Thanks for the link.

Familiarity and security. I've used Windows since 3.1 in 1992 and every time I've upgraded it has been to the "pro" features versions whenever available. I don't plan to...

I ordered a Dell laptop:
XPS 15 7590 9th Generation Intel Core i7-9750H (12MB Cache, up to 4.5 GHz, 6 cores)
1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
32GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x16G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5...

Thanks Kari. I got your message too late though. I just barreled through it and, after 20 hours of off and on installation of hardware and software, I'm nearly done setting up the new computer....

I'm in the process of setting up a new PC, but my old PC is still alive and running Office 365 Personal. I want to install Office on the new computer and get it configured before I stop using it on...

Not at the same time, just for convenience...

I am almost ready to fire up my new system build for the first time. The only things that will be transferred to the new computer from the old is the...

Oh, now you're just asking me to steal 10 or 12 more minutes of your precious time. I didn't take any photos, but I did shoot a crappy video. ;)


https://youtu.be/saVVhhN3wu8

That sure made it easier. Thanks a lot dalchina.

I did say in post #3 that I built my own machine. No OEM PC has been used by me since that first one in 1992.

Not sure I still have the Windows 7 packaging (believe it came in a little orange...

Thanks Kari. That's the way I've done it in the past, but it has been so long, I guess I just needed a little confirmation that things haven't changed. My boot drive is going to be a 1TB 970 EVO Plus...

Thanks AddRAM.

I've built a lot of PCs in the past, but not for the last 6 years or so. The new machine will have technology I have never used and am unfamiliar with. The boot drive with be an M.2 1TB SSD - tiny...

Sorry, I should have made that clear... I've only had one computer that was "OEM" and that was my first, back in 1991, with MS-DOS 5.5. I've built all my own computers since. The one I'm using now is...

I have decided to build a new PC instead of trying to fix the unsupported UEFI Disk problem I've had for the last year with my current PC. I have downloaded the Windows 10 Media and installed it to a...

Thanks very much Kari, I printed your instructions out and will follow them as soon as I am prepared and have the guts to go for it.

Hi. Just to touch base before I go down for the night (it's getting close to 5am and I haven't gone to bed yet).


Each one of those was a command I type into the prompt?


It is and it's...

I decided to grab Partition Wizard, so here's a screengrab of that:

https://1footinthegrave.com/images/support/partition-wizard1.gif

I'm sure that's the easy answer. My system was custom built several years ago and Windows 8.1 was installed. I upgraded to 10 for free, then to 10 Pro. There's probably remnants of 8 on here that I...

I've been getting the Windows alert, "UEFI: The disk layout for UEFI firmware isn't supported" for a while now and I think I'm ready to take care of that problem. I have purchased a new 500GB SSD and...

Sorry for the late reply, but I had to do some thinking about this and some further research.


My research indicates that I won't be able to convert the existing C: drive to GPT unless it is an...

Should I disconnect all the other drives so as not to confuse the computer?


Install it where, on a thumb drive? I wouldn't be able to install it on a blank SSD, right?


It's not obvious to...

I'm not sure of the exact error message, but it refers to the disk layout for UEFI firmware not being supported. Some updates succeed, but the creators update (now we're into the Fall Creators...

I've been getting that UEFI error message for several months now and it has become so irritating that I want to do something about it. I have an existing Windows 10 Professional installation on a...

It turns out that my motherboard/bios may be the culprit... mea culpa to Acronis for blaming the software. There was actually a solution I didn't find until too late (not a bad too-late, since my...

Thank you so much, NavyLCDR. I downloaded that (huge) file and Rufus to burn it onto a thumb drive. Pretty simple, although I did sorta feel like I had broke into someone's house and was using their...

I followed Acronis True Image 2017 instructions to clone my C: drive (Windows 10 Pro installation) to a larger SSD. When done, I turned off the computer, removed the original C: and replaced it with...