MiniTool Partition Wizard took my very large SSD C: Windows partition & gave me the small C:Windows & the large D: Data partitions I want.

I elected to buy MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro (with 1...

ignatzatsonic and Steve C:

Thanks for your prompt replies recommending MiniTool Partition Wizard Free!

I'll try it out in a week or so (given my schedule) and let you know how things go.

For new laptop with only Windows 10 Pro 64 v1803 & some utilities installed:

I HAVE: a 1 TB SSD (NVMe M.2). Win 10 "Disk Management" says SSD has:
952 GB total Capacity [gigantic] in my C:...

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

To simrick: thanks for answering my questions! I was hoping to post the below results first to save you work, but you were too fast. Great responsiveness and information:...

Current Services & Startup Programs to Possibly Disable

To: RoadBlaster: Thanks for the Program Deactivator idea. But I'd already started on simrick's clean boot link first.

To: Ten Seconds...

Progress!

To: Ten Seconds; simrick; RoadBlaster

Thank you all again. I'm making Progress now! I didn't want you guys to think I'd abandoned and discarded all the work you've done on my...

Sorry for the delay. Saw multiple requests for removing all Dell bloatware (very little bloatware, actually) and removed it. Then, a Windows 10 Cumulative Update (KB3194496) install request came,...

Yes, I have noticed negative effects on my PC's performance:

-Browsing is slower when I open multiple tabs rapidly. I do this a lot (I research multiple links in online articles).

-My PC gets...

I have tried to summarize my problem.

Is there other information I could provide to get some ideas to help solve my problem?

I've tried 3 of the 4 Methods here, but the post is old, and they...

My CPU usage used to be 10% at idle (using no high-CPU apps) even after I upgraded Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10 Pro.

After Windows 10 Anniversary Updates however, my CPU usage skyrocketed 4 times...