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Windows has a compression mode that Microsoft never mentioned and it gave me 38GB on the C: drive.

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Windows has a compression mode that Microsoft never mentioned and it gave me 38GB on the C: drive.

Whether it’s a multi-terabyte Gen 5 NVMe or a 500GB SATA SSD, everyone wants a little more space on their drive. If you can’t afford to buy more, the next best thing is to soften your drive as much as possible by freeing up space for the apps and services you use. Many third-party utilities … Read more

Synology’s health check missed 9527 errors on the drive, which I only found by direct querying.

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Synology’s health check missed 9527 errors on the drive, which I only found by direct querying.

My first NAS was an unfamiliar device to me. I accidentally won it, and for the first two years it sat in my storage room because I was a sophomore living in the dorms. After graduating and returning home, I started using it. For years it was just used for volume storage, as it was … Read more