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What files can I safely remove?

I have been deleting files from my C Drive for weeks. Now I do not know what else to delete. I have changed the default download to my D Drive. All new downloads go to the D Drive. I have had problems with a printer and there are files left on the C…

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asked 2025-10-14T10:38:37.4933333+00:00
Irene Lesley Browning 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-22T16:13:39.19+00:00
VivianPhan-0145 3,600 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Changing default download and storage location for Windows updates

I recently discovered that my C drive is nearly full, while my D drive has much more space. However, even though I've set my default download and storage location to the D drive, my Windows updates still go to the C drive. Is there a way to permanently…

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asked 2024-01-31T06:01:53.1033333+00:00
Boy Boy 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-19T05:10:04.66+00:00
Keith Cary 0 Reputation points
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How to Redirect Deleted Files to Archive Instead of Permanent Deletion on SMB Shares?

We're using Windows Server with multiple SMB shares (e.g., \\Shared\IT, \\Shared\FINANCE, etc.). Users need permission to delete files for organizational purposes, but we want to prevent permanent deletion. Is there a way to redirect deleted files to an…

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asked 2025-09-23T19:50:55.4333333+00:00
Abdul Wakil Zamani 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-14T16:39:02.59+00:00
Abdul Wakil Zamani 0 Reputation points
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Windows is BLOCKING access to a newly formatted drive.

Someone else asked this question and was successful in getting a resolution. Unfortunately my concern does not get answered because unlike the other poster, I have no files or folders. This is a blank extra storage SSD drive, no data, Installed,…

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asked 2025-10-02T18:22:32.2333333+00:00
Jeremy @ JR Repair 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-03T13:24:00.9733333+00:00
Jeremy @ JR Repair 0 Reputation points
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requirement is set of 2 licenses i.e. Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise - 64 bits + Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 2024 LTSC

The requirement is set of 2 licenses i.e. Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise - 64 bits + Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 2024 LTSC, need help for license and details

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asked 2025-09-29T08:50:37.81+00:00
System Administrator 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-29T13:42:56.2333333+00:00
System Administrator 25 Reputation points
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The IO operation at logical block address 0x0 for Disk 2 (PDO name: \Device\000000a3) was retried.

iscsi storoge issue The IO operation at logical block address 0x0 for Disk 2 (PDO name: \Device\000000a3) was retried.

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asked 2025-09-28T17:42:19.5766667+00:00
RAVINDER SINGH 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-09-28T19:14:19.4366667+00:00
Henry Mai 6,505 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Can a NAV2015 customer create a new database with separate application server to address performance issue?

Our NAV2015 customer is facing slow performance issue? Can they create a new database using a separated application server to address this issue? Or is there any other solutions?

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asked 2025-09-03T07:33:06.1733333+00:00
Chirayu Traihirun 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-09-03T09:34:44.09+00:00
Quinnie Quoc 5,835 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Mapped drives very slow vs UNC on 2016 fileserver.

This started about a month ago. Not sure where the issue is but looking for someone one to point me in the right direction. This is affecting numerous but not all users. We all have the same windows build/hardware etc. User is on the vpn…

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asked 2020-12-02T18:54:29.887+00:00
Drew Cor 121 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-29T09:46:54.25+00:00
Luis de Vasconcelos 0 Reputation points
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Troubleshoot S2D health - loss of comms to one of NVMe cache disks

I have an NVMe cache disk reported as retired due to 'lost communication' but the disk is showing as healthy via the vendor's tools. Is this purely a hardware issue or is there some storage spaces direct troubleshooting that can help resolve the issue? 3…

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asked 2024-05-24T10:24:38.7866667+00:00
ppinfrageek 141 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-14T16:30:30.6966667+00:00
Sumit Vikram Tripathi 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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"Available shrink space too small despite plenty of free space (unmovable files issue)"

Hi there, I'm trying to shrink my C: drive using Windows Disk Management, but the available shrink space is extremely limited — even though I have more than 390 GB of free space on the disk. When I run: defrag C: /A /U /V It tells me: You do not need…

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asked 2025-08-04T17:44:40.8166667+00:00
sercan oğuz 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-14T06:20:09.13+00:00
Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 85 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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The windows registry is corrupted

The windows registry database is corrupted and dism & sfc scannow not workes , and advance system repair and dism commands and chdsk that does't works properly . how to solve this for my system . I can attached my error in below. I can run this…

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asked 2025-08-02T15:36:46.03+00:00
PRATHAM SIDDHPURA 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-13T21:28:10.69+00:00
Darrell Gorter 2,901 Reputation points
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All our S2D Clusters suddenly freeze and fail when one node is offline

Hello, we are running 12 hyperconverged Hyper-V / S2D Failover Clusters on Server 2019 which were installed during the last 3 years and everything was running fine and stable until a few month ago. 3 of them are 2 node clusters with 4-way mirrored /…

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asked 2024-05-23T22:29:00.9366667+00:00
Jemandanders 15 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-13T11:00:41.0466667+00:00
RICHARD PLOECHL 5 Reputation points
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Live Migration Failed (The Operation did not complete on resource Virtual Machine)

We have 5 node cluster HP ProLiant 380 Gen 9 and we have migrate failover cluster windows 2019 to 2022 , I have joined failover cluster 2022. but my live migration is not working (Live Migration Failed (The Operation did not complete on resource Virtual…

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asked 2025-08-05T09:55:35.7366667+00:00
Ravinder Makkar 80 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-13T06:29:24.4466667+00:00
Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 85 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Windows Updates Disk Space Usage Huge Increase

Base Windows system disk usage used to be under 20GB. Applying updates and now it is over 30GB. Run settings/storage/temporary to delete files. Run DISM /resetbase. And disk space usage is still over 30GB. Is this the new normal? Or do I need…

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asked 2025-07-08T19:52:55.0466667+00:00
Stan Kasper 1,481 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-12T03:27:05.9533333+00:00
Morgan Rodriguez 0 Reputation points
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Does the Deduplication feature in Windows Server can cause compression on the files?

Does the Deduplication feature in Windows Server can cause compression on the files? Note: I have Windows Server DFS installed.

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asked 2025-07-15T01:55:54.3466667+00:00
Richelle Lanuza 21 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-05T08:10:48.87+00:00
Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 85 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Cleaning APPDATA folders on drive C:

Good day, Is there any way to clean space of the C drive: This server is a Remote Session Host and what consumes the most space are the "AppData" of users. in only APPdata is consuming 35GB. Thank you

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asked 2022-07-15T00:48:13.35+00:00
pregs22 41 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-18T21:02:44.26+00:00
KMS 0 Reputation points
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Storage pool disappeared from guest, appeared on host after reboot

Two physical disks were set as Offline in Disk Management on the Hyper-V host, and then they were mounted and set up as a mirror storage pool in the guest. Everything seemed to work well, also across reboots of both host and guest. Host and guest are…

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asked 2022-09-29T15:12:28.893+00:00
Mike-2930 86 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-03T21:09:43.15+00:00
Joseph Tarbit 0 Reputation points
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Windows Hyper-V Server Host Windows Search via a Guest Win2019 Server

I have a bare-metal installation of Windows Hyper-v Server 2019 with two virtual Windows 2019 servers running as guests. One is the Domain Controller and the other host all the other Roles including the RDSH Role which I understand is incompatible with…

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asked 2020-12-29T20:36:35.947+00:00
Josh Rideout 6 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-05-29T21:59:22.62+00:00
DillanSimmons 6 Reputation points Admin
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Work Folders won't sync back

Hello experts! Got a strange problem with Work Folders. For some users, if the file is created or changed by admin on the user's share, it won't sync back to user's PC. Error 0x8007017c displays at user's Work Folders, and sync is stopped until the…

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asked 2020-12-14T14:16:06.027+00:00
Dmitry Barabanov 21 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-05-29T21:57:26.63+00:00
DillanSimmons 6 Reputation points Admin
6 answers

Adding\Replacing Drives In Storage Spaces

Hello, We recently purchased a new server which we will be using to support several of our SQL databases. The server contains 4 NVMe drives that will be used for the database files. The server is running Windows Sever 2019. We would like to use…

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asked 2020-12-08T13:03:25.283+00:00
James Riley 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2025-05-29T21:55:49.5933333+00:00
DillanSimmons 6 Reputation points Admin