Windows Says It’s Running Out of Memory After I Deleted Files
I restarted my Windows laptop and deleted a bunch of files, but I still keep seeing a warning that I'm running out of memory. I'm not very experienced…
storage troubleshooting
Why is my 2 TB drive only showing 341 GB of used space?
I'm running out of space on my D: drive, which I mainly use for Steam games. I had already uninstalled most of my games and removed the remaining…
Samsung 990 Pro Appears in BIOS but Not in the Windows 11 Installer
I'm trying to install Windows 11 on a new Samsung 990 Pro NVMe drive. My system has an MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX motherboard, an AMD CPU, and…
Samsung 990 Pro appears in BIOS but not in the Windows 11 installer
I'm trying to install Windows 11 on a system with an MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX motherboard, an AMD CPU, and a new Samsung 990 Pro NVMe installed…
New WD SN8100 SSD Shows as RAW and Won’t Format
I installed a new WD SN8100 SSD in the second M.2 slot of my MSI PRO B650 motherboard. My existing drive is in slot 1 and contains data…
Why Did My 1TB SSD Suddenly Drop to Almost No Free Space?
Yesterday my 1TB SSD had roughly 400GB of free space, and I had even removed a few games to clear up storage. Today Windows reports that only about…
Why does my USB drive only show 120 MB instead of 16 GB?
I have an older USB drive that should be around 16 GB, but every computer reports only about 120 MB of usable space. The label identifies it only…
Why Won’t My microSD Card Accept Certain Music Files?
I'm building a music library on my Hiby R4 and recently added a 128GB Samsung microSD card. More than 300 songs copied successfully, but three specific tracks refuse…
External Hard Drive Lets Me Play Games but Won’t Download New Ones
My external hard drive has started acting strangely. I can still launch and play several games already stored on it, but attempts to download or install a new…
Windows SSD hits 100% active time and freezes during large downloads or file extraction
My Windows 11 Pro system becomes almost unusable whenever I download or extract large files. The SSD reaches 100% active time, response times exceed 1000 ms, and transfer…
128GB Lexar SD Card Only Shows About 7GB—Can the Missing Space Be Recovered?
I found a Lexar SD card in a workplace storage area that is labeled as 128GB, but Windows Disk Management only detects roughly 7GB of usable space. Several…
How Can I Use HPE SAS Drives in a Non-HP Enclosure?
I recently purchased some HPE 3PAR SMBP6000S5xeF7.2 drives, which are essentially HP versions of the Seagate ST6000NM0285. However, I'm facing a problem because they aren't recognized by my…
Why Are My Samsung 990 Pro SSD's Random Write Speeds So Low?
I recently put together a new PC and everything is running smoothly, except for one thing that's been bothering me: the benchmark results for my Samsung 990 Pro…