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  1. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    That's a bit beyond my level! I need as idiot...

    That's a bit beyond my level! I need as idiot proof as possible. Currently I image the 60GB W7 OS drive (see disk Management screenshot in post #7) & if anything goes wrong I can restore that image...
  2. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    Oh yeah, I was semi-aware of that. I've been...

    Oh yeah, I was semi-aware of that. I've been using AOMEI to create images but.....knock on wood....I've never had to RESTORE an image. It's a scary thought of restoring an image to a drive and the...
  3. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    Yeah that's what I suspected. I'm considering...

    Yeah that's what I suspected. I'm considering creating a much smaller partition (60 GB or so) for just the W10 OS (with just DATA on the rest) so I can regularly create a (smaller) image backup of it...
  4. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    I wasn't trying to "upgrade" from W7 - rather,...

    I wasn't trying to "upgrade" from W7 - rather, adding W10 to the existing system & be able to dual boot - so when I installed W10 that was the only drive connected (LD 1 Samsung SSD) then I...
  5. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    I see. reagentc / info shows: "Windows RE...

    I see. reagentc / info shows: "Windows RE status: Disabled" on my system. I don't think I disabled it since installation.
  6. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    What disk management in W10 shows (in W7 Local...

    What disk management in W10 shows (in W7 Local Disk 1 is the C: OS SSD & the drive letter assignments are different......if that is relevant!)

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  7. Thread: Partition by piikea
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    This is key. FWIW I just installed W10 on a new...

    This is key. FWIW I just installed W10 on a new SSD (using MBR) expecting it would create 4 partitions as shown in one those links but it ended up having no partitions (I intended to use the entire...
  8. Thread: Cannot maximize windows by piikea
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 8 Views 11,971

    W7 was already on 1st SSD, then W10 installed on...

    W7 was already on 1st SSD, then W10 installed on 2nd SSD (w/ only that SSD connected) with W7 SSD 1st in boot order in BIOS. I prefer to keep W7 as default OS - which I set it as IN W10. Currently...
  9. Thread: Cannot maximize windows by piikea
    Forum: General Support
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    I found mentioned elsewhere that an HDMI cable...

    I found mentioned elsewhere that an HDMI cable (that I FORGOT to disconnect when installed W10) could cause system to "think" there were 2 monitors so I disconnected it & booted into W10 & sure...
  10. Thread: Cannot maximize windows by piikea
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 8 Views 11,971

    I'll try those suggestions tomorrow. I had W7...

    I'll try those suggestions tomorrow. I had W7 installed on one drive & intended to have W10 on a separate SSD but in addition to the above problem trying to get it to dual boot it's screwed W7 boot...
  11. Thread: Cannot maximize windows by piikea
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 8 Views 11,971

    Cannot maximize windows

    Just installed W10 and ANYTHING I click on puts an icon on the taskbar BUT won't maximize so I can do anything. This seems utterly rudimentary but I can't figure it out. If I mouse over the icons in...
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