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So if plugging a dirty USB device into your computer can potentially infect the hard drives, can it reach a locked but plugged in external drive? Specifically, I keep my personal and sensitive documents on a couple Samsung T5/T7's that are always plugged into my computer which I try to keep...

The drive reads fine, I can copy files on it and paste them on the internal drive at normal speeds. Samsung magician scan found nothing wrong but trying to copy a 2Gb folder (or anything) writes at 2mbps. Tried different cables, ports, a restart. Copying onto my T5 2Tb writes that same 2Gb...

I'm unfamiliar with Chrome OS and it's security, I had my Mom call me saying she was worried about hackers and thinks she got scammed, this is her story, "dun-dunn": - googled how to talk to a real person from comcast, and found the following number: 1-888-927-0775 (I googled this number itself...

Is there an app that allows you to select a certain amount of the monitor that a game will then recognize as the new border? I have a massive screen and for some games I'd like them to only use like 70% of the screen. So something like when you open a game in a lower res in windowed mode but...

I am just wondering if cheap android tablets from Amazon could be a security risk? My mom wanted me to get her a tablet "for her cat" so I got this super cheap one and as I was about to log it on to her wifi when it dawned on me this no name (literally no branding on box) Chinese tablet could...

I have Win11 on my main M.2 drive and want to install Win10 on another Sata drive. So I downloaded the Win10 media creation tool, installed it on a thumb drive and now best I can tell I just rearrange the boot menu in BIOS and install win10 on that SATA drive like normal. What I am wondering...

EDIT: Switching from Vulkan to DX12 has eliminated the issue but I am still wanting to understand why or at least if this is a software specific error in order to rule out it being my GPU. Video linked below text I recently built a new system and got an OLED screen and have naturally been...

I am noticing these flickering black boxes as I run around in cyberpunk. The video linked shows the only place they were a constant which was in front of a brightly illuminated sign. Usually they just pop in in passing in shadowed areas or by light sources. Turning off RT completely seems to...

I just formatted an ssd and then scanned it with Bitdefender which says it scanned 4 files. Why are there 4 files on an empty drive and why can I not see them? Is this normal?

I am copying over folders to a new backup drive and it keeps changing the date "created" and "modified" to todays date. For files and folders it changes the "modified" to todays date but SOMETIMES leaves the "date created" as it should be. Annoyingly it isn't even consistent. I copied my mp3...

I carry a Samsung T7 drive with me just about everywhere. If I were to drop it I wonder what the likelihood is that it could be cracked. I've seen recent articles giving those lists of how many characters, and varying complexity tiers and how many minutes or millions of years it would take to...

I am building a new system and am going with the MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk board and 13600k but can't decide between DDR4 or DDR5. 1.) On PCpartpicker putting in DDR5 with 7000mhz speed gives me this message: "The Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-7000 CL34 Memory operating voltage of 1.45...

Years ago there was a buildzoid video where he mentions for T-topology boards use 4 dimms, for daisy chain us 2 dimms. I am picking up the MSI z690 Tomahawk for my new build and trying to figure out which it is. Is there a way to determine this? I would like to reuse my 4x8Gb of 3600 CL16 ram...

I'm upgrading my whole system but was hoping to reuse the PSU. Given that it has a 10yr warranty I assumed it will still last a good while, but opinions seem to vary wildly from different sources. I am seeing some people suggest PSU parts degrade faster than others. Is this really an issue? I...

I tried opening an MP4 file and got this error 0xc00d36b4; I opened the file earlier this morning and it ran fine. I now get it on every mp4 file in both Win Movies & TV app as well as Win legacy media player. So far tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app SFC/Scannow found errors and fixed...

Trying to clone the C drive on my laptop to a larger ssd. If I select "add unused space to all partitions" it wants to double the size of the EFI system partition and also of the recovery drive, as well as the main boot partition which is where I actually want the space added. Will there be any...

I got a new laptop a couple weeks ago that has 894 host writes on it according to HWinfo. This is odd because it is only a 512 Gb drive and I have filled up 416Gb. I also test ran Doom Eternal (~90Gb) and deleted the Keyscape installer (~75Gb), so that is a total of 581Gb. What else could...

I was running a heavy project in FL Studio on battery with a balanced power profile and I was getting around 60-70c temps on the laptops 1260p CPU and only about 50% usage. As soon as I plug it in it ramps up and stays at around 90c with no noticeable performance gain... It was on the same...

Just got a new laptop at Costco and it came with a completely dead battery which is of course, not ideal. After charging to 100% a battery test shows a wear level of 3.7%. Same on the next charge, but now on the third charge shows a 5.8% wear level. I've heard at some point there is a snowball...

Just bought a laptop and it came with Win11 but I prefer 10. If I install Win10 on here will it unlock with the imbedded Windows license?

I just noticed there is a "Network" tab in the left column on my file explorer. Where did it come from? I swear it wasn't there a day ago. When I click it it says "Network discovery is turned off. Network computers and devices are not visible. Please turn on network discovery in Network and...

I plugged an old hard drive into my main system that I had scanned on another system with Windows Defender. I scanned again on the main system and it gave me a severe level threat for a trojan in an .iso file. I have windows set not to autorun external devices and I never opened the drive in...

I am trying to confirm Win11 will work on my current setup (relevant specs: 8700k, Gigabyte Aorus Pro Z390, 970evo 1TB boot drive, 5x storage drives) and I have found I need to enable secure boot, which I cannot do because my boot drive is apparently MBR and needs to be GPT. I found a video...

TL/DR: My 4k TV/monitor looks great at 1440p, vibrant and nicely saturated/contrasted. But when I up the resolution to 4k, everything looks a bit washed out. What could be causing this? I've been using a Samsung Q60 55" 2018, or maybe 2019, for the past couple years as my main monitor. I have...

I understand lithium batteries like the ones in laptops or a Steam Deck don't like extreme temperatures, so how do shipping companies prevent damage for these types of electronics? A google search shows the trailers on these trucks can reach 140 F in hot weather. Wouldn't this cause permanent...

Tried opening an old .wav file and received an error message with the file path and this single phrase "call was rejected by callee". No other codes or indications of what it meant. Googling it mostly lists errors relating to Excel and other programs. What does this mean? Also after it gave me...

I have never really used bluetooth devices so I am unfamiliar with the in's and out's, but the DS5 pairing directly with my laptop is nice for mobile gaming. If I am playing in a public place with wifi disabled and bluetooth on undiscoverable is there any risk of being hacked through it? This...

Is there a distinguishable difference in battery life depending on what type of game controller you use for gaming on a laptop ?

I made an undervolt profile for my 3080 FE to save the memory from cooking itself over time but the dang thing won't stay applied. Even though MSI afterburner launches on boot I have to manually select the profile each time which is annoying but the real issue is the power limit only works half...

I want a couple of apps to think I am several miles south in a major city center vs my suburb, ideally I would love it if google maps would still recognize where I actually am but I imagine if its one its all. Would a regular VPN be able to do this? Looking at NordVPN but its $50 for a year and...

I recently read an article about "bloodystealer" and got to thinking I should better secure my Steam account. It seems the universal answer (short of not downloading cracked games or using questionable links) is to use Steam Guard, with the 2FA using an app on your phone. I have an iPhone11...

I was reading this can lower temps dramatically but my question is: does it matter for me? Had my 3080FE just shy of a year and the temps seem ok and are well "within spec" but if it could be significantly quieter that would be awesome. It sounds like most people doing this mod are mining though...

Is there somewhere I can look up a serial number to see if a hard drive is refurbished or not? Or another number I can use? I got a "New Unopened" Samsung T5 2Tb for $220 on ebay from a seller who had multiple. They also had some in another listing selling for $240. Non said refurbished but it...

I am selling a GPU and a buyer is asking if I have a screenshot of the PCI-ID. What information would they be able to glean from that?

I am an OC newb with a delidded 8700k I got through Silicon Lottery, they binned it as stable at 5.1Ghz at 1.412 vcore with -2avx offset. That of course got insanely hot.. So I have sort of started backwards and have moved down to a 5Ghz 1.35 vcore and -1avx offset LLC at medium. So far it has...

I am changing the heatsinks on my G,Skill Ripjaws ram and one side of the stick has no chips on it, just foam tape to fill the gap and I assume separate sensitive parts from the metal heatsink. Where can I buy this and what is it called? Does it have any specific function like heat dissipation...

Found an EVGA 3070 XC Ultra on my local Craigslist for $550!! (o.o) -A red flag or a Robin Hood? He said he'd only had the card a couple months, and I looked up the serial number he posted in the pics and sure enough it was purchased May 5th. I figured maybe he got it and his queue number came...

If anyone has some dead sticks of Corsair Vengeance LPX or have removed the heatsinks I'd love to buy them. Any speed any amount, so long as they are the low low profile kind. Looking to swap out the heatsinks on my current kit. Thanks!

I currently have 32Gb (4x8) of G.Skill Ripjaws 3200mhz C14 verified B-die in my system. Thing is it's an intel system, and I have no desire to overclock my ram whatsoever, and its causing me clearance issues for the massive cooler I just installed on the CPU I actually do want to overclock and...

My AOMEI Backupper software vanished from taskbar so I went looking in start where it shows a generic app symbol and won't open when clicked on, but if I go to add/remove programs it is still listed as installed. What could cause this?