Thank you both for your replies. Unfortunately, either I do not follow your explanation or it does not align with my observations.
I've continued to troubleshoot this but to no avail. Here are a...

Thanks for taking the time to respond; I've been having some difficulty troubleshooting this nd I would think it is not an uncommon problem.

So, a couple of new observations:
I confirmed all...

I've been using an old Acer laptop conntected to a Sony STR 1050 receiver to an HD Plasma TV. The resolution was always set to 1920x1080.
Recently I upgraded to a 4k OLED TV and had some unusual...

I've been using an old Acer laptop conntected to a Sony STR 1050 receiver to an HD Plasma TV. The resolution was always set to 1920x1080.
Recently I upgraded to a 4k OLED TV and had some unusual...

So I did what you said and I now have a clean Win 10 on it. Thanks
But I do have a few questions if you don't mind:
- How did I manage to install it without being asked for a key? I was unable to...

I have 4 laptops; 2 I bought new with Win 10 installed and 2 refurbished - one with Win 10 and one with Win 11. The one with Win 11 is the one I just purchased and I want to put Win 10 on it. Win 11...

Good advice. I have three laptops and another for work. I invested $$$ in this OMEN and really like it so it is my primary computer. The one that had the pooched HDD seemed slow right from the store;...

No doubt, but there's no need fore me to buy a Ferrari if I live on a gravel road and already have a 4x4.

So, an update. A little too early to mark as resolved but definitely almost there.
Yesterday I ran several free HDD testing utilities against the HDD in question (hooked up externally to the OMEN...

Thanks again for replying. I am not yet at the point that I want to spend money on this laptop; once I get it running I only need to use it for a browser or TV. I am going to continue troubleshooting...

Thanks for your reply. Attached are 2 logs run 24 hrs apart with slightly different parameters.
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Thank you both for your advice. So far, I have only done CHKDSK scans using various parameters like /f /r /x. I see the check being performed successfully but after some time when I return to the...

Hi everyone.
I am not making a lot of progress with this laptop and need help.
I have a 5-6 year old lower-end Acer with original installation with an i5 2.x GHz with 3.0GHz turbo and two sticks...

Hi everyone. I have an old Acer laptop with win 10 Home build 1809. I'm guessing it's around 6 years old but it is 3.0 MHz i5 with 8 or 16 Gig. Not surprisingly it's gets slower with time but now...

Your help is greatly needed an appreciated…

Why does this crap always happen the day before vacation?!

Here are the details and some of it may be irrelevant.
I have a fairly new (6 months) HP...