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Question regarding a specific type of backup for data
Hey yall! Hope you are doing well today. Had a question regarding types of backup. I’m looking for something free and simple (excluding drive costs) and found something called file history on control panel. Is this a decent backup? I’m simply trying to create a simple backup as I pretty much only use my pc for games and school work. I’m not opposed to doing a total snapshot of my pc but I think if I’m not mistaken takes way more drive space than just file history. Plus sometimes a subscription service Would say a 2tb external ssd be enough? More or less? And I should also state the pc I’ll be backing up is a dual nvme system. I have a 1tb boot drive with a bunch of stuff on it and a 2tb drive with also a bunch on it. How much space would I need and would I need two externals in this case?
The best way to make windows 10 installation media for usb boot?
Can't get into my Windows 10 PC because of blue screen of death. Tried the troubleshooting feature and safe boot but unfortunately did not work in my case. I need to make a windows 10 installation media so I can reinstall Windows 10 from bootable USB drive. What is the best way to do this in 2025?
PC Can no longer see any NEW storage devices
My PC no longer see any "NEWLY installed/attached" Flash Drives, external drives (USB), or even SATA 3.5 inches drives. The USB ports work just fine for anything else. I still see my all my current drives. I've updated Windows (10) and my BIOS. The storage devices do show up correctly in my BIOS. The drives do show up in device manager under "Other devices" with the correct name and description. They DO NO, however, show up under device manager under "Disk Drives" AND they DO NOT show up under disk management. -I have tested multiple Flash Drives (including USB 2 and USB 3 types and USB C) in multiple USB Ports on the front of the PC and on the back, as well as in attached USB hubs, none of which showed up on Disk Management or File Explorer AND I have tested all of those same Flash Drives in other PCs and Laptops successfully where they automatically showed up in File Explorer. -I have tried to install a new SATA internal drive into each of the 3 free MB SATA ports. At no time did that drive show up in either Disk Management or File Explorer. It did show up when installed in another PC. -I had an USB External Drive Enclosure that was seen in both Disk Management and File Explorer. I unplugged this drive and plugged it back into exact same USB port. At that point it never showed up in Disk Management or File Explorer. -I have disabled all Anti-Virus software and tried the Flash Drives again. Same result. The storage devices never showed up in Disk Management or File Explorer. -Further trouble shooting this, I did a safe boot and got exactly the same results. I'm really at a loss here. This all worked perfectly until a few weeks. I connect jump drives without issue. This is a new PC build that has a few NVMe drives and an internal SATA. It's seen all of those since it was built. Even that external USB would get unplugged and come right back after plugging it back in. All types of the differing storage devices tested DID show up correctly in the BIOS and DID show up under "Other devices" with the correct name and model number in Device Manager every time they were connect or installed. It's just any NEWLY attached drives of any type JUST show up correct in the BIOS and then under "Other devices" in Device Manager... Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
What’s the best hard drive recovery software for Windows 10? Please help!
Hey guys. My external hard drive (WD Elements) suddenly started having issues. When I plug it into my Windows 10 PC, it says I need to format the drive before I can use it. But I really don’t want to do that because it has some super important wedding videos on it that I can’t lose. 😢 I saw on Google’s AI Overview that I could try using data recovery software, but honestly I have no idea which one actually works and isn’t a scam. Does anyone have any recommendations? What’s the best hard drive data recovery software for Windows? Free or paid is fine.Problem with the screenshot tool
I have a problem with the screen capture tool. When I record my screen on video for more than 10 minutes, I am unable to save it. I can either never open the tool window or it gives me a still image instead of the video that has been played :') I have no way of recovering my precious videos, no matter what I do. Do you know how I can solve this problem?
