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Windows 7 – Why is my USB drive showing corrupted data when plugged as an internal SATA drive?

I have a 3TB Seagate Backup Plus Desktop USB 3.0 drive, which works fine when in its enclosure, but when I get it off its enclosure and directly plug it as an internal SATA drive, it’s just not properly recognized (it works again when used in the enclosure).My systems’s motherboard is an ASUS P8P67 LE, […]

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Windows 7 – Why is the folder size (in properties) different from the total file/folder sizes in the folder?

Here’s my problem I’m trying to do a cleanup of my hard drive, and I’m constantly seeing this scenario: (1) Aggregate folder size: I check the folder size viewing properties right clicking the folder (2) Individual folder/file sizes: I check the individual file/folder sizes belonging to that folder viewing properties on the individual file/folder sizes,

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Windows 7 – Why/how is svchost.exe using 6.5GB of memory?

What is going on here? I have almost nothing running. By almost nothing, I mean Firefox, and some background network applications that are entirely passive and would never use this much memory. Related services: UxSms, TrkWks, SysMain, PcaSvc, Netman, CscService, AudioEndpointBuilder, TabletInputService The only thing I can think of is that I was running Virtualbox

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Windows 7 Audio Too Loud

In Windows 7 (64-bit, Ultimate) the default audio output is extremely high. This has been an issue for a while but I was able to get around it as my previous headphones took more power to drive so it actually worked in my benefit. However, now I have a set of really sensitive headphones and

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