There has been an unusual issue with Bluetooth on Windows 10/11 where users may see the “Remove Failed” error when they try to remove one of their Bluetooth devices. Most of the cases are relating to wireless controllers (such as PS4 and Xbox Controllers) and Bluetooth audio devices. I’ve been […]
If a program does not support Unicode (a universal character encoding standard for use with different language), the characters in the program may not be showing properly if it consists of characters of languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, etc. If this happens, there is an option in Windows […]
During Windows 10/11 setup, when you select a particular hard drive or SSD and click “Next”, the setup displays an error that reads “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style“. This could happen when you run Windows Setup via a bootable […]
A ghost file is a file that is still visible in File Explorer but Windows returns “Item not found” or “File not found” error when you try to delete it. It is there but at the same time not actually there. This guide shows a few solutions on how to […]
Hard disk drive(s) not showing up in Windows or not even detected in BIOS after installing new M.2 SSD? This guide explains why the problem occurs and how to quickly fix it. HDD not showing up in Windows after installing M.2 SSD Most motherboards have restrictions where when a M.2 […]
This short guide will show you how to re-enable the folder merge conflicts warning so that Windows will let you know when there is any duplicate folder or directory during copy or move process in Windows 10. No duplicate folders warning when copy or move files Windows 10 In the […]
Check Disk, or more often known by its abbreviation CHKDSK, is a built-in tool in Microsoft Windows to scan hard disk drives for errors and bad sectors and repair them. This short tutorial will show you how to skip or disable disk checking on Windows 10 so that it won’t […]
If you get an error message in the Oculus app or Windows notification that says “No headset audio” or “Your headset has no audio” when you try to use your Oculus Rift S or Oculus Quest 2 VR headset on a Windows 10 PC, here are a few workarounds you […]
When you delete a file, the deletion fails with an error message that says “File In Use – The action can’t be completed because the file is open in another program“. The cause of this issue is that a program or Windows itself is using or running the file while […]
Depending on what state your SSD is currently in, whether it’s already been initialized and have partitions on it, or is still entirely brand new and not initialized yet, the steps to properly format a new SSD to make it usable may vary. You do not need pay for and […]
This tutorial will show you how to partition new SSD and how to create new partition on an existing or external SSD in Windows 10 without formatting or losing any data. Since all these can be done using Disk Management – a Windows 10 built-in disk manager, you don’t have […]
Drive partitions are often split during a re-format or fresh installation of operating system when the drive is still unpartitioned or unallocated. However, formatting is not a needed condition to split C: drive or any other drive into multiple partitions. You can easily split drive into two or more partitions […]
If you have recently done a cloning of an old HDD to a new SSD, and have issue trying to format the old HDD afterward or just don’t know what to do next, this guide will show you how to make sure you’re booted from your SSD, and how to […]
During Windows 10/11 setup, when you select a particular hard drive or SSD and click “Next”, the setup displays an error that reads “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style“. This could happen when you run Windows Setup via a bootable […]
In Windows 11, the date and time formats are defaulted to the regional format you have set during the Windows setup. If you want to change the date format to mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy, or other format you prefer, and time format to 12-hour or 24-hour clock in Windows 11, here’s how […]
When Windows 10 detects any of your hard drive is low on disk space, it will show you a low disk space warning popup at the bottom right side of your desktop screen. It’s a taskbar balloon notification that would sometimes minimize your full-screen apps or games just to tell […]