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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Free Space on a 120GB SSD has dropped to less than 4GB ?.

    As I intimated earlier, I consider hiberfil is a waste of space on my desktop computers (and it messes up multiple boot systems). Get...

    Yesterday at 5:53 PM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Free Space on a 120GB SSD has dropped to less than 4GB ?.

    Investigate the two big red blocks. One might be hiberfil.sys (hibernation). I get rid of this on all desktop systems after disabling...

    Yesterday at 5:33 PM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Free Space on a 120GB SSD has dropped to less than 4GB ?.

    I've always managed to download WizTree without having to make a donation. You'll probably find the donation is optional. Try WinDirStat...

    Yesterday at 5:29 PM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question 20-pin into 24-pin.

    Although not "best practice" I have done this on a number of low power builds and they've continued to work fine for years. The...

    Yesterday at 12:55 PM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question What is a decent sub $1000 pre-built?.

    I shall be upgrading my mother's old desktop computers to Windows 11 before October this year. Only one of them is fully Windows 11...

    Yesterday at 12:32 PM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Help! My RAM won’t retrain properly following a windows update..

    You might try switching off Memory Context Restore, as described below (if your mobo has this setting):-...

    Yesterday at 10:55 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread [SOLVED] Do the partition setup of the C drive "look right"?.

    Looks good to me. Nothing to worry about. When you select GPT instead of MBR after fitting a blank disk, Windows creates a small 16MB...

    Yesterday at 10:39 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Need help choosing a harddisk.

    A quick tip. When installing Windows 10 or 11 on the new SSD, temporarily disconnect (unplug) all other drives (especially the bootable...

    Yesterday at 10:00 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Need help choosing a harddisk.

    Just remember that Microsoft is ending security updates for Windows 10 Home and Professional on 14 October 2025. After this date, your...

    Yesterday at 9:52 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question How to choose the right CPU for gaming versus productivity ?.

    If you want a guide as to the relative performance of AMD vs Intel desktop CPUs for a typical video app, check this out:-...

    Yesterday at 9:24 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question PCIe 3.0 NIC versus PCIe 2.0 NIC ?.

    My XG-C100C 10GbE Ethernet cards show up as PCI Express 4 x2 (Gen4 x 2 lanes) in Aida64 and have a PCIe x4 footprint...

    Yesterday at 8:55 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question PC will not boot to desktop when DVD-ROM drive is connected ?.

    I don't suppose the optical drive is the first device in the BIOS boot order list? The computer might be looking for a Windows...

    Yesterday at 7:54 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question At every (approx.) 5th boot, my computer is not working correctly..

    I installed Armoury Crate back in 2022 whilst updating the motherboard drivers, decided I didn't need Armoury and tried to uninstall it...

    Yesterday at 7:46 AM
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    Misgar replied to the thread Question Sorting photos by date.

    Thank you. I've been using IrfanView 'batch conversion/rename' for years to convert Adobe PSD files to JPG and append File name, Author...

    Yesterday at 6:17 AM
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    Misgar reacted to TerryLaze's post in the thread Question Sorting photos by date with Like.

    Irfanview. Free and very light weight, no sign up or account needed. Go to file/batch conversion rename, on the left under "work as...

    Yesterday at 6:17 AM

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