DOWNLOADED DRIVE BUT CANT FIND IT ON PC

Till recently, the service was limited to Amazon and Android devices. However, Alexa is now available for Windows 10 computers and can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store. How do I find this Alexa app for download. I have a new Alexa echo dot 2nd gen. I also have one in another room that works, but now I see the old one is always showing a green ring.

Read below to find out about the detailed instructions on how to finally download Alexa on Windows This should help you install Alexa on your Windows 10 computer. You can easily fix logical failure of PS4 hard drive that might cause PS4 to freeze. Unless your PS4 hard drive starts making noise, one of the following suggested solutions can fix that problem. This is probably because of the existence of bad sectors. This second option will take a long time as all drive sectors will be scanned and those that are damaged will be repaired.

We have already published a detailed articles on how to format the internal hard drive of PS4. So, please click the link and learn how to do that. Unplug the cables and plug them back in, ensuring you have a solid connection. But what if PS4 hard drive fails due to a mechanical reason and it gives noise? You have to seriously consider upgrading PS4 internal hard drive with a new and solid hard drive. As for your data, if the drive still has some life, you can try to backup all your data before replacing it.

Either from PS4 or just connect it to a PC and perform a drive clone operation. One of the worst situations you can face during the gameplay is when PS4 crashes or just stops working entirely. Even worse when this persists and keeps happening. In all cases, PS4 hard drive must be replaced with a better and stronger drive. Tags: ps4 hard drive maintenance ps4 hdd failure. Rebuilding databases does not help Or could it if I do it enough? Is it possible to recover everything by treating the clone as an external drive?

Does that clone belong to the PS4 internal hard drive? I did a chkdsk c: on my hard drive and it said found no errors. It is a seagate 2t fire cuda and im not sure what to think. Any ideas? I just got a replacement PS4 4 days ago and this error was occurring the day I got it. Please read this article , there are several solutions to fix this issue.

Hope something will work for you. Hey my ps4 works but will not run large applications and begins freezing and crashing when I try to run any game over 15 gigabytes.

I did everything in the book to fix this but the problem keeps coming back to me. What I mean as in everything is : initilizing, initialize reinstall system software , rebuild data base, delete game and game files.

One thing that I notice as this problems occurs is that none of the saved data files are corrupted, it does say corrupted file when I press on the gta game files. If anyone knows how to fix this please tell me I just want to enjoy my last few weeks of gta online before my ps plus runs out please anyone.

Additional question does buying a new ps4 slim hard drive get rid of corrupted data on the ps4? What happened in your case is most probably due to some bad sector existing on the PS4 HDD and need to be eliminated. Please read this article for further details. I did exactly what you just said. It worked fine for like 2 hours, then started crashing again and again.

My PS4 takes ages to shut off preparing to turn off… message , games crash always, menu icons lag wont even work sometimes , main menu crashes… Do I need to replace my HDD?

I already FULL formated it. Yes, if you have already formatted the hard drive and the problem persists, then you need a new PS4 hard drive replacement. I tripped on my power cable and that caused my PS4 slim to fall.

It fell exactly on the top left corner where my internal HDD is and it landed downside up. I deleted all the games on the external HDD and downloaded some of the again on my internal HDD and some worked fine until I started to play MW and It said it was corrupted so I deleted it and downloaded it again.

I bought the multiplayer because I liked it and downloaded it with warzone at the same time and i played with my friends until my HDD has been freezing COD MW multiplayer and it freezes a lot more on some other games. The HDD takes to long to process me going into the match and it either freezes sometimes or disconnects me from the game. I have been playing in p and every time I change it to p it works very slow and freezes much more than when i play on p.

If you read all of this thank you for your patience and please get back to me if you think I can do something about it instead of buying a new internal HDD. The hard drive seems to have bad sectors. To fix this issue, simply try to format the PS4 hard drive on a PC. This should recover the hard drive and restore its original performance. My ps4 pro has just recently started crashing. I did the usual rebuild database and reinitializing. Now my ps4 pro goes extremely slow.

But is my hdd just going bad? Even the menu takes so long to process anything. The images for apps and games dont load for quite awhile and when I try to open a game or app it will be stuck on the game or app booting screen for some time before loading in to them and then eventually crashing.

This error often appears when the hard drive is dying. You have to replace the PS4 hard drive with another drive. But this is only a short term solution, because drives having bad sectors are starting to die. You should consider getting a new one soon. It can last few months though without a problem until it absolutely fails. This period of time might be sufficient for a user to save money for the new hard drive replacement.

I keep getting error codes when I load up fortnight And need for speed is my hard drive broke. Well, it depends. Please provide us with the codes and the text if possible. My ps4 is freezing and after that screen goes black then I restart my ps by using power button it takes me to the safe mode, after that i initialize my ps then after days same problem occurre.

Can replacing hdd will help? Yes it can. But before doing that you better perform a FULL format not quick on the hard drive by connecting it to a PC as illustrated in this article.

If the problem disappears, it means the hard drive for sure is the culprit and there were bad sectors that got eliminated. The hard drive then can last with you a few more months without an issue until it starts malfunctioning again. At this point, seriously consider a replacement. I have all my games on my hdd. How can i fix this? Is the the fault of hdd? Help plz.. According to your description, most probably the hard drive is the culprit and it suffers from bad sectors.

The first step to make is to full format it as illustrated in this guide. I keep greeting a message saying ps4 cannot start, I had to reinitialise many times. It would work away fine for days sometimes nearly 2 weeks but it happens every single time I turn it on, should I get a new hard drive? Probably you have bad sectors on the hard drive. Before deciding to buy a new one, you better full format it by connecting it to a PC.

This will eliminate all bad sectors and restore its lost performance. Please read this article. SO I took it to a repair shop in Rome. Anyway they went ahead and installed a new HR in it.

I still have the hard drive that was not working. Hi, some advice please as I have been looking around everywhere to find the best solution.

Since MW released its caused my ps to act abit slow. During an online game the system completely froze and the only was to get my ps out of the freeze was to turn it off. After doing this and factory resetting the ps4 in safe mode it failed with an error code after taking software for some reason worked the 2nd time I tried it. Next time it got turned on, I have a black screen and flashing blue.

Any help would be appreciated! According to your description, this is a strong indication of a serious hard drive failure. This will eliminate the bad sectors on the hard drive and restore its lost performance. Hello, i recently got this problem in my ps4, where my apps wont even open because it says data is corrupt, i tried rebuildong database and reinstalling the games but still i cant find a solution.

Your PS4 hard drive is suffering from bad sectors. In some cases it might not work and you will only need then to full format the drive. But try it anyway. Ps4 crashes ALOT when i play exile, skyrim, and a few graphic intense games that are disc based i.

Dragon Quest 11, Call of Duty, Diablo 3, etc However, games like Apex and megaman x collection series seem to give me zero issues other than excessive hangs. Should I replace my drive to a ssd to reduce system load? You have to perform some tests before reaching that point. This will eliminate bad sectors that are probably the main reason for these issues you have. Do you get any specific error message? Just wondering if you were able to find a solution to this? My son is having pretty much the exact same issue.

Any help or direction you could give would be greatly appreciated! Have you tried first to full format the PS4 hard drive? Yes, in most cases the freezing issue is caused by a faulty hard drive due to the existence of bad sectors. Have a look please. Hey there, just to start with a compliment on all the great work you are doing here, keep it up, much respect.

Could you rule out a faulty HDD by using an external one and seeing if a game that crashes your internal HDD works fine on the external one? Sounds logical to me but wanted to sense check it. I thought nothing of it then decided to do a full initialisation, rebuild database, updates etc all the usual. These games never crashed and only had visual texture bugs, however now upon playing Death Stranding the game audio buzzes and freezes then the game crashes with the CE error.

I would also like to thank you for your politeness and mannerly words. I bear a huge respect for people like you. The simplest way to make sure what causes this problem is to play a DVD movie on PS4 and see if you get any weird visuals on the screen.

If you get nothing after minutes, that means the hard drive is the reason. The answer is: Not entirely. Although it might seem logical at the first glance, it might not go as you wish. To make it clearer, the internal hard drive hosts the PS4 operating system that contains the essential files to compute the data coming from the external HDD before sending it to the processor CPU.

So, it is inevitable to focus on repairing the PS4 internal hard drive first before trying any alternate solution. This error occurs due to the existence of bad sectors on the PS4 hard drive. You have to full format the PS4 internal hard drive in order to eliminate these bad sectors and restore the original performance of the drive. Have you tried to format your PS4 hard drive on a PC? Some games are fine but others give me this issue everyday i log on to them.

Also, , there is that one problem thta really annoyes me. Should i buy a new and more capable hard drive or should i try to reinitialise the playstation? If you can afford buying a new hard drive especially an SSD , I strongly recommend it. You can visit this page for more details. You need to full format the PS4 hard drive on a PC. Then install the PS4 system software from scratch. Also, can i save the data of my applications from one user on a USB storage device, reinitialise or full format my ps4 then download all my saved data on a different user to transfer progress?

Would it work? Well, not necessarily. If it works fine there, it will be your PS4. But generally, in your case, the hard drive is not to suspect at all. It is all a software issue. Whether your game files are corrupted, or not compatible with PS4 system or some games installed. I have a question ; my PS4 Slim lags while starting up usually to get to the home screen; the movement of my controller and the sound on the PS4 are off as well.

So I can move two apps down and the sound will delay by 5 secs. It tends to lag on me when I start up Apex Legends only gets stuck on load up screen then crashes on that game in particular. Any advice on how to approach my next step. Have you tried also to full format the PS4 hard drive? Additionally, we have already published an article that addresses Error CE , please check it.

No other solution. Otherwise, you can verify that by taking your PS4 to a technician to check it for you. HI, my os4 slim has been malfunction for a while. When I turn it in it take forever to to boot showing black screen, it freezes both when playing games and in menu. After freezing for a while it will either shut itself down or just stay frozen, I hear some cracks when playing games. It also take forever to copy a 1 gigabyte updates, it also so some error code that says that it cannot install a software updates.

I have tried everything I can to fix it: Initializing, rebuilding, and reinstalling software, but nothing works. I am thinking of getting a new hard drive. Most of my games keep crashing… i keep getting the error code …. Most probably the PS4 internal hard drive suffers from bad sectors and you need to format it. Otherwise, please read this article on fixing Error CE Are you sure, chkdsk will work?

If i put it in my windows pc, i can see it with many partitions in the partition manager, but i have no options, then deleting the volumes. WinDFT says, the hard drive is ok, so i think it has to be a logical error. Thanks for your answer. A Second Check with windft Showed Bad sectors. I cloned the Drive with ddrescue to a new Drive, and with this Drive, the PS4 was able to start, so i could create a Backup,.

I then did a Clean Reinstall and a restore of the backup. Now, all is running fine again. Very nice method to save your data. Thanks for your feedback. I have to later update this article with your method so others will benefit as well. Thanks again. Please check very careful the device names, or you will end up deleting the data of your pc! Hi, can I ask you which parameters you used for ddrescue? Was your new HDD bigger or the same size? Try to enable it using the instructions from the second paragraph of this article.

Often users who have not found the TPM 2. Everything is somewhat ambiguous, and depends on whether there is a corresponding connector on the motherboard of your machine. The reason for this is their mobility — almost all the parts are soldered onto the motherboard to make the computer thinner, lighter, etc.

However, even if your computer can install a security module, you have to keep in mind that such an upgrade will not be cheap since you will have to buy the TPM chip itself plus pay for the installing. You could end up damaging the computer. If you want to install TPM 2. Almost as soon as the beta version of Windows 11 was released and the requirements for installation were made public, it turned out that a large number of people were using not very new computers without a TPM 2.

Accordingly, almost immediately a lot of enthusiasts started to figure out how to bypass the requirement to have a security chip. After a while, it gave its result and today anyone can install Windows 11 on their PC or laptop. This method is not prohibited, but it imposes some restrictions. For example, Windows 11 users who do not have TPM 2. So there is a point in using this method. So, to install Windows 11 on a computer without a TPM module , follow these steps:.

Step 2: Create a bootable flash drive using the Rufus utility. The standard Windows installation window will appears front of you. Step 4: The Windows command prompt will open in front of you. Step 7: Now you need to rename these files. Please enter the names carefully, as the further installation of Windows 11 depends on them.

Repeat this action for all three keys. A few days ago, Microsoft officially announced a way to install Windows 11 on incompatible computers. This method is suitable for Windows 10 users whose computers have an older security chip TPM 1. It is also suitable for installing Windows 11 on computers with an unsupported processor. It is worth noting that the company strongly recommends not using this method, but has to make concessions, as there were a lot of users with relatively old PCs and laptops.

Step 2: The registry window opens in front of you. After that, you can install Windows 11 either using the image downloaded from the Microsoft official website or using the Windows Update feature.

Every modern PC user stores valuable information. Some have financial reports, some have photos from weddings. It is all subjective. Windows can't download updates unless it's connected to the internet. And if your internet dies while updates are coming in, the whole update can become corrupted. External storage devices — these include external hard drives, USB flash drives, and more — can cause issues with the updating process.

Once it's safe to do so , unplug all these devices from your computer. If this doesn't fix the problem, you should still keep the devices unplugged while you continue with the following steps. Your computer needs free hard drive space to install updates.

Check that you have enough space. You can get here by opening up any folder and selecting "This PC" in the sidebar on the left. It should show you all your hard drives and partitions. Check your hard drive — by default, it's called "C:". If there's no more space on the drive, that might be the problem — no room for updates.

If the hard drive is filled, free up some space by deleting documents and programs, or assign the partition more space.