Long gone, but now back… sort of. :)
If a PC is running slow despite having reasonably current and otherwise-healthy hardware, then too-little RAM is for sure a prime suspect — especially if the PC was originally configured at the low end of the OS’s RAM recommendations. Of course, if your PC is old, or has an underpowered CPU, or an old spinning-platter…
I recently wrote about my still-working, antique, “made-for-XP” netbook as part of a fun PC-vs-Mac discussion here. Apparently — judging from the popularity of the post — there are a lot of other people out there maintaining seriously old PCs, too! For example, correspondent “twinmustangranchdressing” asks: “What upgrades and modifications have you made to this…
Um, online? A basic search will show you that there are numerous commercially available HDDs in the 10TB-15TB range, with 20TB drives out fairly soon. Here are some preconfigured Google searches — just click the size you’re looking for: 16TB drives 15TB drives 14TB drives 13TB drives 12TB drives 11TB drives However, these high-capacity drives…
The silver lining, when you have to reformat a PC, is that it’s chance to start over with a 100% clean rebuild — to set up everything afresh in a like-new, pristine setup. For that, a simple “files and data” backup can suffice: After the repair, reinstall the OS from your official setup/install medium, add…
In a word: No. On this page, Microsoft states (emphasis added): “Starting with the May 2019 Update, the system requirements for hard drive size for clean installs of Windows 10 as well as new PCs changed to a minimum of 32GB.“ That’s Windows itself. MS Office also needs room, although the space requirements vary by type…
It depends what you want to use as the HD source. If the source is another PC or similar device (smartphone, tablet, laptop…), you can likely use any remote desktop, screen sharing, Twitch-type screen-streaming, or any similar type of app (that both devices support) to display whatever’s on the source screen on your Win8.1 PC’s…
Your question touches on two separate things. First, yes: Cloning can perfectly replicate everything that’s on a PC’s disk. If the PCs are truly identical (as in a managed corporate setting), and the OS is licensed for it, then you only need one Master disk image, which can then be deployed/installed more or less simultaneously…
I think the only place it still costs that much is at the undiscounted Microsoft Store. With just a little shopping, you’ll find prices half that; and only a small or nonexistent price differential between Home and Pro. (In fact, checking prices today to write this piece, I see Amazon is selling Win10 Pro for…
The general rule is: Put the operating system, and your other most-frequently-accessed files, on the fastest drive. NVMe drives can be faster than classic SATA drives; but the fastest SATA SSDs are faster than some run-of-the-mill NVMe SSDs. Plus, some of the spec-sheet advantages of NVMe may not matter all that much under real-world conditions….
What a strange and dangerous way to hide a file! Because it was hidden, there’s no good way to track what happened. But you might — might — be able to recover the file. I assume you searched the entire disk for the file, including the Recycle Bin. You might also try searching for both…