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Hi,
I would suggest you to run System File Checker, here are the steps:
To perform the system file checker use these step:
1.Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator.
2.Click Continue or supply Administrator credentials if prompted.
3.In the Command Prompt window type the following, and press Enter:
sfc /scannow
4.You should see the following on-screen messages:
2.Click Continue or supply Administrator credentials if prompted.
3.In the Command Prompt window type the following, and press Enter:
sfc /scannow
4.You should see the following on-screen messages:
Beginning the system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification % complete.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification % complete.
5.Once the scan has completed you will receive an onscreen message resembling one of the following:
…found no integrity violations
…found corruption but repaired it
…found corruption that it could not repair
…found no integrity violations
…found corruption but repaired it
…found corruption that it could not repair
Please reply with the completion message that you received.
You can also try with these steps:
1. Click start type services and press enter.
2. In the Services tool, click the service that you want to start, and then click Properties.
3. Right-click the Log On tab, and then click to select the Allow service to interact with desktop check box.
4. Click OK to exit the Properties dialog box.
2. In the Services tool, click the service that you want to start, and then click Properties.
3. Right-click the Log On tab, and then click to select the Allow service to interact with desktop check box.
4. Click OK to exit the Properties dialog box.
Please respond back for the status on the issue and let us know if you have any issues.
Azam – Microsoft Support.
As soon as your computer starts running out of space, you typically install a new hard disk, and you're ready to go. However, as times goes by many drives will show up on your computer, which is not the best solution you want to have.
Instead of using RAID or another method to group drives logically, you can also use a feature found in Windows 10 (and in previous versions) that lets you assign a mount-point folder path to a hard drive to appear as a folder on your computer rather than using a drive letter.
In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to use Disk Management to assign a mount-point folder path to a hard drive connected to your computer.
How to assign a folder path mount-point to a hard drive
- Use the Windows key + E keyboard shortcut to open File Explorer.
- Navigate to a folder location you want the mount-points to appear and create a folder with a descriptive name. For example, StoragePool.
- Double-click the newly created folder and create a folder for each hard drive you want to mount with a descriptive name. For example, HardDrive1 and HardDrive2.
- Use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to open the Power User menu and select Disk Management.
- Right-click the new empty drive you want to mount as a folder and select New Simple Volume.
- Click Next.
- Click Next again.
- Select the 'Mount in the following empty NTFS folder' option and click Browse.
- Select the folder you want to assign the mount-point. For example, C:StoragePoolHardDrive1.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
- Leave the default options, make sure to change the drive label with a descriptive name, and check the Perform a quick format.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish to complete the task.
Perhaps one of the best features of this approach is that it's non-destructive, which means that adding or removing a mount-point path folder won't erase your data. However, this only works with drives formatted with NTFS file system.
How to assign a mount-point folder path to a drive with data
If the drive already contains data, you can use the following steps in Disk Management to remove the drive letter and assign a mount point.
- Right-click the drive and select the Change Drive Letter and Paths option.
- Click Add.
- Select the 'Mount in the following empty NTFS folder' option and click Browse.
- Select the folder you want to assign the mount-point. For example, C:StoragePoolHardDrive2.
- Click OK.
- Click OK again to complete the task.
- Right-click the same drive and select Change Drive Letter and Paths again.
- Select the old drive letter and click Remove.
- Click Yes to confirm the drive letter removal.
Remember that you can use the same steps mentioned above to remove the mount-point folder path and revert to the drive letter.
Setting a mount-point folder path will not only come in handy to reduce the number of drive letters on your computer, but it will also help you to organize your drives better, even in that rare case where you probably connected too many drives, and you begin to run out of letters.
This solution is also ideal when you're sharing a folder on the network, and you're running out of space. Instead of creating a new network share, you can just mount a drive as a folder inside the folder already shared in the network.
It's important to note that each hard disk will continue to work independently, which means that if one drive fails, you won't lose the files on the others. However, we always recommend making a full backup before modifying anything on your computer.
If you're looking to group multiple hard drives with redundancy, you can use our previous guide that will help you to setup Storage Spaces.
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We bring you another interesting utility of Windows 10: Disk Management. Talking about the new Windows 10 is an on-going discussion as there are lots of things to explore. To give a brief about Disk Management, it is the tool that lets you carry out the basic works of the disk utility even without buying any extra software. You can do the tasks like creating a hard disk partition or resizing it or even removing it if needed. In short, you can manage all the activities related to the disk partitions in Disk Management. Well, in this article we will showcase you all the details of the Disk Management so that you can have a clear idea about this utility and you will also be able to figure out the things that you can perform.
So, to begin the tutorial, we will see how to access Disk Management in Windows 10.
How to Access Disk Management in Windows 10
First Way: Power Menu
- The easiest way to access the Disk Management in Windows 10 is the Power user Menu. All you need to do is to make right click on the Start Menu icon and in the arrived list of commands, you will see Disk Management. Perform a click on it to open.
Second Way: Search field
- Another way, t0 access Disk Management in Windows 10 will be from the Cortana search field. There, you need to type disk management and the results list will have one option called Create and format hard disk partitions. Click on that and Disk Management window will arrive.
Third Way: Computer Management
We present you another way to access Disk Management in Windows 10. If you don’t know how to get into the Computer Management, we recommend you to make a look into our article of Computer Management.
- So when you are into Computer Management, the left column of the window shows you some list of items. Make a click on the Storage and you will see Disk Management listed under it. The middle pane of the Computer Management will list you the details of the Disk Management.
Quick Look at the Disk Management
Apply any of the above-mentioned options and you will get access to the Disk Management window. Well, after its arrival on your screen you will see the list of disk partitions with details like their name, size, and status. Make a note of one thing that the Disk Management utility will only be able to control file systems that suit the operating system of Windows like NTFS or FAT16/FAT32. But of course, it can view the partitions of other types, like the ones created by Linux or different operating system.
How to Delete a Disk Partition with Disk Management in Windows 10
- For definite reasons, you might wish to remove a certain partition of your hard drive. You can create some space to expand a current partition or even renovate the partition with a separate size or file system. So, look at the partition that you wish to remove. Execute right-click on it and choose Delete Volume command.
- A Delete simple volume wizard will pop up and will wait for your confirmation before preceding the removal process as you should know that the removal process might delete all the data. Grant it the permission by clicking on the Yes button.
- After its removal, in the Disk Management utility, you will see the removed partition as Unallocated or Free space.
How to Create a Disk Partition with Disk Management in Windows 10
- If you find a free space on your hard drives, you can utilize that space by creating another partition. Now you will see the unused or unpartitioned space as Unallocated or Free space as already mentioned above. Now, to create a partition there, make right-click on it and choose New Simple Volume.
- This action will lead to the popup of New Simple Volume Wizard where you need to click on the Next button. In the next action, you have to mention the size of the partition. You can wish to set the whole free size or can even use a part of it as the partition. Click Next.
- Now in the next step, you will see three options to choose from. You can even allot a drive letter to your partition or choose to mount it in an empty NTFS folder or omit allotted any drive letter or drive path. Choose your preferred option and then make a click on the Next button.
- Here, you will be queried for the information that by what means the partition will be formatted. Make a point that if you wish to utilize this partition, it has to be formatted. The preferred and default is to use the NTFS and in most of the times, it is used.
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But in case you don’t wish to format the partition, you have the option to choose Do not format this volume. Now, if you have decided that the partition will be formatted, choose the option that says Format this volume with the following settings. Select NTFS for the File system and set the Allocation unit size to its Default and then label the volume in the Volume label field. The label that you provide will be displayed after the drive letter when you view it in the File Explorer. So, decide whatever option you wish to choose, select it and click on the Next button.
A detailed summary of the partition’s settings will be displayed in the following screen of the New Simple Volume Wizard. Take a look at the details and when satisfied click the Finish button.
Once it is done, get back to the Disk Management window and you will see the new partition is on formatting. Depending on the size of the partition and the performance of your computer, it will take few minutes.
After the completion of the formation, you will see the partition listed with the others.
How to Format a Partition with Disk Management in Windows 10
- You can perform a format on the already created partition, but you should know that it will wipe out all the data from that particular partition. Right click on that partition and select Format option to do the formatting.
- As stated above, provide the Volume Label, File system, and Allocation unit size in the Format window of the selected drive. Here, also, the volume label will be exhibited after the drive letter when you see it in the File Explorer. Click Ok.
- Again Ok button, when asked for confirming the procedure as the data stored on the drive will be wiped out.
- Here also depending on the size of the partition and pace of your PC your formatting will be completed.
How to Resize a Partition: Expanding and Contracting with Computer Management in Windows 10
Considering the free or unpartitioned space just ahead or after the partition, you can also expand and contract the FAT16/FAT32 and NTFS partitions with Disk Management. You don’t have to format the partition when you go for the expansion as it is not necessary.
- So, make right-click on it and choose Extend Volume Wizard.
- The Extend Volume Wizard will appear where you need to click on the Next button. It will show you how much space is free that you can add up to your present partition. Choose the amount of size you want to add up and click Next.
- You will see the short abstract of the changes. Click Finish.
- See the newly expanded size of the selected partition in the Disk Management.
- Many users might need to contract a partition. There will be some files present on the disk that will restrict you from the contracting the volume when you try for the one that holds Windows operating system. If you want to contact the partition that holds Windows operating system, you will see it in another article which we will cover soon. Now, look for a partition, right-click on it and choose Shrink Volume.
- It will take quite some time by the Querying Shrink Space window to scan that whether the volume is capable of shrinking or not and also how much disk space can be retained.
- After this, it will ask you for how much space you wish to take out of the partition. Put the desired amount of space in the respective fields and click on Shrink button.
- Get back to the Disk Management window and see your partition in the smaller size with an extra space.
How to Change a Drive Letter and Label with Disk Management in Windows 10
- Right click on the drive whose drive letter and its label you wish to change. Among the list of arrived options, you will click on the Change Drive Letter and Paths option.
- Another window will emerge with the partition and concerned drive letter that you wish to change. Click on Change button.
- In the next step, use the drop-down menu and choose your preferred drive letter and click on Ok button.
- Disk Management will wait for your confirmation to carry out the changes. Click Yes.
- Take a look into the Disk Management and you will see the drive letter changed.
- Now, we will see how to change the label of the partition. And to make it happen, right-click on the partition and choose its Properties.
- The Properties window of the selected partition will open up. Take your attention to the General tab. You will see a disk icon in the General tab and a field next to it where you will provide a new label to the partition. Click Ok.
In the End
So we have learned that Disk Management in Windows 10 will make our work easy while handling the disk partitions. Share the settings or management secrets with your friends and help them in managing their disk partitions. Many more advanced things are there to see and they are mostly put into use by the advanced users. We will soon bring you more of Windows 10 till then enjoy the experiments!
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Windows 10 – How to Open and Use Disk Cleanup
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Windows 10 Disk Management Wont Load
Methods and Steps for How to Fix Disk Cleanup Not working in Windows 10. – Junk files deletion is a necessary activity for users. Disk Cleanup tool is the most useful utility in the native environment of Windows in this regard. But many users complain that the tool (cleanmgr) refuses to start on Windows 10. For some other users, Disk cleanup freezes suddenly. One more issue comes into knowledge that it gets stuck during cleaning unnecessary files.
So here is the compilation of fixes Working for all the above issue related to Disk cleanup in Windows 10. The methods don’t work means you will need to go for clean installation.
Disk Cleanup Not working in Windows 10
You will find 4 methods to fix this issue. All you need to do is follow them one by one and once works this is for your machine.
Delete Temp Files to Fix Disk Cleanup issue
Step 1 – Click Win+R and write
%temp%
in the open window and click Enter.Step 2 – Quickly the temp folder will become visible. So, select the available temp files, perform a right click and select Delete. Border design templates for powerpoint.
Return back to the tool and try to start it to see if it is working.
Fix Disk Cleanup Not working via Windows Update Troubleshoot
Many times Windows update becomes responsible for Disk Cleanup issue. In this case, running troubleshooter is the best idea.
Step 1 – Open Start menu by clicking Start icon placed on the taskbar. Type troubleshooting within the search box and hit the Enter button.
Step 2 – On the subsequent Window, click on View all link at the top in the right pane.
Step 3 – Find Windows update at the bottom of the All categories Window and click on it.
Step 4 – Click on the tiny link Advanced on the troubleshooter.
Step 5 – Click on Run as administrator link positioned in the right bottom section. Once The troubleshooter looks like just above image click Next.
Step 6 – It will detect the troubles if exists, so follow the on-screen guidelines to complete the troubleshooting.
Check if you have Fixed Disk Cleanup Not working in Windows 10.
Run System File Checker to Fix Disk Cleanup Problem
Step 1 – Click the shortcut combination Win+X. Select Command prompt (admin) on the list of available options.
Step 2 – UAC confirmation dialog box will be prompted on the screen. To agree with this User account control, select Yes.
Step 2 – Copy the tool
sfc /scannow
from this line, paste into the elevated command prompt, and click Enter.Step 3 – The scanning will take a short time, so Sit back for approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 4 – If the report is correct then reboot PC and open Disk cleanup and see whether it is ready to clean garbages
Disk Cleanup Not Working Fix through DISM Tool
After following all the methods carefully, Disk Cleanup Not working in Windows 10 problem still remains then run DISM tool.
Step 1 – Open elevated command prompt as stated in the Method number 2.
Step 2 – Copy the tool
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
from this sentence, paste into the command prompt and click Enter.Step 3 – Again wait for the command line tool to execute for a period of time.
Step 4 – Check the result of DISM tool if it has found any error. If everything is OK then reboot your computer and launch Disk cleanup.
Conclusion
These 4 methods are sufficient and well proved and we hope will fix Disk Cleanup Not working in Windows 10 issue. If you find any error in the DISM or SFC scan results then overcome on your own. A clean install will be the last option for you in this case.
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