Operating system

Forum discussion tagged with Operating system.
  1. N

    Question Mouse movement becomes inconsistent during high loads.

    I have a very unique and bizarre issue that I can not find much help on. Computer: RTX 3080 10gb Ryzen 7600x Neither CPU or GPU are overclocked DDR5 32gb SSD/M.2 NVME's Windows 10 When playing games, any game, and the FPS is either uncapped or does not meet the cap, my mouse...
  2. Sam Groves

    Question Problem compiling binary file with NASM ?

    Hello!I am trying to complile a .asm file to a .o file(binary) I have downloaded nasm: I open the NASM shell: ...\AppData\Local\bin\NASM>nasm -f elf32 kernel.asm -o kasm.o kernel.asm:5: error: parser: instruction expected ...\AppData\Local\bin\NASM>nasm -f elf32 kernel.asm kernel.asm:5...
  3. Xarkkal

    Question System reboots when OS loads or tries to install

    I've been troubleshooting this for about a month now, and it's driving me insane. My computer rebooted out of nowhere, and when it came back up, as soon as the windows screen with spinning dots appears, the system reboots. Windows repair starts, and the system reboots. I figured I needed a...
  4. S

    Question Can I install Windows 10 (DVD) on a newly built computer using an external drive?

    I'm about to build a computer (no operating system yet), and I want to install Windows 10 with a DVD. QUESTION: Will this work using an external DVD drive connected via USB? I'm wondering if the DVD drive will work/recognize the DVD once turning on the computer but BEFORE having an operating...
  5. K

    Question PC USB ports not working

    Hello. I'm not a PC exptert but I've always understood how to build one and work my way around. Recently I built a new PC for myself and wanted to give my old PC to my parents who are using an even older PC I gave them years ago.I thought that I all I had to do was slap the boot drive from the...
  6. miresAS

    Question Game is running, but I can only hear it, not see it.

    Hello everyone, I am struggling please help me. I built a new pc. CPU: Ryzen 5 5600g. GPU: GTX 1070. RAM: 16 GB. PSU: 550 w. MBD: Asus TUF GAMING A520M-plus. Pc works perfectly fine, until I turn a game. I do not why, but when I turn on game my pc starts acting differently. I can hear things...
  7. Bxzza

    Question Windows 10 bricked?

    So i posted about something that lead to this the other day, i was having some random crashes on boot/shutdown however, since then my windows has completely bricked (i think?) i physically cannot get into windows, wether it’s through my m.2 or a bootable usb and i’ve looked and looked online on...
  8. S

    Question About the playstation 5, how to get the Operating system for free? which new Playstation games are there?

    Hello Friends, I am poor and i have a disability, so i do not work a lot. how can i get the Playstation 5 operating system, to test it out ? Can i put the playstation 4 & 5 operating system on my MacOS? i also have a Xbox One console. What can i do? what if i like buy a broken playstation 5...
  9. T

    Question Please advise on current parts selection for new PC!

    Here is my current parts selection for a PC that will be heavily used for Blender 3.1 and some video editing. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor Asus PRIME B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory Corsair MP600 PRO XT 2...
  10. E

    Question Windows 11 or Windows 10

    Hiya, I'm building a new PC and trying to decide whether to install Windows 10 or Windows 11, I'm currently using Windows 10 on my laptop as I've been unsure about how stable Windows 11 is. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
  11. K

    Question so I partioned the wrong thing.

    Ok so I was downloading kali linux from a usb I already had windows downloaded I just wanted a dual os setup. everything was going well until the installation process of kali linux when I went to partioned either the USB I downloaded on or my systems SSD I made a mistake and selected the system...
  12. TheFlash1300

    [SOLVED] How do i disable the function that allows Windows 10 to restart my laptop when the laptop is outside "active hours"?

    I almost always keep my laptop turned on 24/7, because i usually do important stuff, and i prefer to not turn off the laptop. However, recently, i lost some work, because the laptop got restarted, while i was sleeping. It got restarted after Windows 10 got its new update, despite the fact i had...
  13. TheFlash1300

    [SOLVED] Why can't i install Windows 11, if my device is supported?

    According to Microsoft's PC Health Check app, my low-end laptop supports every requirement, except the CPU. What will happen, if i install Windows 11 on my laptop? Also, i have one more question. The PC Health Check app says this: "The processor clock speed is 1Ghz or faster." At the same...
  14. TheFlash1300

    Question How do i transfer my Windows 10 to another lapto/desktop?

    Several weeks ago, it was saying "Windows is activated with a digital license", now, it says "Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account". My question is, can i transfer the Windows 10 i have to another device, without having to buy another Windows 10? Someone...
  15. L

    [SOLVED] Do i need to reinstall windows when im upgrading my motherboard and cpu?

    Im going from the i5-8600k to the i5-12600k and obviously i need a new motherboard for that. Can i simply connect my drives and launch it like it was the old pc? Thank you in advance!
  16. gvcallen

    Question New PC switches off during install

    Have just built a new PC but can't seem to install an OS. I have tried Windows 10, Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora but all exhibit very similar behaviour. What happens is that at seemingly random times in the install (although for Windows it is actually quite consistent) the keyboard lights all blink...
  17. P

    [SOLVED] Does us msconfig delete the applications on the windows 10 copy?

    I have two windows 10 installations, one on my hdd and one on my ssd. I want to delete the one on my hdd however I have other programs on there so I can’t just wipe the drive. I looked it up and saw that I can use msconfig ( I think it’s called ) to delete the old windows 10 on my hdd that I...
  18. princedragonis

    [SOLVED] How do I move my Windows installation to a new SSD?

    I have a Windows 10 on my HDD. I recently purchased an M2 SSD. I wish to boot my Windows from it and have all the apps on it. It is being shown as a drive. I wish to move my Windows to the SSD. A reinstallation is okay. My question is: If I try to install a Windows 10 copy from a live USB by...
  19. M

    [SOLVED] After moving OS to SSD, can I use two partitions to install programs?

    I currently have a 1TB HDD that is near full, and I am looking to do a clean install of Windows 10 onto my 500GB SSD (WD Blue SATA SSD), and have no issue reinstalling any programs. I plan to use my 1TB HDD to store personal documents (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Videos folders etc) along...
  20. deNameMo

    [SOLVED] Is something like dynamic RAM Module possible (Deactivate certain sticks in Windows? Read Description)

    Suppose you have 2x 3200 & 2x 2400 Sticks. This is running quadchannel and in general @ 2400mhz since the 2 Sticks are the lowest freq. correct? If you want to run at 3200mhz you'd need to disable/remove the lower frequency sticks correct? If that is the case, is it possible to utilize all...
  21. Iver Hicarte

    [SOLVED] GLITCH: Windows 10 Flashes for half a second then tabs become black and the desktop icons and the desktop itself becomes black

    I'm having issues with my Windows 10 recently, whenever I'm casually using my pc and while I'm editing, the display flickers for half a second then everything becomes black, the taskbar disappears, the tabs that are open are partially black and the only way to revert this issue is to hover the...
  22. Z

    Question "Preparing Automatic Repair" loop

    Just today I have had the problem where my personally built computer goes into a consistent loop where it indicated that it is "Preparing Automatic Repair" only to just have my computer restart. I have looked up numerous amount of fixes and all of them revolve around needing to enter 'windows...
  23. mmzf

    Question what will be the best linux distro for me?

    What will be the best Linux distro for best webgl performance? For a Dell precision m6400 core 2 duo p8400 @2.26Ghz and 10gb ram 1066Mhz with Nvidia quadro fx 2700m as it got only 340 driver on Linux which is kinda unsupported now a days. i use to play a webgl game, so i only need is good...
  24. Haunted_

    [SOLVED] Recommended Drive for OS: 2TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 vs 500GB SATA SSD vs 1TB SATA SSD ?

    Hey All, I'm upgrading my computer with some new parts and I'm curious which drive others would use for the Windows 10 install. I do lots of video editing of 4K videos in Davinci Resolve, lots of photo organizing and editing in Lightroom (cloud and LR Classic, all RAW photos), and lots of...
  25. Endre

    Question Operating system market share 2021

    Quick facts: As of april 2021, Android holds the top position as the most used operating system worldwide, with 40.63% market share. While Windows is #2 with 31.94% worldwide market share. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share Question: Knowing that Microsoft lost the race of the...
  26. I

    [SOLVED] Will having a hard drive only with Operating system increase speed?

    i have 4 hard drives (HDD) one of them has the operating system im not gonna lie its kinda full and makes it very very slow so im planing on doing some changes such as moving everything, apps, files, to other non-operating system hard drives ( please note i don't mean files like...
  27. T

    [SOLVED] Why is the 'documents' folder on my computer stored on my HDD (D drive) rather than my local disk (C drive)?

    Hi, I noticed that the quick access folders for documents, pictures, downloads, videos etc are all located on my HDD drive (for storage) rather than my OS drive. Does this mean I still have old windows components (files and folders) on my HDD (I used this for my OS before I bought an SSD. I...
  28. System32_76

    [SOLVED] Why can't I update Xubuntu ?

    Hi everyone. I tried to update from Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS to 20.04.2, but for some reason, I can't easily do so. I executed the "sudo apt update" command before using these three specific upgrade commands: "sudo apt dist-upgrade," "sudo apt full-upgrade," and "sudo apt upgrade." The upgrade...
  29. A

    Question Windows Wont Boot To New SSD After Data Migration

    Hello Toms Hardware! as the title suggests I am having difficulty booting into my new SSD. I recently purchased a new NVME SSD. I wanted to migrate my current OS and some storage to my new drive. Both drives are Samsung. I downloaded the Samsung data migration utility and proceeded to run it as...
  30. M

    [SOLVED] Question about migrating OS

    Hello, I have recently bought an m.2 SSD (replacement for the old HDD) for my notebook to finally make it usable. I want to migrate the OS (W10 Home), but I cant find information about the transfer as a whole. Will the migration copy all SYSTEM RELATED FILES to the SSD or ALL FILES to the SSD...
  31. kook

    [SOLVED] Which drive should I install it on?

    So I want to install Pop!_OS and I need to select either of these 2 drives. I'm sure the top is HDD and the lower is SSD so what do I choose to install the OS? Personally I thought I'd use the HDD for backups. So where does the OS go? Btw win10 is installed somewhere and I don't mind overwriting...
  32. I

    Question is ssd hard drive faster

    im gonna buy an ssd hard drive to speed up some games loading speed and fps in general, but i wonder does the ssd hard drive need to be the OP system to run games faster? or can i just put it as a secondary hard drive and put a game in there and it will run faster? the question is, will both...
  33. xrh

    [SOLVED] Constant BSOD and System File corruptions

    As of yesturday my PC has been getting loads of random BSOD, and error codes indicating there are corrupt system files. So the 1st error code I got was 0xc0000221 which was saying my OS couldn't be loaded due to the kernel being missing or containing errors and the file it was showing was...
  34. NJackson7

    [SOLVED] Best cloud storage solution

    Hello all. I am currently doing a project that is trying to determine how useful a personal cloud storage device would be for a business compared to using options such as Onedrive (as well as how economically viable it would be). As part of this project, I need to determine which would be the...
  35. G

    My PC shuts off when gaming/Stress Test!

    I am Often Playing video games when my system will shut off, and I know that the CPU is not overheating. I have had this problem before and a computer shop said it was a problem with my operating system. Yet after re-installing windows with a different product key, the problem has come back...
  36. Flame1

    [SOLVED] Photoshop makes my whole OS lag

    I made a similar thread earlier and I thought the issue was fixed by reinstalling photoshop to another drive, but after 3 hours of working on a project the issue happened again, all of a sudden out of nowhere my whole system just started lagging extremely to the point where it took about a...
  37. bradencn

    [SOLVED] I want to move an old Hard Drive to a new computer without losing data. How?

    I know how to install a new hard drive fairly easily. My question is simply, how do I take an older 3.5" hard drive that has an OS on it, and put it on my new computer that has the OS on an M.2 that I'm using? Obviously I don't need the OS on the hard drive anymore, but I really don't want to...
  38. Pijmzhchus

    [SOLVED] Installed Windows 10 as MBR... not GPT. Is this a problem?

    So I did a clean install of Windows 10. Seems to be running fine, but after some digging a found out that the OS is installed as BMR, not GPT. I have read that GPT is superior, but I really dont want to reinstall OS again. cant also boot in UEFI mode too, I think thats connected. Only thing I...
  39. Andross64

    Question Why is Microsoft giving me a .exe file when I try to download the ISO for my OS?

    - Main drive that had the OS on it failed(everything was backed up so it's all good). - I go to the Microsoft page where you can re-download the ISO to reinstall the OS on your machine. - My code works fine but...... It gives me a .exe file even though the page says download ISO. - I need to...
  40. G

    [WTS] Crucial MX 500 1TB SSD--$85.00 shipped

    Crucial MX 500 1TB SSD. Used for on year, will wipe clean before shipping. I have gone to all M.2 PCI-e and the cases I'm using don't have 2.5" drive slots. $85.00 Shipped