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  1. Thread: Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
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    Unfortunately, it just DIED -- I'm not kidding;...

    Unfortunately, it just DIED -- I'm not kidding; Stone dead -- will not power on.

    Oh well, got three years out of a free laptop -- so can't really complain.
  2. Thread: Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 15 Views 1,275

    OK, did all that and checked the drive to ensure...

    OK, did all that and checked the drive to ensure the ESP was populated with the correct files.

    Seems to boot OK now.

    Thanks for all the help.
  3. Thread: Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 15 Views 1,275

    Yes, I did change the BIOS settings to UEFI.

    Yes, I did change the BIOS settings to UEFI.
  4. Thread: Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 15 Views 1,275

    Thanks for all the details -- but I just stumbled...

    Thanks for all the details -- but I just stumbled upon this thread here -- Conversion of Legacy to UEFI Win 10 -- and am reading through the comments. In it, you suggested using Disk Genius, so I...
  5. Thread: Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 15 Views 1,275

    Confirmed the esp was there but when I restarted...

    Confirmed the esp was there but when I restarted the PC, it did not give me a troubleshoot option, only shutdown.

    I'm going to restore the drive from backup and use Minitool Partition Wizard to do...
  6. Thread: Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 15 Views 1,275

    Converting mbr to gpt failed for Win10 laptop

    I have an old Dell Latitude laptop that a relative gave me, rather than thowing it out, and it was running Windows 7. So, I upgraded it to Windows 10 -- a couple of years ago -- and it's been...
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    Upgraded an old Win7 desktop two weeks ago. ...

    Upgraded an old Win7 desktop two weeks ago. Looks like I just made it under the wire!
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    Insider I agree wholeheartedly with your approach -- as I...

    I agree wholeheartedly with your approach -- as I have disabled OneDrive, since I don't use "cloud" stuff at all.

    I can see using it to store small stuff that you want to have access to real-time...
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    I have a couple of "unsupported" PCs upgraded...

    I have a couple of "unsupported" PCs upgraded from Win10 to Win11 -- and they are still getting updates regularly.

    I am surprised because I thought MS would have cut them off long ago ...
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    Win Update I won't get into a Linux-vs-Windows debate (as...

    I won't get into a Linux-vs-Windows debate (as they are pretty much a waste of time), but I have been using Linux distros daily for well over 10 years and while SOME of it still needs command-line...
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    Insider UPDATE: After experimenting, discovered this was...

    UPDATE: After experimenting, discovered this was a problem with the Edgeium browser, not UUPDUMP.

    When I copied the URL and ran the same in FireFox, it prompted me to allow the download -- which...
  12. Replies 33 Views 10,964

    Win Update You can always download the .msu file from the...

    You can always download the .msu file from the start of this thread and run that, if the standard update does not go well.
  13. Thread: Looking for "FAST" transfer speed Drives by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,422

    I ran into the same transfer slowdown copying...

    I ran into the same transfer slowdown copying 30GB image files from my internal NVMe SSD to the external SSD. But then, I read (maybe here) about FastCopy and that does not suffer the same slowdown...
  14. Thread: Looking for "FAST" transfer speed Drives by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,422

    In don't know. I picked up a 1TB SanDisk...

    In don't know.

    I picked up a 1TB SanDisk External SSD from CostCo when they were on sale. Cost around $100 a the time.
  15. Thread: Looking for "FAST" transfer speed Drives by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 11 Views 1,422

    I know this is off-topic -- but I wanted to share...

    I know this is off-topic -- but I wanted to share it, anway.

    I learned (the HARD way) not to trust the integrity of external HDDs connected via USB ports.

    I support a bunch of PC and do weekly...
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    Win Update This one was bad for me, too. Of the five PCs,...

    This one was bad for me, too. Of the five PCs, including one laptop, that I tried to install this one, four of them failed -- no error messages, just went through the motions but when I reboot when...
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    Insider The UUPDUMP page for this version does not appear...

    The UUPDUMP page for this version does not appear to allow downloading the Windows Update components anymore. You can get a list and start the download for each item. but when you select the item,...
  18. Thread: AMD Ryzen Master Security Bulletin by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Windows 10 News
    Replies 2 Views 609

    I don't know how long this version of Ryzen...

    I don't know how long this version of Ryzen Master has been out, but I installed it two months ago.

    It took them this long to find this problem and report it?
  19. Thread: Activation troubleshooting by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 293 Views 478,099

    OK, I will try that but when I did the slui...

    OK, I will try that but when I did the slui command with that key, it says it is invalid.

    UPDATE: I did that, and it worked!!

    Thanks for the advice.
  20. Thread: Activation troubleshooting by Mark Phelps
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 293 Views 478,099

    I've run into a serious reactivation problem. I...

    I've run into a serious reactivation problem. I replaced the motherboard in the PC because the old one failed. When I run win10, of course, it complains about not being activated. I activated it...
  21. Replies 119 Views 42,817

    Win Update I presumed that the Media Creation Tool was...

    I presumed that the Media Creation Tool was already out for W10 v22h2, but when I downloaded it today from MS and ran it, the ISO file it created was for 19041.2006 -- not even close to 19045.2130.
    ...
  22. Replies 119 Views 42,817

    Win Update Nope, my Dell laptop with an i5 got and installed...

    Nope, my Dell laptop with an i5 got and installed the feature update without issues.
  23. Replies 119 Views 42,817

    Win Update Sorry, I don't know how to explain the lack of...

    Sorry, I don't know how to explain the lack of update offers -- as ALL my Win10 PCs got offered the 22H2 update today, ALL of them -- and that is quite a mix of machines and Windows versions, so...
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    OK, thanks.

    OK, thanks.
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    Yeah, I know about that -- I just was curious...

    Yeah, I know about that -- I just was curious about what specific build they were running.
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