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How to enable or disable Auto-Mounting of Drives, Disks, Volumes in Windows

Whenever a new drive or any storage device is attached to a Windows 10 computer, the Operating System tends to automatically allot at drive letter to it. This is not limited to assigning just a letter, but the OS also […]

What is Disk Signature Collision? How to fix Disk Signature Collision problem on Windows?

Storage devices are an important part of the computer system for saving, porting and extracting data files. In order to differentiate between storage devices on your computer system, each storage devices are tagged with a unique number called Disk Signature […]

Fix The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error

If you receive an error “The request failed due to fatal device hardware error” while copying files between an external hard disk or when you have multiple disks connected to your Windows 10 PC, it means there is some fault in […]

Windows 10 creates an extra Disk Partition

Fix: Windows 10 v1803 creates an extra Disk Partition

Windows 10 v1803 April 2018 Update brought along a lot of new features and improved upon existing ones. However many users reported that it creates extra OEM or Recovery partition. It is basically a WinRE partition. They cannot be deleted […]

Best Hard Drive encryption software for Windows 10

In this techno world, data protection demands the utmost attention. The internet is totally susceptible to incidents of Ransomware. Cybercrime is on a constant rise, and this uses internet for malicious purpose. Thus Data Encryption is the need of the […]

A disk read error occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

If upon booting your Windows system, you frequently get the error – Disk Read error occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart here are a few things you could try to resolve the issue. The first thing you need to do is, […]

Windows detected a hard disk problem

Windows has an inbuilt mechanism which checks the hard drive and reports errors if anything isn’t working as expected. In case a problem is detected, the user gets the following error message: Windows detected a hard disk problem. Back up […]

Fix The volume does not contain a recognized file system message on Windows

If you receive The volume does not contain a recognized file system, Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted, then this post gives you the workaround to fix the […]

Windows was unable to complete the format – SD card, USB drive, External disk

If you are trying to format your external hard disk, SD card, or USB drive, but receive and error message Windows was unable to complete the format, you can follow this tutorial to fix the issue. You might face this […]

File record segment is unreadable Disk error in Windows 10

There could be nothing worse than a failing hard disk with the risk of losing all your crucial data in one go. While in many cases, it might not carry a warning, some users have reported getting errors which help […]

How to change hard disk drives in Windows 10 with Hot Swap

Removing a hard disk drive from a personal computer is quite easy. Simply pull down the system and remove the drive. However, it’s a bit more complex when performing a hot swap. For those who are unaware, hot swapping is […]

Stop Spotify from killing the SSD or HDD of your Windows computer

In June 2016 Spotify announced that its user base had crossed active 100 million users per month. This was possible because of its free and ad-supported version as most of the users are not paying any monthly subscription. Unlike its […]

List of best external hard disks of 1 TB size

In the era of cloud computing, hard drives still play a vital role in helping you manage your crucial data when cloud isn’t available or is too expensive. Trusted old HDDs are great for storing large amounts of your documents, […]

Best Internal Hard Disk Drives for your Windows computer

Despite the surge in demand for Cloud storage and Solid State Drives, HDDs or Hard Disk Drives are still pretty much in fashion. This is because of many reasons like reliability and affordability. You can use multiple hard drives to […]

Run Storage Performance Tests against Files, Partitions with TechNet Diskspd

Systems running Windows OS can use the latest version of Diskspd, a feature-rich and versatile storage testing tool from Microsoft TechNet, ideal for synthetic storage subsystem testing and validation. To be precise, a performance benchmarking tool. Normally, the open-source application […]

Disk Error Checking: How to run chkdsk in Windows 10

Users of Windows 8/10 may have noticed that Disk Error Checking is a bit different from the earlier versions of Windows. Checking your hard disk, every once in a while for errors – usually caused due to improper or sudden shutdowns, […]

The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error

If you receive The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error, Please rerun backup once issue is resolved message, while performing a backup on your Windows 8 computer, then this post may help you fix the […]

What is GPT Partition or GUID in Windows 10/8/7

What is GUID Partition Table or GPT? In this post, we will see what a GPT partition is and how they compare to MBR disks and also how to format, remove, delete it or convert GPT disk to MBR disk. GUID […]

How to Securely and Safely dispose of old Computers

Over time, you store plenty of data on your computers. If you wish to sell them, you should never sell them as such. There are dangers of data theft and misuse. At least, you will have people know about you […]

Hybrid Drive vs SSD vs HDD: A comparison

With Flash storage devices picking up, you would want to know which type of storage device to buy for yourself. Solid State Disk or SSDs are faster than conventional Hard Disk Drives or HDDs, but a lot costly. There is […]

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