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Hello! Hoping someone can help me with this bothersome problem I'm having currently. Some background information, I'm a programmer and I'm super tech savy and I feel like I've done as much as I could think of when it comes to troubleshooting etc. I have been having an issue where my Steam will...

tl;dr: Boot device not found after crash. M.2 drives had some weird liquid on them like they were sweating(??) but show up in system after drying. Files can be read but not written on either of my two m.2's. Can't run bootrec /fixboot or chkdsk because of this. Is this read only mode an m.2...

Lately I am unable to read external HDDs on USB of my Windows 10 PC. Sometimes I can connect and start using the drives, but most times I get a message: "F:\ is not accessible... Access is denied". Sometimes I can get access to the drive and use but eventually it will cut-off with the "Access...

I'm trying to install some Steam games to a new PC. I have Windows installed on the C drive, an M.2 SSD. In the program files I have a Steam file made, however when I attempt to install a new steam directory there it says that the file is read-only. So I attempt to make the file read-only but it...

My HP Envy 4 laptop was running Windows 10 on a 240GB Kingston SSD. The disk had only two partitions and everything was working satisfactorily for about 4 years until recently, despite the strange high pitch noises coming from the disk while in operation. Last week when it was waking up from...

Hi... So installed new NVME 970 PRO SSD 1TB and used a flash drive with windows 10 to get a fresh install. I made sure not to connect any SSD's while installing windows and then after installed i re-connected the SSD's. After doing that everything is fine apart from my HDD (D) Drive with...

My PC decided to crash while playing Destiny 2, so i restarted it. It worked fine after that but i decided to run the latest windows update since i hadn't gotten around to it and so this problem might not happen again. I pressed update and restart and the messages displayed kept repeating...

Awhile back I stupidly didn't continue to back up my computer even though knew hard drive going bad. I have a WD Passport Ultra and when restored my computer using it, I noticed my entire desktop that I had saved on the external hard drive is now encrypted and no matter what I try I get access...

They say that the path to hell is paved with good intentions. I was at my elderly neighbors' place and noticed their Asus X555 laptop bulging badly enough that the trackpad had separated from the top cover. I pointed out that it was time for a new battery which they ordered. I replaced it and...

I have an Acer Predator PH317-52 , 64 bit, with Windows 10 Version 1903. I just reinstalled windows 10 from an ISO file I downloaded with the media creation tool & I c hose not to keep anything. About a month ago after an update & I am sorry but I don't know which one exactly, I found when I...

Hello, I'm currently trying to write a batch script to automatically personalize some of my settings after Windows installations. I also want to make some changes to the Windows sounds. Therefore I'm trying to take ownership of the %windir%\media folder via the command line, which I'm running...

Hello everyone, im currently having problems with my SSD and it not giving me sufficient permissions with anything that is related to the SSD. I know that it is my SSD as i am only having problems with it and not my HDD. -Games settings wont save when they are on my SSD when i restart the game...

Firstly, sorry for bad formatting, I'm on my phone. Router - TPLink Archer C60 Modem - Technicolor tg58 vac v2 Motherboard - H97 PC Mate (MS-7850) Power Supply - Alpine JSP-500P12P Adapter - Realtek 8812BU Wirless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC OS - Windows 10 - version 10.0.17763 ISP - SSE 1 device...

Hey all, I was about to buy a superclocked gtx 660, however the craigslist post was already sold. So I’ve gathered some new cards, but I need your guys thoughts please on which is the Best Buy. I can afford all of them, so performance is key. Really the only game I play would be H1Z1, FORTNITE...

Motherboard: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K2R6E10/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza RAM: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FMRV8I4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2452BTV6FUFVJ&coliid=I16JJ6CAYHRBQL thanks!

the cooler 168.3mm but the case only supports 168mm would this make a diffrence

Went to a local pawn shop in Jacksonville, Florida They had an MSI gaming laptop for $300 Apache pro 5th gen i7 16 GB RAM 970m graphics Awesome find originally posted at over $1200 Always wanted. One but wasn't going to pay that much for it. Long story short pawn shops have great bargains...

Well I purchased the Hyper 212 Evo yesterday and within an hour it was buzzing (likely faulty bearing). I've narrowed it down to being the cooler fan and I'd like to just fully replace it. Never had a mounted fan like this before so am just curious is the Vortex viable to mount in the same...

Hey i was wondering if my computer is compatable with a second graphics card (GTX 980 TI) my current specs are Graphics card: GTX 980 TI Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING Processor: Intel I7-4790K Power Supply: 700W Thanks for any help and if i need to include any additional information...

So I've had my laptop for around 2/3 years now so it's getting pretty old, not sure on the brand I think it's a custom one from cyberpowerpc.com. I've been noticing issues since I've started playing games again, I get an extremely low frame rate, over time whilst I'm in game the performance gets...

Hey guys, I just bought the SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC from newegg and it seems that it keeps restarting my computer every 5-10 mins. Here's my specs: 2.80 gigahertz AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core ASRock 960GM-GS3 FX SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC R9 290 650W Fractual PSU 80 plus bronze Windows 8.1 What I've done so...

I recently cracked the screen on my laptop and have been plugging it in to my TV to use that as the monitor. I have a Nexus 7 and want to use that the same way. I know about Screenslider but it says that it doesn't work on Windows 8. Any ideas?