Formatting Problem

Hello! I recently installed a new 2TB internal HDD in my PC because my old one was failing. (Here's the new drive I bought, in case that helps: https://a.co/d/7CZY9IE) This one came not formatted, and I've read that running just a quick format on a new drive can lead to corruption in the...

Hello! I'm having issues formatting a drive and removing partitions, nothing seems to work. Tried DiskPart, Partition Wizard and DiskGenius. In Partition Wizard and DiskGenius the changes won't apply, it just reverts back. And using DiskPart, it says the partition was removed, but listing the...

(Sorry for the bad english, not my first language). I bought a new Crucial MX500 SSD and I replaced my TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 with it. I then put the HDD in the optic reader slot, in a caddy. Premise: before this, my DVD reader didn't work. I installed the OS (Windows 10 64b) on the SSD via USB...

So I don't really understand what is going on with my PC, but I'm just going through hard drives, cleaning them up, and formatting them just to get whatever crappy data is on there wiped. However when I tried to format a HDD a couple weeks ago it came of with the following message "Windows was...

Hello! I got my new WD blue 4tb today intended for secondary storage and have already gotten some problems. The first problem that occured was when I tried to initialize the disk and it wouldn't work. I would get 'the operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not...

Hello all. I recently built a computer for a friend. And used an old 950 Evo of mine for his boot drive. I wiped it clean using the formatting tool on my computer. Now whenever I try to start the computer it just goes into recovery mode. Like it thinks that windows is still installed on the...

Hi. I am having an issue that prevents me to proceed with my windows 10 instalation. I current have Ubuntu instaled on my Asus K45VM notebook and I would like to install windows 10 instead. I downloaded the propper iso file e made a bootable usb pendrive with the image through WoeUSB The problem...

Today I received a Western Digital Blue 4TB PC HDD SATA 6 Gb/s to replace an older Western Digital 3TB drive that is being problematic. As I have done many times, I plugged the appropriate SATA cables into the new drive and attached the other end of the cables into my motherboard. When I...

Hey I was wondering how much I could sell my pc for and I could use your feedback. My specs are: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6-core Master liquid cooler ML120L Rgb Gigabyte b450 aorus elite ATX motherboard G skill trident z rgb 2x4gb DDR4-3000 1TB Hard drive 256 GB SSD EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB XC Ultra...

Hey there, I bought a samsung evo 860 ssd and downloaded the migration program, cloned my hdd onto new ssd and everything worked. I even unplugged my hdd. I gave that pc to my brother and kept my evo 860. He bought a Sandisk Ultra 3d ssd for himself and i cant figure out how to clone that same...

so my windows 10 is killing my laptop. where do I begin. I have 100% CPU and 60 to 80% memory always. I have 300 to 500 background processes and around 100 windows processes, even when I am running 1 or 2 applications. However in startup, I have 100% CPU and memory and 900 to 1000 background...

Hello! I'm trying to find a motherboard with the lga 1155 socket to fit into my rosewill case . I want the cheapest I can find as long as it works . Heck I would mind a Dell motherboard or HP as long as it fits . My price range is like $30 or below . Here is my case ...

Im not used to bios update so it may be a silly question but yeh. I just got me a 2700x ryzen cpu and i got a x370 mobo ( asrock fatality k4 pro ) i know i could have buy a x470 and never had this problem but i think it doesnt worth the hassle when i already got x370 and just need to update...

Hi. I have a HP Compaq 6005 Pro SFF and I just bought this RAM: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Patriot-Signature-PC3-12800-1600MHz-PSD34G160081/dp/B00AASUPHK?tag=georiot-trd-21&ascsubtag=tomshardwareuk-3044941229517003259-20 Would it work with my PC? Is it compatible? I'm scared because I heard people...

my kitten spilled a drink on my desk, i saw very quick and the liquid did not reach to inside my tower to reach anything important. my tower still powers normal, fans spin, LEDs light, etc, it only got my keyboard and pooled around the plastic base of my two monitors, but now neither monitor...

I've got a DB75EN mobo, tried to upgrade from my GTX 560 Ti to an RX 570, which didn't take. Assuming it was a bad GPU (since system works fine with 560 Ti), I swapped that in for a GTX 1060. Same problem. Specifically, the video cards aren't being detected. They power on, the fans spin, they...

I am asking this because I don't know if 75watt limit per pcie slot is enough for the gtx 660 to run off of (page 10) and also on the hp motherboard it shows three 4 pins in total and a 6 pin on the motherboard but my psu only has two 4 pins (Motherboard Img) so I was wondering about that as...

I have an and athlon ii x2 245 CPU in my old rig, but i want to upgrade to a quad core CPU. I have a biostar mcp6p Mobo and have a price range of no more than 45 dollars. I was thinking of the athlon ii x4 645 or a phenom ii but idk. Is there another CPU that's better for the price and compatible?

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My budget is 180$ I live in Asia (Bangladesh) and the new price for gtx 1050 and a used gtx 970 is the same. I want to play games on my Samsung 4k 40" tv. I was thinking Gigabyte G1 gtx 970. Am I doing the right thing or not ? You are more than welcome to suggest me anything, maybe a different...

My PC started to randomly corrupt it own windows. All of this started randomly when I was chatting on discord and the app suddenly crashes and my windows started acting weirdly(start menu wouldn't show up, discord would not start). I restarted my pc soon after and everything boot up but my start...

I recently bought a used laptop that came with a clean install of windows 10. The laptop came with a hdd though, and I want to swap that with an SSD I already have. I can see under update and security that Windows 10 is activated with a digital license, and it looks like I can link my microsoft...

Hello all, My friend built this computer for me about 4-5 years ago and for the most part it still runs very well. However, I am now having to run some game on lower graphics, getting long load times, freezing, and some slower game play (the two main games I play are WOW and Total War series...

Hello there, I traded a cheap motorbike to my cousin for a somewhat decent gaming rig (or so I think) as I don't have the wallet to buy one from scratch. This is what I got: Motherboard: Asus 970 Pro Gaming/Aura CPU: FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 GTS RAM...

Hello, I am installing my first ever M.2 drive and I am having some headaches. The slot is on the back of the motherboard and on the manual it shows a little standoff/spacer between the drive and the motherboard. However, with the motherboard only one standoff was included, and it was the one...

Hi! Just want to know iff it is a big deal iff my gtx 1080's middle fan does a little crackling noise when running at slow speeds. Thanks for your time guys!

Hi, I'm having an issue with my pc audio. In games the sound will be ok, but then all of a sudden the sound will cut out altogether for a second then come back and do this every 2 seconds. So i never have smooth sound just laggy sound. The ironic thing is, Spotify when playing in the background...

When I play gta online I want the frame rate to around 60 fps but it's often 45 fps and it sometimes even dips into the 30s. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mNMfKZ (gtx1060 6gb and R5 1400- not overclocked, 8GB DDR4). However, the CPU and GPU usage is only from 40% to 60% and about 6,5 GB of my...

Hello guys, i have decided to ask you a question about fps in csgo, im on my old pc i3 550 4gb ram and gt 430 graphics card, i wanted to upgrade to i7 860. Will i see any fps improvements?

Well over the past year I've been researching and looking for parts to make my first Desktop Gaming Computer. All that's left is a few more parts, everyone's opinions, and the money. So far, the components I've gathered that I intend to use (which are close to my budget) are: Corsair Vengeance...

So i started having this problem a while ago, it goes and it comes back every now and then, so i started monitoring my gpu, it seems like im using 100% of the gpu (GTX 860M 4gb) and getting low FPS: i used to get like 60fps in pubg sometimes 30 and 40, but now i get 11fps in THE LOBBY (it used...

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 want to buy an laptop for my stock marketing purpose which one will not lag at all or become slow with time.....i want to buy envy series of laptop...can anyone help....how good is HP Envy Core i5 8th Gen

Hello, these last few days my computer has been crashing for no reason, sometimes it freezes other times it just reboots itself. So I went and checked on the event viewer to see what was causing it, and this appeared: so I got really worried because I recently upgraded my GPU from a msi r7 370...

I have 4x4 gigs of ram. Only 3 of the 4 sticks show up in the bios. I narrowed it down to a single chip. When I try to run with only the suspected chip in I get an error code 53 on my asus x-99 deluxe which means memory issue and it will not start. However once I start into windows with all 4...

I am typing along and have about one quarter of the document done. I save this part. Next I am in the middle of typing and suddenly what I have just typed has disappeared. Why?

I lost the cd to install the software for my epson l120 printer. And i reformated my pc so the program is gone, know ant online sources to download it?

So my newly built pc is turning on then turning off but then turning back on again (all on its own) and starting up just fine with no other problems. I am pretty sure that this might be the BIOS, as it does not look as if I have the most recent version for my mobo. But I'm not exactly sure how...

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...

Hey People of the awesome knowledge base. I have a laptop motherboard from a hp pavilion 15-ab series, missing a chip need help to figure out what the chip is