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    Liquid Cooler Makes Noise, Doesn't Cool

    Hello, I appear to be having a problem. I recently got a new power supply, a Corsair CX550M, which after I installed, my liquid cooler started making a grinding/rattling noise. It hadn't done this prior to installation of the new PSU. I let it sit for a bit to see if it went away, but my CPU...
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    Help extending a partition!

    Currently, I have a single 1TB hard drive. In that, I have a 50GB C: partition, and an 880GB D: partition. My D partition has about 300GB free and I'd like to shrink it 100GB and extend my C partition. The issue is, it is to the left of my C partition, which is at the end of the drive, and has...
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    Help! Moving OS to Another Hard Drive!

    Basically, I'm changing my computer case, and the one I'm getting only supports one 3.5" drive. I have a 1TB (files) hard drive, and a 500GB (OS) hard drive. I have enough space on the 1TB drive to make a partition to move the OS to it, but I'm not quite sure how to go about doing it. My plan is...
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    Help! Can't find Mini ITX motherboards with enough USB 2.0 headers!

    I've been wanting to change computer cases soon, and I want to build in the Phantek Enthoo Shift X. I'm aware that I need to change my motherboard, but I have an issue finding one with enough USB 2.0 headers on the board (not ports, headers). I have an NZXT Kraken x61 and an NZXT Hue+ that both...
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    [SOLVED] Moved Steam Games To Another Hard Drive, Not Showing In Library

    I'm saying that the folder the games are in, D:\Steam2\steamap\common, is that I have the library set to, but Steam fails to recognize that they're there
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    [SOLVED] Moved Steam Games To Another Hard Drive, Not Showing In Library

    I changed the game directory files just the way you said, but they're not appearing in the Library. All the game's files are there, the library is set to the file they're in
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    [SOLVED] Moved Steam Games To Another Hard Drive, Not Showing In Library

    I copied just the game folders. I didn't really inform Steam as I couldn't
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    [SOLVED] Moved Steam Games To Another Hard Drive, Not Showing In Library

    I had an incident where Windows would not boot, so in atempt to save some game files, I copied them all to my second hard drive. I was not able to do this in Steam, but in the file explorer. I set the game library to the folder the games are in, it's just that steam wont recognize that they're...
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    [SOLVED] Moved Steam Games To Another Hard Drive, Not Showing In Library

    My steam program is in A:\ which is my OS partition of my hard drive, and my games are in D:\ My library folders is D:\Steam2 (Which is where the games are in) They're in there, but aren't recognized by steam
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    [SOLVED] Moved Steam Games To Another Hard Drive, Not Showing In Library

    Recently, I had to transfer all of my steam games and other files in an emergency computer issue, so I was unable to change the steam directories properly. When I got my PC running again, I changed the steam library directory to the file with the games, but they are not showing up in the...
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    Help! Building a gaming pc

    When you install Windows, the install process should have an option to format the hard drive
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    Help! Building a gaming pc

    You will need an installation disk with product key
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    Help! Building a gaming pc

    You can use that hard drive, but you will need to reinstall Windows on it with an install CD or USB stick with a product key. Usually the Windows install process will format the drive for you.
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    Help! Building a gaming pc

    Yes, you will most likely have to reinstall windows, but you can use them. Be sure to backup all important data on the drive beforehand, as you will need to format it most likely.