I plan to donate the PC. It has a lot of good hardware... just a bit outdated. Gonna try Rosie's suggestion.
Trying to format the HDD on an old PC before I trash it. How do I get a dos prompt before entering Windows? Running W10 on a home-grown PC.
Thanks.
Evan, I'm interested in the instructions you mentioned about migrating from HDD to SSD. I'd like to get 2 and set up a RAID array.
Finally got to test cold boot time. 2 mins to desktop, 4 mins until it's actually usable (after init pgm load), and 8 mins until HD access light...
I'll keep you in mind. I'd like to make the swap to SSD. Thanks.
I will consider that. Thanks. I'll also try to test the reboot this weekend, but the wife has a full schedule all planned out :(.
I have 2 HDD running RAID 1. PC is home grown. Edition Windows 10 Home Version 21H2 Installed on 8/15/2022 NOTE: the installed date is...
I have uninstalled Norton and will see if the bootup is any faster this weekend.
Thanks for the info. It will probably be the middle of the week before I can try killing Norton and trying a reboot. I'll update this thread then.
I'll give that a shot. I also have Malwarebytes running, so it will keep me protected. There was an earlier post (above) that said something about...
The printer is Wi-Fi and the keyboard, mouse, and UPS are the only USB connections.
Darn. I answered your questions, but I don't see the post. Musta done something wrong, so... The slowdown has been a gradual thing. It has only...
I'm not sure, but I have heard that over time, the registry gets full of stuff that wasn't deleted when it should have been. Supposedly, there are...
When I restart my PC it takes 10-15 mins to come up to my home screen, but operation is real slow for as much as 2 hours!. During that time, the...
Update that was trying to install was 21H2. In the process of trying to get into safe mode and the restarts that ensued, the update installed. Go...
OS Build 19084.1889.
MS is trying to install an update, but apparently it's failing. When it tries to do the reboot, it gets to the dot-chasing screen and never...
So I went into admin mode and deleted all of the add-ins and restarted, but still no calendar, however, I can load outlook/safe and the calendar...
Thanks. I'll check it out.
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