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June 2

Workspaces, virtual desktops in Windows (or the lack thereof)

Why hasn't Microsoft integrated workspaces earlier on in their OS? After all, it's a pretty cool feature, and MS has a long track record of copying cool stuff from other OS. It just appear as 'Task View' in Windows 10. There was also Windows XP PowerToy, but this was not really a central aspect of the OS.--Doroletho (talk) 23:58, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Windows Error (Major)

My PC ran into an error along the lines of "Windows ran into a problem, we will collect error info then you can restart" after I restarted there is literally nothing on the hard drive anymore (not even the OS or partitions. I would be very grateful if anyone can tell me if they have experienced this before or how to help. Thank you in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.222.216.187 (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like a serious problem with your hard drive. I suppose it could be malware, but I'd try booting from a CD or thumb drive, then examining the hard drive. Perhaps someone here can recommend the best recovery software to use, but don't write anything to your hard drive in case it overwrites important files. Normally, windows will run checking and repair software, but if it cannot load the system, then it is not able to do this. I hope you have a backup of your data. Dbfirs 06:54, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]