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If your hard drive is getting errors, you can scan for bad sectors and try to fix them with the Check Disk Utility.

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Aero7-11 is made using the default aero.msstyles in Windows 11. This was made and tested on Windows 11 23H2 and 24H2. Aero7-11 supports 22H2 through 23H2. It is untested in 25H2, and DWM mods may be a ...

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