Data Loss Prevention

Hi there, We're having a very peculiar problem going on. We collect data out in vehicles which gets saved to HDD's. We then pull these out when finished (from the drive bays) and slot them into the upload computer in the office. The problem is today and on Saturday, somehow all the data that...

Hi, I recently upgraded my ssd nvme boot drive to a 1 tb in my laptop, I also have an old style 2tb hdd in there if this makes any difference. I am now left with the old 256gb nvme drive with all my data on it. I would like to sell this on or at least have someone else get use out of it but I...

Here's the story: i wanted to turn a small partition of my external harddrive into a recovery disk or something, can't remember what it was exactly. it was some backup function in windows, that's all i remember. But instead caused the harddrive to be formatted, losing all my files and being...

Hey everyone, I am having some problems with freezing and stuttering on my computer. I'll be playing at 60 fps, and it'll drop down to about 21-23 fps. This number is almost always constant. This happens in most every game I've been playing recently(Black Desert Online, Forza Horizon 4...

My laptop just kind of won’t charge I also have to put the charger a certain way for it to charge my laptop I’ve been on vacation for a month and left my charger at school to give it a break

Hello, as the title says what is recommended amount of ram you should have, to make i5 8600k work optimal ?

I got Acer Aspire Tc-705 pc with Gtx 745, 8gb ddr3, i5-4460 3.2ghz and 300w PSU. Will I be fine if I upgrade my GPU to Zotac 1050ti mini?

is the gtx 1080 worth an extra 60$ over the 1070ti ? .. i want to get the best card because i wont be able to upgrade for 5-6 years .. but if the performance isnt worth the money it will be pointless

Would and S340 and a Corsair H115i Pro fit together? I know the radiator and everything will fit but will the waterblock connected to the CPU block a RAM slot? I know the NZXT Kraken X62 will block the first RAM slot but I have 4 sticks of RAM in my PC at the moment. Would really hate to drop...

As stated in the title, my C drive can sometimes go to 100% usage randomly (no throughput). This results in system freezes, and I have to tear the plug out of the wall in order to shut it down. When I pull the system out of sleep mode, my 1TB WD blue goes to 100% usage with no throughput...

I just bought a gtx 1060 3gb graphics card, and after installing the card and it's drivers windows (7) would go through the "starting windows" screen without a problem, and then just lose all signal when booting. I removed the graphics card to see it work perfectly and removed the graphics...

Wanted to buy a 1300€ PC from eBay. Good GPU ( 1080 GTX ), other Hardware was good too. However : It has a I7 4790K and 16GB DDR3 Ram. Questions : Is it worth to buy that pc, since I dont know how long it will take until I'll be forced to upgrade the CPU and therefor the Mobo and the 16GB DDR3...

I had another thread but i cant remember it so i decided to put up new one. So, i just bought my friend i5-4670k with z87k and had a thought of updating gpu at the same time ( still running my old trusty fx-6300 with ga970-ud3p ),but for what i know the motherboard doesnt accept SLI ( i have gtx...

So about 2 months ago I decided to build a computer and everything worked completely fine. Just a few days ago while playing a game the whole system shuts off by itself. I frantically try pressing the power button again hoping the entire system would turn on but I had no success. So I open up...

I run a aerial photography business and do alot of 4k editing and rendering out special effects in Premiere Pro and After Effects. I currently have a two PC's, my laptop and tower. The laptop is decent at editing, but the tower is much better. Here are the towers specs: MOBO: ASrock Pro 4...

I recently purchased an Intel DX58SO motherboard, which comes with an annoying (it's rather loud compared to the rest of my build) 40mm fan that glows blue (goes against my color scheme) and is over the IOH Hub heatsink Do I need this fan? I really would prefer to remove this fan since it is...

Okay previously I used a laptop in my college and the wifi working just fine. Since I've been doing a lot of video editing, I brought my desktop. However, I experience slow internet connection using my college wifi. Now, my phone, ipad and previous laptop all don't have this problem. So, I...

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New build minus a used motherboard (accidental purchase, sigh). I have worked through the troubleshooting thread (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems). Currently I'm breadboarding it so it's just: CPU / MOBO / RAM, with CPU fan hooked up...

Hello, before i start explaining please keep in mind I'm new to wifi extenders. So, i have a TP-Link archer c5 dual band router, with 240Mbit down and 20Mbit up. I got a new phone that supports 5Ghz so i was really happy when i found out i have 240mb on my phone now. That was great but i found...

I have a usb thumb drive with a back up of the windows 98 and 95 installation disks. is there a program i can use to put these files together and make an installation disk so i can install either on a computer?

So i am building a new pc and so far i have purchased i5-6600K, EVGA Classified K mobo, ddr4 ram, 1070 graphics card and a 1000w PS from a previous build. I am i need of serious advice on a case and water cooling AIC system. my budget is up to 150.00 for the case and around 125.00 for the...

Hi, i currently have put this rig together, and will be buying it soon, my budget was £800 so it has gone over a little but thats fine, i want to know how well this setup will run games such as Rust? Arma 3? H1Z1? if anyone can give me a rough idea that would be great! Would this system be able...

I flipped the switch on the back of my PSU and now my computer will not turn on, it will give a little power, like the lights on my keyboard, mouse, and the light on the front of my case for like half a second then turn off, i already took out the CMOS for 10 minutes and then tried it again and...

I had a broken seagate Barracuda 7200.10 that was 320GB. It didnt work so i opened it and tryed to gut it to make a usb drive as a saw in a video. Under a plastic label there was black gunk. Im not sure if thats lead but i want to know just incase it is. Thanks

So, i'm building a new house and I have a decently sized bonus room upstairs. I want to make an incredible setup and I have a great gaming PC already, with all the consoles etc. but one thing is driving me crazy. I just dont know if I should really sink the $$ into purchasing a really nice ultra...

I'm too scared to overclock because I live in a very hot area and I don't want my PC to explode. Please don't make fun of me.

Hi all, Just put together my first build and I was feeling pretty damn confident that I'd done everything right. All the connectors were in and nothing lose. I plugged it in and then BANG tripped everything in the house and there was a big arse pop and spark from the PSU. Needless to say...

Hey, I have 250GB SSD and 2TB HDD discs and a problem occured. Recently I decided to change my OS to Windows 7 Professional. I even decided to delete all the data and start with a clean shield. But after the first installation I had a few problems and since I didn't have much data yet, I decided...

Just installed a new PSU and a new GTX 970. Everything works except for the GPU. I have plugged the monitor into the GPU but it is showing integrated graphics and the GPU fans are not spinning. On GeForce experience, it detects that I have a GTX 970 but it is not displaying and does not seem to...

Ok so i bought a new rig recently the specs are; asus H97 pro gamer motherboard intel i5 4590 8GB ram (corsair value select) asus strix gtx960 2gb samsung 250gb evo SSD ive got a good case and cpu fan as well so not having any overheating problems since about a month after i got my rig ive...

I had disabled the touch screen to correct the problem, but an update just resurrected my driver and options. Now the ghost touch is preventing me to enter my password. I cannot enter my session and thus turn off the touch screen driver again. Ghost touch : The screen register two touch point...

Right now I have an AMD Athlonx4 750k. I also have an H80i running an overclock of 4.8Ghz. Im looking for a cpu that I can use to game, 3d render, and video render. $150 is about my upper limit price wise right now. I know that i need a new motherboard maybe a power supply, but $150 for just the...

People of tom's hardware :D I have returned with a new BSOD error. This time this happened after I was closing Metal Gear Solid V and I think it is a Direct X issue. Please advise on the best course of action, should I lower the graphics setting on the game? I say that because I sort of went...

Hello friends, In the past 4 days, I've been receiving the blue screen of death for various reasons (Security kernel, Irql,...). I ran the windows memory diagnostic tool and it found that I do have problem. after the computer restarted, the pop up was vague and said that you have memory problems...

I use intel quick sync to render out my videos in sony vegas, I have i7 4770k base clocked, just wondering since i have my multi-monitor support enabled in my MOBOs BIOS would allocating more shared memory speed up the Rendering Process?

I recently purchased a galax gtx 980 4gb hall of fame and installed it I ran a few demanding games and was having the time of my life however this didn't last long as my PC instantly switched off, so I restarted it an decided to monitor going performance. My gou temp peaked at 70 degrees and I...

hello i have a y50 with an 860m maxwell does anyone have experience Ocing this? NOTE- temps are not a problem My temps are around 50C while on witcher 2 @ ultra ( i have a 2 ton AC blowing right at the back side of my laptop)

Anybody had experiences with Refurbished computers before ? I was contemplating on buying one and still am. I'm interested in knowing how long your laptop lasted with a refurbished model?

Hey guys! i wanna get a new case for my new pc..im really going mad on deciding to buy which case....cooler master haf or the corsair carbide or the nzxt phantom 410. Toms Hardware in an article says that antec gx700 is like the best one under 100$...pls help me deciding giving the merits and...