Recent content by Scannerman

Just yesterday I had to run the stand alone 24H2 repair from the Catalogue because KB5055523 would not install on my Windows 11 ready X299 board. The process of updating appeared to have disabled PTT in my system BIOS because the repair check stated that my system did not have TPM2. Yup... That...

This is why I suggested getting a licensed data recovery app. I recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro Ultimate because I'm familiar with it but I'm sure there are other good ones available as well. Of course it depends on how valuable that data is to you but doing it yourself instead of paying...

Yes, indeed.

So... I thought about whining about this in the ASUS section but since it didn't affect all ASUS builds I'll keep it here for now. I just lost all my drivers for my 24H2 after running and installing Windows Update and then I hit a wall on a security update. So, after numerous attempts at...

UGH! My April 4 anniversary present was yet another TPM2 bugaboo.

I sit corrected. I thought about that after typing it and decided to leave it in as it is still higher end than many other standard laptops. It is certainly not your average check your email and social media laptop. An RTX 4060 is designed for a measure of performance well beyond what one might...

As I stated earlier if the data doesn't matter you can reformat all those drives and Win 11 will "see" them. No need to get a new one. If the drive shows up in Disk Management as a black bar and greyed out it likely needs to be initialized before it can be formatted. If it only shows as a black...

Yes, this may well be the case today, but I would not gamble on it. Clearly OP has a high end laptop and likely uses it to game. I'm a PC builder/repair guy and I've been doing it for 22 years. Admittedly I don't repair laptops anymore due to my age and I'm retired now. Admittedly I'm not a...

Before you reformat or initialize anything there may be a way to recover most of your missing data. If it isn't important then by all means go ahead with formatting those drives that have no valuable data. As for Linux, yes, Explorer acts like they're not even there. If you label the drive or...

Very likely an initialization thing or drive needs to be formatted.

What does it show in Disk Management?

User preference always prevails BUT my personal experience regarding drivers has always been to get them from the manufacturer of the system board first whenever possible. This especially holds true with proprietary prebuilds such as Dell, HP, and Acer to name a few. Intel will warn the user on...

The preferred position for my Thunderbolt 3 card was blocked by the shroud and this is also where I plug in the cable for TB3. The RGB shroud simply had to go. The ASUS RTX 3070 KO card is more toward the higher end of the spectrum for NVIDIA 3070 graphics cards. I plan on using it in...

Well, domestics seem to be keeping this old man away from his favourite hobby but I managed to squeeze in a little time to work on the SAGE work station board. Admittedly, I don't mind losing one PCIe slot to a thick GFX card but losing three is simply unacceptable. The whole idea behind having...