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    Question Hard drives not matching the assigned drives after HDD installation? **Edited

    Right - I am brashly paraphrasing the gist of what I recalled him doing for context clues on what he exactly did. Not providing the full instructions. "And even with a proper clone operation, a source drive that has issues...you're just moving the issues to a different drive." The 500 HD...
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    Question Hard drives not matching the assigned drives after HDD installation? **Edited

    If memory serves right (a friend had helped at the time,) he reinstalled Windows 10 to the new drive via copying image of the previous drive. Then added the old 500 Gb Hd
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    Question Hard drives not matching the assigned drives after HDD installation? **Edited

    **Edited to fix a typo & Add HDD In 2021 I installed an 2TB HDD to help with random freezes that came out of nowhere on my old 500 GB HD. I kept the HDD as backup drive when I installed the 2TB HDD. However, the issue did not resolve as I still get a 100% C: Drive usage in my resource manager...
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    [SOLVED] Troubleshooting HDD issues

    It fluctuates, but I got the number from System Information tab: Installed Physical Memory: 16GB Total Physical Memory 15.7 Available Physical Memory: 12.8GB Total Virtual Memory: 17.5 GB Available Virtual Memory: 13.4 GB
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    [SOLVED] Troubleshooting HDD issues

    PSU: Cooler Master, Elite Power 460W, Under 500W, 10 years, good cond.
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    [SOLVED] Troubleshooting HDD issues

    Hello - Problem: I replaced my old HD (10 years old) with an hdd . The reason I replaced it, despite age, was due to my computer dead freezing (began a year ago). The new HDD has came with some issues. The new issues: 1) Drop in FPS with games. Before HD --> HDD my FPS sat at 165 range, but...
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    Aug 29 2019 19:39:03 3-Critical R05.0 Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging - No Response received - T3 time-out;CM-MAC=04:4e:5a:36:ed:0b;CMTS-MAC=00:5f:86:93:a5:cc;CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0; Aug 29 2019 19:38:53 3-Critical R04.0 Received Response to Broadcast Maintenance Request, But no Unicast...
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    For clarity on my ends sake: When you say "standalone" does that mean it was purchased seperate and not the one that comcast provided? If so, I think it's a yes but I will double check with the roomie who set it up. He declined getting the comcast router as he didn't want to pay the monthly fee...
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    Modem's plugged via coax. My roomie set it up and i moved in later. I tried WiFi on my desktop but it was horrible for gaming so i went back to my Ethernet cable and bought a Ethernet switch. However, all WiFi/cabled computers deal with internet issues currently.
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    Gotcha. What's with the modem task saying not started? is that from the modem not being set up?
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    thank you. The status page has some entries i didn't find posted in the article. "not started" for most and an offline status? modem status
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    Bump* added data from pingplotter/ tracert
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    [SOLVED] unreliable network connectivity (ping plotter and tracerts)

    Hello, I'm having connectivity issues both WiFI and ethernet connections in my apartment. I have comcast ISP and netgear GS208 ethernet switch. pingplotter data tracerts: 2 * 9 ms * 96.120.60.37 3 12 ms 12 ms 25 ms...
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    Question Interesting google internet discussion with roommate...

    Hello, I had some information given to me by my new roommate and it doesn't seem right. I am looking for advice on multiple internet and google wifi insight. The place I moved to has google wifi set up by the current roommate. I have only ever used Ethernet cables for my internet to reduce lag...