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Thanks for the suggestion. I gave this a try but Disk Usage Analyzer could not see the missing files. I purchased R-Studio for $60 and restored the files.

Unfortunately no. That was the end goal with the new drive. Can that GB of unknown space be retrieved with a product or with a Linux OS?

My apologies for not being clear. Drive E: Data Drive (user files) Drive H: Backup Drive (formatted). I had to use the sata cable from drive E temporarily to copy the contents of the old backup drive to the new back up drive. I gave the new backup drive the letter E instead of H or another...

Using WinDirStat I have 800GB of "Unknown" space that I need to restore. All items are greyed out when I right click this Unknown item in WinDirStat. I've tried running it as admin and standard user. This drive is not the OS drive. It's a user data drive. This drive and "Unknown" contains...

I have a request from a photographer who lives in Lightroom and Photoshop all day. I've been looking at the following CPU, GPU, and mobos. Anything else I should consider? Would you recommend one of these builds over the others? Which build will give the user the least amount of lag in...

Thanks for your responses @tennis2 , @Why_Me and @logainofhades. This should get me started

Everything was purchased in 2015 including the PSU.

In 2015 I built a computer for my wife who's a photographer. Components listed below. What are some options for upgrading? We are considering upgrading the board, CPU, GPU, and NVME ssd. We're also interested in upgrading the monitor. She's having some color calibration issues. In 2020 I posted...

To reach 32GB of memory should I keep what I have and just add/purchase two more Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3-1866 or are there better and/or faster options that are worth spending the extra $? The specs on these is first word latency 11.25 ns and CAS latency 9.

Thank you for the suggestion. That's a low priced option. We may upgrade to 32GB of memory and a NVME SSD. Maybe we'll revisit CPU's and board's in 2021.

I looked around about a year ago at upgrading the CPU. I only looked at Intel though. From what I could tell it was going to be really pricy and yet not have much speed gain (at least enough that would be noticeable).

It could be taxed at times, but when her or I have checked it hasn't been. Upgrading from 16GB to 32 GB would be a good place to start. Before I purchase memory sticks I'd like to know what other hardware upgrades are recommended.

Since we don't really have a plan yet we haven't discussed budget. I didn't know if a M.2 drive would help with storage read/write or if it would even be noticeable. If we switched to AMD we would have to upgrade the board which is fine. I typically try to stay away from the latest/greatest to...

In 2015 I built a computer for my wife who's a photographer. Components listed below. What are some options for upgrading? She's mainly a Lightroom and Photoshop user. She is in these applications for several hours a day. I reinstall the OS (Windows 10) once a year. The system is starting to...