The file system FAT (File Allocation Table) from Microsoft was the absolute industry standard for a long time. FAT12 was followed by FAT16 and finally FAT32, until nowadays many drives also use formats like NTFS or exFAT as a basis. Especially under Windows 10 NTFS is getting more and more common. Therefore it is not…
After continuous, often years of use, all kinds of data garbage accumulates on your hard disk. This is almost unavoidable, despite the greatest efforts to regularly clean up your PC. If you have already tried everything and still have almost no space left on your computer, you can extend the partition on Windows 10 to…
Thanks to the release of Windows 10, the integrated boot manager also got an upgrade. With the right settings, you can now easily use different operating systems on a single device. This is advantageous if you want to access Linux or an older version of Windows at the same time, for example. You simply select…
Basically, as technology advances, so does the space on your hard drive. For years now, end users have been able to rely on the powerful flash memory of an SSD or occupy many gigabytes of an HDD at a reasonable price. However, at the same time, lots of data garbage accumulates, from old backups to…
If you learn how to open Disk Management on Windows 10, you can see all the drives connected to your device. As a hard disk manager, the application is also suitable for managing these data media with simple commands. In the first step, however, it is enough to have an overview – especially if you…
When initializing or re-installing a storage medium, difficulties often occur. Your external hard drive is not showing up in Disk Management on Windows 10? Unfortunately, this is a well-known error with the operating system. On Windows 7, this problem already existed. A solution from Microsoft is therefore not to be expected for the time being,…
