With a 30GB drive it's pointless trying anything. Waste of time.

You need to upgrade the drive to a larger size if you want to keep going.

It appears you have misinterpreted some of the...

Deleted??? or Uninstalled?



Not sure who would have given you that advice, but an external drive will only provide more space for your personal files, and not for any system files and/or...

Sometimes you have to be a little wary of Windows error messages - many occasions users have been chasing their tails trying to fix an error based on what is/was shown on the screen only to find it...

Create a shortcut icon on the Desktop
Copy the icon to either
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\(required folder) - you'll have to turn on hidden files/folders
or...

And just another way for Google to get hold of personal data for dissemination under the guise of being helpful and providing a service

More fool users ....

Horses for courses ....

I have 4 browsers installed, each for a specific pupose
- general use = Brave. Easy to setup up, better customisation options
- streaming= Opera; lucid mode option for...

Image new installation (insurance)

Image old > restore to new device > reboot > connect internet and run updates including hardware updates

EDIT : Or if it's easily accessible, just swap out...

Just ignore it, go Yes > OK > Yes > OK (or whatever), leaving it blank. Eventually it will accept a blank password entry field as the password. Being blank, it won't bother you again

If they're trojans, as you say, use Malwarebytes

Otherwise, Ultrasearch using Regex search expression syntax
or
Agent Ransack using Perl search expression syntax

That image is not Services. Try Win+R > services.msc.



Which is why I suggested above that it's hiding under another product name. In my past experience, such software is not to be trusted if...

Also check Services (Control Panel component)

Still, I suspect this is not a Windows fault/problem. Obscure 3rd party software often have multiple nefarious ways of getting around Windows control by introducing their own covert methods (e.g....

Still, I suspect this is not a Windows fault/problem. Obscure 3rd party software often have multiple nefarious ways of getting around Windows control by introducing their own covert methods (e.g....

Tried a clean install on the same drive??

Tried an image (from original source, not the cloned drive) >> restore on the same drive ??

Done a (CrystalDiskInfo) disk check on the same drive ??

Yeh, this would be much better for more accurate directions .... If the OP has to ask how/what to do, a screenshot would be best to verify the OP's interpretation of the drive structure,

MiniTool Partition Wizard
AOMEI Partition Assistant
(both freeware)

Still doesn't make the Recycle Bin anything other than a garbage receptacle for unwanted emails. You should check the settings for both service providers, and TB, to make sure trashed emails are...

Agreed. A fabulous service, and as much as I object to Google's business model and methods, I'm happy to use this free service for the NFP organisation for which I volunteer, if Google want to offer...

Why?? It's a garbage/recycle bin for unwanted emails, it's not an alternate temporary storage area.

It's probably designed/intended not to hold much, for that reason alone.

I think if you want to pursue a guarantee to that level, a casual forum of opinions such as this is not the appropriate forum.

Opinions aplenty, yes ... guarantees, on the other hand .... Meh!

Not really. I would imagine that if I, or anyone else for that matter, had such sensitive data that they wanted to keep *T*H*A*T* secure wouldn't leave it lying around on a portable device like a...

Why do you want/need such a level of (perceived) security?

You need to get yourself an email program that is not going to incompatibly continually change between versions of Windows and/or versions of the software itself.

For those of us who don't have clairvoyant capabilities .... make (although HP, I guess, from the logo ...?), model, etc??

" ..... for no reason" ??? There must be a reason otherwise it wouldn't be doing it :banghead: