Steve...

"I'm confused if you ever upgraded to W11 or not."

At the end of yourcomments, you concluded with this , one that I didn't think about.
If that's possible, what would be the best way...

You know how to hurt a guy.
I had numerous backups on my Toshiba ext HDD. Last week, after 3 years, it decided to commit suicide. Completely dead. If that had survived, I wouldn't be here asking...

I was able to up(down)grade about 2-3 weeks ago.
I foolishly waited too long until I now find out `that all my files were intact for that period and MS thought they were taking up too much space.

I thought for sure I posted this info

Win 11 Pro
21h2 osbuild 22000 469

Good evening Brain Trust.

I was going along fine with my HP Pavilion and my Win10 until I decided to upgrade to Win11.Don't ask why because at my age, I'll never live through all the variations...

Jimbo..Thank you

At this point in my life, on the cusp of becoming 90 years old along with my wife in an assisted living facility, I appreciate what you suggested, but while having 2 complete...

As I mentioned, I can boot from an installation drive but not when the bad ssd is in either slot.

I wish I could do what you are suggesting, but I can't get a boot up with the drive installed, and when I can get it up, as I mentioned, it just goes to bsod no matter.
thanks

I had some things that took me away from computers for a bit.

My problem is this.
My PC works fine in all respects. It has dual boot and I have a working SSD that boots.. I have another SSD that...

I have an HP pavilion590 with dual boot.

I have an SSD disk that boots up but every visible file on it shows errors and reboots
I've tried booting USB system creator but it also shows SSD as...

Thanks

They are about 1 1/2 years old and settings are correct..as far as I can tell.

I'm still trying to figure this out.

I hooked up an old Netgear Genie adapter and was able to find the network I was supposed to get if the internet worked.
The wireless connection shows on my...

Win10
Both my hp desktops refuse to connect to
wi fi. Even tried with plug in adapter.
I can access the site on my android phone and tablet.
I thought maybe the latest update may be at fault. ...

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To Ztruker
I can't personally thank you enough for all the support and help you offered to solve my problems.

I learned quite a bit in the process and want to thank you and others for all the...

I think I see it..choice of installing on any partition of main drive..should I choose samsung main in my case which is called partition 4 or even to my backup hdd?

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I...

This parallel install has me confused. When I boot to the usb..it asks upgrade or custom install. Are you saying I need to do the custom?

I discovered that the media tool I had was 1809 so I got 1903 that my system has and created a new usb boot. It goes to install but when I choose to save. Files, etc., it says it can't install if I...

I don't remember but I know I have them.

I do have both an image and file backup on my ext drive. If I follow what you suggested, can i then restore the image from ext drive.

I forgot my password and micro said I tried too many times. After filling out their forms many times, they emailed me to fill it out again. I would be happy to reset and keep my files but can't open...

I know this sounds crazy, but when I compare, which box would most likely be the correct one?

Got one working fine. Other shows both machines in network, but is showing no permission to access from desktop.

I have 2 HP win10 1903

I think I have all sharing options enabled on both PCs.
Tight VCN works from either machine, but when trying to access the other PC from desktop, it keeps asking for...

I thank all of you for helping. Great forum.
I actually reset my router, input everything again and it now works.