Should You Defragment an SSD? What Windows Does and Why
Windows says Optimize, old advice says never defrag an SSD, and Microsoft's docs say it happens monthly. Here is how those fit together.
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"You Need to Format the Disk": Why Not to Click Format Yet
Windows says a drive full of files needs formatting. What the message actually means, why your files are probably still there, and what Format would do to them.
Can't Eject an External Drive: What's Holding It Open
Why Windows and macOS refuse to eject a drive that is in use, what eject actually does, and how to find the program responsible without risking your files.
exFAT, NTFS or APFS: Formatting a Drive for Mac and Windows
Why a Mac can read a Windows drive but not write to it, what exFAT gives up to work on both, and which format fits which drive.
Why a 1TB Drive Shows Up as 931GB, and Where the Rest Goes
A new 1TB drive shows 931GB in Windows and something else on a Mac. Nothing is missing. Here is the arithmetic, and how to spot a gap it doesn't explain.
Your C: Drive Is Full: Where the Space Actually Went
Storage Sense freed a few gigabytes and the drive is still full. Here is what is holding the rest, and which of it Windows will hand back on its own.
