gigs in the system partition.
Suddenly I notice that I only have one gig left.
WTF?????
I had FolderSize working for...
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Screen Shot Without Smudging? by
(PeteCresswell)
RE/ http://tinyurl.com/mfdmj6h
For want of a better word, "Smudging"....
Is there a way to get a screen shot without that effect?
Maybe something with the...
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Uninvited CHKDSK Upon Restart: Log? by
(PeteCresswell)
I just did a restart and turned away to do something else.
When I re-focused on the monitor, it was in the middle of a CHKDSK and
saying something about...
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.BAT file to turn off updates? by
(PeteCresswell)
I always set Control Panel | Windows Update | Change settings |
Important Updates = "Check for updates but let me choose whether to
download and install...
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C:\Windows\winsxs\Backup: Can Be Deleted? by
(PeteCresswell)
System drive is getting full.
Looks like I can pick up about a half-gig if I delete the contents of
C:\Windows\winsxs\Backup.
Gotchas?
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Pete Cresswell
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June 3rd 15 04:26 AM
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November 25th 15 10:38 PM
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Hot System Drive: Can It Slow PC Down ? by
(PeteCresswell)
Family member's PC is being brought to it's knees - as in frequent bouts
of 100% CPU usage with just a bare system post-login....i.e. the user
has not opened...
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Buying A Re-furb PC ? by
(PeteCresswell)
I am buying a new PC for the #2 daughter to replace her
ancient-and-honorable Vista box (AMD Athlon LE-1620 @2.4 GHz), so the
bar is not all that high.
Email...
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