Thanks Samuria. I need to do some homework on this topic (proxy servers) before I ask a question. Sorry for this but I do appreciate your response.

Thanks to all. Try3 passively suggested something above that I'll get busy with as other questions have some up and his suggestion may have my answers. Again, appreciate all the help!

For my home network, what are the pros and cons of using (or not using) a proxy server? From what I've read, on this site and others, is using the proxy server will limit or eliminate pop-up ads and...

Thanks to all for the replies and insight. I've dropped Norton for now and I'll jump into understanding and configuring Defender. A bit to unpack and understand. I also need to better understand my...

I have used Norton for years. Each year it automatically updates and I get a charge on my credit card. Each year it seems the amount charged is double what it was the year before. So my question, and...

I just tried that. I should have looked for another tutorial. I'm a big fan of these even though I have trouble searching properly.

BTW: Queen Elizabeth was a fine, fine lady and a great leader....

Denis, thanks to your help and the help of others, I've leaned a ton about MS and all the flexibility it provides in displaying. I feel I have my structure in a way I'm good with and I'm 'back in...

Hi Shawn, I followed the procedure to uninstall Onedrive from my 'use only at home' PC. But for some reason, a Onedrive folder keeps appearing in my File Explorer file structure. There are no files...

Thanks Denis, I believe I'm ready to stick a fork in this issue. I agree with you leaving Quick Access is handy but I also learned I can pin what I want listed and not allow frequently access folders...

So my learnings on several fronts continues and I feel progress is being made.

I've trimmed the Explorer view down so there is less clutter and I'm feeling I'm getting close. I need so help to...

Thanks Denis, I study your post in greater detail. I'm becoming a fan of the tutorials. I can live with how it exists but if I can simplify things, all the better. E.G. no 3D stuff for me. I see...

device manager seems to be happy. No yellow flags anywhere - disk drives et al.

Megahertz helped me recover a 2TB HDD for doing back ups. This was just recently completed. I have since made a system image of my C: drive albeit an without much to look at. I will also enable File...

I used diskpart to clean per the process you described. I plugged in my true USB external drive and it was assigned 'E' without issue. I guess I'll leave the IPV4 and IPV6 lines alone and call this...

Thanks Megahertz, The process you outlined worked perfectly. The entirety of the drive is now available and I'm uploading files from backup. During the course of doing backups I used a true external...

I agree but my concern is if I re-attached this drive and boot the system it will try to read some of the garbage that may be on this drive. Could this be an issue? I back-up my personal data that...

Thanks dalchina. Yes I understand what you're saying about backing up the image. I have Macirum Reflect loaded and plan on using it for doing periodic system imaging starting ASAP. I want to get a...

I have successfully installed and activated W10 and will close this thread. Thanks to all for your help and the learnings.

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I've just loaded W10 and am in the process of adding back my old files, apps, programs, etc. I want to create an Explorer file structure that better fits my preferences. The attached file is a...

This drive is a 1T+ HDD that physically resides inside the cabinet. It is connected via a SATA cable and internal PS cable. It is the original HDD that came with the PC. I replaced it with a much...

When I reviewed the disk mapping and learned what the different partitions were I concluded what you just said - there are pieces of Window on both drives. I was pretty sure I had this other drive...

MegaHertz,

Are my assumptions correct? Are Disk 1, my external drive and D: same thing? Recall when I installed W10 I had the external drive disabled. The only drive that should have been enabled...

Megahertz, I had actually completed the install before I saw your note regarding deleting partitions, etc. Despite not seeing your post I felt I had deleted all partitions and I had disconnected or...

Completed and activated!! Thanks Megahertz! Lots of work yet to do and I have some phantom boot option that required me to select W8.1 or W10. There must be something I need cleanup in the boot setup.

Thanks Megahertz. It was good to learn about partitions on drives, etc but it didn't appear it was going to work and I was tired of messing with it. I'll follow your more straight forward cleaner...