Dalchina:

Thanks! Your suggested solution proved far simpler than what was anticipated.

Abe

Last weekend I wiped my SSD and re-installed Windows 10 Home Edition and subsequently the upgrade to Windows 10 Pro and Microsoft 365. Windows 10 version number 20H2. OS Build 19042.662.
Install...

Downloaded, installed and successfully re-booted 3 machines (2 laptops; 1 desktop) update 01-19 on January 9, 2019. Followed this with a download of Media Creation Tool and a download of Windows 10,...

Samuria and Berton--Thank you for providing good advice and a practical solution.

My company is gradually replacing all OEM provided HDD with Samsung 860 EVO SSD.

In my case this requires replacing a 1TB laptop Toshiba HDD, which provides cause for my curiosity level to rise.
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Bree--Thanks..."Install or Uninstall" is not synonymous with "Turn On or Turn Off."

Nevertheless, I have nothing to lose at this point.

1803 update went as expected and everything appeared OK until I attempted to open Internet Explorer via mouse click on the Taskbar icon (which failed) and via the Windows START Menu, which also...

doctorwizz: Thanks! I thought the re-install would be far more complicated.

Steve C: Perfect! You provided a roadmap for exactly what I hope to accomplish.

After a week spent (reluctantly) performing BIOS updates, downloading and installing 1803 for Win 10 Pro and tweaking USB functions I was able to clone a Samsung 860 EVO 1tb 2.5 inch drive from a 1tb...

Cereberus:

The uncanny resemblance of our IT guys with a Philistine is believed to be more than coincidence...

Running Windows 10 Home, Version 1703, Build 15063.332.

Every month for the past several years I/we do a SystemImage. Two weeks ago, sensing imminentfailure of the HDD, I installed a Samsung 850...

Thanks, Samuria.

Both were located and deleted using Disk Manager. Drive remains connected and working but is no longer recognized by Windows 10.

Last week I/we replaced an old 2.5 inch SATA HDD (500gb) with a Samsung 850 EVO, also 500gb. Laptop and all installed items are company supplied and company owned.

Instruction memo from IT Dept....

Thanks Cereberus!

Done.

I hope to perform a System Image of the SSD.

Following a successful install of Creator's Update I transferred all files-including OS-to a Samsung 850 EVO SSD (500gb) using Samsung Magician software supplied with the SSD.

File transfer went...

I have downloaded and successfully installed Windows 10 version 1703 including the recent update. Now, I need to download and create Installation Media and note I need to determine whether this PC is...