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How should I install windows 7 on a blank hard drive?

I’ve been looking around to see how to do it, and I’ve been hearing that I need to partition everything on my current hard drive/os, and that I need to do a bunch of random stuff to register windows 7. I’ve just been wondering if it can be easier.
Can I just take out my current [...]

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How do I transfer from one hard drive to another?

I had to replace my old laptop after the motherboard went out. What do I need to transfer the data from my dead laptop to my new laptop?

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How do I shrink a hard drive partition?

I am looking for a freeware program that I can use to shrink a hard disk partition that already has Windows XP home and other programs already installed. I want to shrink the partition so that I can intall Linux Fedora as a dual boot.
How much space is good for Linux so [...]

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What would happen if I move my partitioned hard drive to a new computer?

I have a secondary 300 gig hard drive that has been partitioned to 3 drives in my computer. It contains no operating system software whatsoever.
What would happen if I were to move it to a new computer? Would the new computer recognize the separate partitions? This drive was used under Windows XP if that [...]

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How can I clean a hard drive of all the files on it except for the software?

I need to get rid of all of the files on my computer like word documents and powerpoints, but i need to keep the actual programs like word, publisher, and photoshop. Whats is the best way to do this?

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How do I permanently delete files from my computer?

Now I know its a fact that when you delete a file, it goes to the recycle bin, and then windows says that by emptying the recycle bin you are "permanently" deleting those files. Which, I know, is a load of rubbish and the data is still stored on the harddrive. I’ve heard that all [...]

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How do I know my hard drive is failing?

I think my hard drive is dying of something. My computer has slowed down recently (no not spyware) and im thinking its the HD because I can hear it struggling like an old man in a triatholon. I close every possible program in task manager and it still lags. Then sometimes its [...]

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How do i transfer pictures from my hard drive to flash drive without loosing pictures on hard drive?

I;m using the flashdrive as a plugin to the back of my digital picture frame?But i do not want to lose the images from the hard drive during the transfer process. thanks!!

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How can I increase the free space on my hard drive?

I have a Dell Vostro 1520 and I deleted my Recovery partition so I can extend it onto my primary partition so I can have 234GB of free space as opposed to 218GB. I went to Disk Management but the "Extend Volume" selection is greyed out. On my friend’s computer, he was able to extend [...]

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How do I delete music from ONLY my Mac?

I’m running very low on space on my Mac OS X, and i have this great hard drive that has a ton of room for all the music that is currently only on my mac. When I tried moving the files on to the drive, it worked. But then when i tried deleting it from [...]

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