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Backup & RecoveryMy laptop has two M.2 slots, and comes with a 512GB SATA SSD. Now I'd like to add a 1TB NVMe SSD to my laptop. Is there any way to clone everything on my SATA SSD, including the operating system, to the NVMe SSD? My operating system is Windows 10, version 1903.
In the previous article, we introduced how to recover an unsaved Word document. But what should we do for the encrypted Word files? Discard them to the Recycle Bin? Definitely not! This passage, 2 methods for the recovery of encrypted word file, will show you how to deal with this problem without data loss, including a free method.
Are you trying to recover files after a factory reset in Windows 11? You may factory reset your Windows 11 computer for various reasons, such as a forgotten password or sluggish performance, and if you encounter unexpected errors, you may also need to reset your PC by following the onscreen instructions, which can resolve most of the issues. However, this operation is risky as you may lose your data.
File History is a file backup tool built in Windows 10, which can automatically and quickly back up personal files from the computer to an external drive. This is much more convenient than manual copy or transfer, especially if you have large number of files to back up.
If you have enabled File History on Windows 10 to automatically back up files, you may already have many backup versions on your computer. Deleting old backups can save disk space. Now, this post will show you how to delete old File History backup in Windows 10.
A backup is a second copy of all your important files, for example, your documents, photos, emails, passwords and so on. Instead of storing it all in one place, like your computer hard drive, you can keep another copy of everything somewhere safe. This article covers six different ways to back up your personal data in Windows 10.
If you use sticky notes to write down important things, it's imperative to create a backup copy of Sticky Notes' contexts. This is able to help recover accidentally deleted sticky notes. When your computer experience a sudden restart, crash or power failure, it would cause sticky notes loss.
Accidentally or mistakenly deleted an important PDF file on the PC, and then want to restore it? Then, you’re in the right place. This article covers four effective ways to recover deleted PDF files on Windows 10.
Backing up the system can help prevent data loss due to system crashes. This article is a comprehensive tutorial on system backup in Windows 11, including 2 practical and effective methods. Let's get started!
The Encrypting File System (EFS) is the built-in encryption tool in Windows, it can be used to encrypt your file, folders and even drives to help keep your data secure and prevent other user accounts from being able to gain access to it. This is a guide on how to back up encryption certificate and key in Windows 10.
When it comes to backing up personal data on Windows 10 computer, using OneDrive is a good option. OneDrive is a free online storage app installed on Windows 10. It provides several GB of free cloud space for you to back up your photos, documents, and other files. These files can be synced among multiple devices such as smartphones, tablets, and PCs.
So a system failure occurs on your computer and you can't boot into Windows 10? Tried to repair the system, but failed? In this case, you will need to reinstall Windows, and before this you may want to back up your important data. Now this post will show two ways you can backup your data without booting into Windows 10.
“I plan on doing a clean install of Windows however, as I have limited time and slow internet speed, downloading all the programs again that I currently have would be extremely difficult and time-consuming. How do I backup all of my programs so that I can just restore them after clean installing?”
If your computer is still running an old Windows 7 or Windows 8 system, and you are planning to upgrade to the latest Windows 10, you should make some backup before upgrading. This includes backups of your personal files as well as the Windows system itself. In case the upgrade goes wrong, or the computer doesn't perform well after the upgrade, then you can return to the original state through the backup, without having to reinstall Windows.
It is possible to recover Shift deleted files in Windows 11. When you delete a file by pressing Shift + Delete, the file bypasses the Recycle Bin and is permanently deleted from your computer without recovery. However, it is not immediately erased from your hard drive and may still be recoverable using a file recovery tool. This article will demonstrate to you how to recover Shift deleted files in Windows 11 simply and effectively.
A bootable USB flash drive has many uses, such as installing an operating system, repairing system failures, restoring system backup, resetting Windows 10 password, etc. However, a bootable USB drive may stop working all of a sudden or become non bootable due to accidental deletion/writing of files. Of course, you can recreate a bootable USB drive, but this is usually a cumbersome and time-consuming task, especially when you need it urgently. So, it's a good idea to copy/clone an existing bootable USB flash drive to another USB flash drive for backup.
In this post, we will show you how to clone an HDD to a Samsung 860 Evo SSD on a Windows 10 computer. This allows you to upgrade or replace your computer's old hard drive with a new Samsung 860 Evo SSD without having to reinstall the Windows OS or lose any data. Of course, this tutorial is not only applicable to Samsung SSD 860 EVO Series, but also to other series, such as 840 Series, 850 EVO Series, 850 PRO Series, 960 EVO Series, 960 PRO Series, 970 EVO Series, etc.
If your laptop comes with a small-capacity SSD (such as 256GB), after a period of use, you may find that the SSD is running out of space and your laptop is slowing down. In this case, it's a good idea to clone the SSD to a larger SSD to get more storage space and better laptop performance. Now, on this page, we will show you how to clone a small SSD to a larger SSD in Windows 10.
Want to clone Windows 10 from internal HDD to M.2 SSD for a better boot speed and performance? Now this post will show you how to do that quickly and safely without any data loss.
Usually, we divide the computer hard drive into two or more partitions to store the operating system and other data respectively. If you want to back up or transfer large amounts of data to another hard drive, you can copy the entire partition. Now, on this page, we will show you how to copy a partition to another drive in Windows 10.
When it comes to backing up a Windows 10 computer to an external drive, creating a system image is a good way. Windows comes with the system image backup tool, allowing you to save a copy of the drives required for Windows to run. In case your Windows has errors or fails to boot, you can restore it from the system image backup.
This article will show you how to create a recovery drive or system repair disc for Windows 10. If your Windows 10 has problems or can't start correctly, you can use either of the two types of recovery disks to boot your computer to the recovery environment, and then do troubleshooting, system restore, or system recovery.
Losing essential data due to a deleted or lost partition can be frustrating and stressful. Fortunately, various methods and tools can be used to solve this troublesome problem. In this article, I'd like to share with you a free way of recovering deleted or lost partitions with TestDisk, quickly and effectively.
Have you ever encountered a situation where the Notepad file was closed unexpectedly before you could save the edited content? You are organizing the collected content into a Notepad file, but the Notepad file suddenly stops responding. You could do nothing but end the Notepad task with the Task Manager. Or just as you are working with a Notepad file, the computer suddenly shuts down.
Are you worried about system issues and data loss in Windows 10? Backing up Windows 10 to USB can well keep you away from this concern. But why and how? Here this article will explain why you need to back up Windows to USB and how to back up Windows 10 to USB in 4 common ways.
We often use external hard drive to store or backup valuable data on computer. But do you know that, in order to ensure the data safety, it's also necessary to backup your external hard drive?
If you need to migrate your data or are looking to keep a backup, you can clone your hard drive. Cloning creates an exact copy of everything on the hard drive and places it on another drive. All cloned data can be directly accessed and used without any further conversion. In fact, disk cloning is widely used in computer hard drive replacement. Now, on this page, we will show you how to clone a hard drive in Windows 10.
Guys, this is a very practical tutorial on how to copy C drive to external hard drive in Windows 10 computer. It will save you a lot of trouble and protect you from data loss in the case of system migration or data backup.
This article shows you how to copy your existing Windows 10 installation from your computer to a USB drive and make the USB drive bootable. Then, just take the USB drive with you and you can boot and access your own Windows 10 anywhere, without having to carry your own physical computer. That sounds cool, doesn't it? So, let's learn how to do it.
I just got a new SSD and have installed it into my desktop PC. Now I would like to move Windows 10 to the SSD from my old hard disk drive. Do I have to reinstall Windows 10 on the SSD? Is there a way to migrate Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling the OS?
Have you deleted files from your USB flash drive but want to recover them? So, this page is for you. We'll show you how to recover deleted files from a USB flash drive on the Windows computer.
We usually feel regretful when deleting some photos from a laptop unintentionally. Is there any way to get back them? The answer is yes. This article will show you how to recover deleted photos on an HP laptop on Windows 10.
Sometimes, your videos may be accidentally deleted on Windows during laptop space being cleaned up, hard drive being formatted, or virus being detected by antivirus tool. Where can you find and restore the deleted videos? Here this article will show you how to recover deleted video from laptop on Windows 10.
If you accidentally delete some files using the Shift + Delete command, they will not be moved to the recycle bin. This is why you cannot retrieve deleted files or folders from the Recycle Bin. However, this does not mean that there is no other way to recover deleted files. Here, we provide two practical solutions for recovering shift deleted files in Windows 10.
Are you frustrated with the sluggish performance of your current Windows 11? Are you considering either reinstalling a new operating system or using a different version of the operating system? If your answer is yes, then the next question arises: How to reinstall Windows 11 without losing apps (and files)?
After installing a new SSD to your computer, you will want to move the Windows 10 OS from the old hard drive to the new SSD for better system performance. Disk cloning software allows you to directly migrate Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling. But if you prefer to do a fresh/clean install of Windows 10 on the new SSD, this page is for you. We will show you step by step how to install Windows 10 on a new SSD without removing the old HDD.
Windows has a default Downloads folder, which is located on the operating system drive (drive C:) by default. Whenever you download a file in Windows, it is automatically stored in the Downloads folder. This is great because you can find and manage the downloaded files quickly.
Occasionally, there may be some sensitive files you want to permanently delete from your computer so that no one can recover them, such as confidential financial data, business documents, scandalous photos and so on.
Formatting a USB drive can happen accidentally or intentionally, and can result in the loss of important data. However, all hope is not lost if you have accidentally formatted your USB drive and need to retrieve your data. In this article, we will go through the steps involved in using TestDisk to recover files from a formatted USB drive and help you maximize your chances of successfully recovering your data.
Hello! I formatted my Seagate external hard drive on my PC by accident and painfully, I lost all my data. Is there a way to recover all of my data intact? Please help!
Accidentally deleted some important files on your computer? Take it easy. Commonly, deleted files do not disappear from your computer, but are moved to the Recycle Bin, and you can restore them when needed. Even if you empty the Recycle Bin, the deleted files do not disappear from your hard drive immediately, and you still have a chance to recover them. Now, in this article, we will show you how to easily recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin, even after the Recycle Bin is emptied.
If your hard drive is encrypted by BitLocker and the drive is inaccessible after unlocking BitLocker encrypted data, don't worry, you can still recover files and data from an inaccessible encrypted drive by using the BitLocker Repair Tool. The BitLocker Repair Tool (Repair-bde.exe) can be used to access and recover data from corrupted disks encrypted by BitLocker. A valid BitLocker password, recovery key, or startup key (.BEK file) is used to decrypt the data.
Computer viruses can infect any storage drives without giving prior warning. If your USB drive is caught a virus infection, the virus may hide all of files and folders by changing everything into a shortcut that calls Documents.vbe. This post provides instructions for removing viruses from a USB drive, recover the hidden files and folders for a virus-attacked USB drive and offers suggestions for preventing future infections.
Sometimes we permanently delete unnecessary files from the computer to free up disk space or prevent others from spying into privacy. Common methods for permanently deleting files on Windows include using the Shift + Delete shortcut, emptying the Recycle Bin, formatting the hard drive, etc. Files deleted in these ways are often difficult to recover.
Are you facing data loss in Windows 11? Sometimes Windows 11 may lose data because of various issues such as mistaken deletion, software problem, malware attack, etc. Generally, the deleted files can be found and restored in Recycle bin. While if you empty recycle bin or find no deleted files in it, the files may be permanently deleted. Here this article will show you how to recover permanently deleted files on Windows 11.
Some people ask, Will I lose my data if I replace my laptop's hard drive? The answer is Yes. All data in your laptop, including the Windows operating system, programs, files, etc., is stored on its internal hard drive. If you take out the hard drive and put in another one, all data will remain on the removed hard drive. It will not automatically or magically transfer to the new hard drive.
If you lose access to your encrypted files and folders, you will not be able to open them again unless you are able to restore your file encryption certificate and key used with EFS.
File History is a practical file backup app built into Windows 10. It can automatically save copies of your files from your computer to an external or network drive, so that you can restore your files when they get lost, damaged, or deleted.
I accidentally deleted an important Excel file on my Windows 10 computer. When I went to the Recycle Bin thinking to restore it from there, only to find that it was not in the Recycle Bin. How can I retrieve a deleted Excel file that is not in the Recycle Bin?
Samsung Data Migration is a popular tool for people to clone Windows OS and other data on an existing hard drive to a new Samsung SSD. But sometimes it doesn't seem to work as we expected.
An unsaved Word document may be caused by many unexpected events, such as accidentally closing application, a system crash, a power outage, etc. But don't be frustrated if you encounter this unpleasant problem. In this article, I will demonstrate to you how to recover an unsaved Word document with two simple and effective solutions.
It is so exciting to possess a new Computer, but how to make it run familiarly as the old one? You may have a great number of useful programs installed in old Computer and want to keep them running on the new Computer. In this case, you can choose to either re-download programs or transfer programs from one Computer to another. Undoubtedly, transferring all the installed programs in one time is easier and faster than re-downloading them one by one from internet, Here this article will show you how to easily and properly transfer programs and files to new Computer on Windows 10/11.
Solid State Drive (SSD) is a commonly used solution to upgrade a laptop, because compared with the ordinary mechanical hard drive (HDD), SSD has faster read-write speed. Installing an SSD drive to your laptop won't take much effort, but reinstalling Windows and all of your programs on the SSD will be cumbersome. So, the question is whether there is a way to upgrade laptop's hard drive to SSD without reinstalling Windows. The answer is Yes. Now this page will show you how to replace a laptop's hard drive with an SSD without reinstalling Windows operating system.
Restoring Windows 11 system from a system image backup can be a lifesaver in case of system failure, malware attacks, or other issues that prevent your system from working correctly. Windows 11 provides various ways to restore your system from a system image backup, depending on your needs and preferences.
Windows File Recovery is a popular and free software for recovering permanently deleted or lost files. Learning how to use Windows File Recovery, you can recover the essential files easily and quickly. Follow me!
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) is a firmware-independent database that is used to configure data at boot time. It is used by Microsoft's new Windows Boot Manager. The BCD stores important startup information needed to start Windows.
If I delete or lose some important files on my Windows 10 computer, can I retrieve these files through System Restore? Can System Restore return the computer to the earlier state where the files were not deleted?
"Hi. I just got a new SSD and have installed it into my PC. Now I am wondering how to move only my OS (Windows 10 Home) to the SSD so that I can boot from it. My current HDD is 1TB, while my SSD is 240GB. If anyone can give me a step-by-step guide, I would be grateful."
If you've accidentally deleted a file without backing them up and need to get it back. Whatever happened, don't panic just yet. There are a few steps you can take, it's possible to restore some deleted files. Here, this guide covers two effective methods to easily find and restore deleted files from SSD in Windows OS
