Thank you Daymin. Appreciate your input.
Denis - Ideapad Slim5 16 inch. Seems adequate for my needs. So I need to update my win11 specs on the win10 forum? Thanks again.

Thanks Denis - now a moot point. Just didn't want to even work as back up - Off to recycler. New Lenovo quite nice. So far no issues with WinEleven. Thanks for all your help with my wonderful Dell....

I am going to keep my old Dell as a backup should I need it. I finally had to move on - it only worked intermittently - so my question is, if I keep it plugged in for power - but turned off - will it...

Hmm. Let's see OS of 2011 - Seven? Probably.

My "fixit" guy I trust and he has been honest with me.

I wrote WD support and told them the story of install software did not install. I have...

Denis - cannot do what you suggest as the Dell has once again died. I am going to try another reset - then I can post what you are asking for.

Hello and thank you to all - it is a western digital my book which I purchased in 2011. I believe it has to be installed for my system to see it. I plugged it into my Dell and it did not show up so...

Don't know if this is the right place or not but - in the cruel world of technology, I am unable to install the software for my Western Digital My Book - because it is too old.

All of my...

I recently reset pc and now have an admin account -- I created a standard account - it did not ask me to set up a password so I can't change it - no window comes up for password change. I used...

Megahertz- I am not really sure how to answer. I believe it is uefi install -- it seems fine but when it has been running for a day or two, and then when it is idle - I return to get online and...

Holy cow is all I can offer. You have done everything possible to fix the pc and it still fails to operate properly. I am nowhere near your frustration level but I do appreciate what you are going...

Don't get it. None of those files I posted made it? I guess I am out of the running for fixing this pc. Thanks anyway. Do appreciate your efforts.

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Megahertz - may do that in...

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Here's a couple of results from software you recommended.

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Thanks Denis - feel like this is becoming tooo much -- a gazillion diagnostics to run - then upload to google drive -- all very time consuming - I should just go buy a new laptop. I just really like...

Well I did a restore - perhaps out of sync but it got me back to a working pc.

For me to swap components probably isn't going to happen -- I am not comfortable inside a computer - I don't really...

Well duh me. No need for clean install. I am doing a sys restore from Macrium right now. Then I will attempt all the tests as recommended by Zbook and see what needs to be done with all of this.
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Hi Denis - yes I thought that was the sequence- clean install to get it running again and restore system image to get back to my original windows 10. Maybe I should just do a restore - hopefully the...

Yes, whatever I need is backed up. So run all those tests after I do a clean install. My plan is to do the clean install, run all the diagnostics and then restore - I have only one problem if I don't...

Yes, the last option is probably the best for me. I had a couple of major projects I was working on (saved) and put off doing the steps as you recommended. Unnfortunately, this morning it crashed and...

Yes - anything. I had xp and win7 and never experienced so many issues as with 10. Is 11 more stable?
Controller errors show up a lot. I'll have to google what those are about. Thanks.

I have 2...

Lord - looks like one of those the cure is worse than the disease scenarios. Question -- if I manage to get through all of this, will it FIX the pc?
Also, I did a restore on 5/12 - I did not see a...

Thanks. Appreciate your help. I'll give it a try. System seems to be working fine yesterday and today. Hope it holds.

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I followed instructions. Have a 1.8 gb zip - I uploaded but don't see it. I uploaded to Google drive. Then tried to put it in this response but No deal. Thanks anyway.
I have tried to delete files...

Regarding the mem test - it is my understanding that if this pc passed those tests w.o errors, then the pc is not in any trouble. Also the diagnostics. PC came out fine in both instances. My question...

You obviously don't think the built-in disk check is good enough. Any recommendations? There are probably a lot out there but I would like your learned eye to offer a suggestion. Thank you.

I ran the passmark mem test. - No errors. So diagnostics - all passed. mem test --no errors.