Apologies Denis, I'm talking absolute rubbish, you are correct. It won't start up from cold on the battery, but will 'restart' from power options when on battery. So you are most certainly right,...

Thanks for your reply Denis. The problem doesn't manifest when powering up from a 'shut down' state, but only when waking up from a 'sleep' state, either when the lid has been shut then opened or...

Paul Black unfortunately this power problem has returned again, same symptoms as before, any further thoughts as to what could be the culprit?

- - - Updated - - -

Microsoft Windows [Version...

Paul Black you are a genius, thank you so much, that's done the trick. I reckon the problem started at the last Windows update, unfortunately I can't pinpoint the exact update because I have now done...

Hi Paul, many thanks for your time. Below are the results, you can see the final command couldn't be executed.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.2075]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights...

Hi all, I have a 5 year old Lenovo Ideapad 510S 14ISK, Samsung 500gb SSD, 8gb RAM, running windows 10 Home version 21H2 os build 19044.2006.

A few days ago I opened the lid to use it but it...

Yep, guess so - worth knowing, would have saved me several days of head-scratching and cursing...

Hoorah! Sorted at last. I copied the iso to a ext hdd, charged the tablet to 100%, switched off all wireless, dimmed the screen etc.. and crossed my fingers. All installed now, running like a dream....

Well, I did some googling and found a MS help thread by someone in the same predicament as me...

Hi all, I've tried every conceivable installation combination - and every time it gets to 100% install from the micro sd card, then I get a black screen with the message "Please insert the external...

Okay, I see. I'll try that.

Well, I just tried to create a recovery image - to start with the tick box for opy the drive recovery partition was greyed out, and when I hit 'next' it came up with the message that a recovery...

AFAIK I don't have 8.1 with Bing, so does that mean I don't need to create a recovery stick, or do you mean it's even more important to do so if I have Bing?

Good to know, thanks for that cereberus.

Thanks for the links, will give it a go.

NavyLCDR, that's a good point, most reviews do refer to Android. It's only a few quid so worth a try. Thanks.

Hi Superfly, I tried using the tool on the win 10 webpage to create an ISO but ended up with the same result. Where can I get the ISO download from?

Thanks for the reply NavyLCDR, but it looks like that cable doesn't pass through power to the host unit ie the tablet, or have I misread?

Hi all, apologies if this has been asked many times before - I couldn't find anything conclusive, which leads me to believe that it's a non-starter, which I find hard to believe!

I have a 32gb...