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I have a bootable iso file of a disk imaging software. I have tested this and it boots without a problem from my multiboot ventoy flash drive both in UEFI and MBR modes. I checked that it shows as...

I have an iso file based on win PE that i wish to make uefi / mbr / both bootable on a win 11 64 bit machine. How can i achieve this? Is there a step by step guide that i could use. I want to have...

The disk spinning is not an indication of its health. From your description I guess that your disk has developed bad sectors and has gone RAW - File system corruption due to bad sectors. CheckDisk...

My external drive has malfunctioned and one by one each of the 3 partitions (and their content) do not show up in explorer. I do not believe that the disk is dead - it is whirring up, indicator...

Is usoclient.exe located at windows\sysnative\usoclient.exe a cause for suspicion?

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Why 'maybe not" to the 2nd query?

If i do an in-place windows reset - with or without retaining files (as compared to a clean re-install), i assume windows uses the install.wim in the recovery partition to do the job. assuming i...

Thanks cereberus and Paul Black: That was really easy

Megahertz: thanks but even diskpart on win 11 does not permit the user to assign drive letters to partitions that are hidden and protected...

I would like to access the files on the efi partition of a REMOVEABLE DRIVE in order to modify the customize the content of one of the files...
Is this possible

assigning a drive letter fails...

Thanks Mathew!

Yes Matthew THAT DID WORK!
Now that your post enlightened me that (admin) command prompt can also be used to delete (add and modify) reg entries and values, I poked around some more and found that...

this is one of them
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store

LesFerch: That is exactly what i meant. However, what if the values of the key keep on changing (say like the values in a MRU) and there are several entries, what could be the solution to blank out...

If i wish to empty/delete ONLY the values of a registry key and not the key itself using a reg key (possibly by placing a "-" sign somewhere), can this be done.
Win 11 x64

If so please help me...

Did that - but the problem still persists

Each time I try and update the windows defender AV updates i get the error "protection definition update failed".

Only when i disable the windows update service (services.msc) i am able to...

Thanks - i will be following whatever is requested of me down to the T

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What i did: I was experimenting with creating a vhd file from my system partition using HDclone and when i saw the amount of time it was going to take (compared to the time it takes me to make a...

I have an image that dates back to Dec 2020 and the recent image dated a week ago is trapped on the data drive along with other data on the second disk. But like i said BOTH disks are showing not...

I made one hell of an error last evening and now i am unable to reboot into my OS (Windows 10)

On using some tools from a bootable iso, i saw that both my hard disks were showing as unallocated...

Yes i am aware about system imaging and have taken the precaution to clone the disk on which i plan to reinstall windows 10

Thanks Try3
I am reinstalling, as this is a laptop that originally shipped with windows 8.1 and over the years has accumulated a lot of junk in term of software, unneeded redistributable Visual c...

Currently, I have an SSD dedicated to the OS (Win 10 x64) that has 3 partitions UEFI (FAT32 260MB), Windows and a recovery partition with the 1st and last not visible in explorer and without any...