What escapes me is the reason you want to merge F with C when F has very little data at all on it according to your OP screenshot. Just move that little bit of data, if there actually is any, over to...

Well, as RickC said, give it a try and see if it behaves differently. That has certainly panned out for me in the past, no matter how long I had used the DNS original provider.

Google public DNS...

GPT is a standard for layout of partition tables, NOT a file system standard such as NTFS, FAT32, etc.

Why is Dell involved in this endeavor at all? At which point in the recommended clean install procedure, at this link:
Clean Install Windows 10
is Dell intervening and disallowing this clean...

You may want to start by ruling out disk errors. From an ADMIN command prompt, enter "chkdsk /f c:" (not the quotes) and respond Y to whether it can be performed on system restart. Then reboot and...

Definitely clean install. If all you were given was a PIN and NO password, then you're screwed as far as total control of things is concerned. Yes, you have the option to create a new account as an...

Got non sequitur?

Not if you end up with the control panel icon pinned to the task bar, which will happen if you do as I suggest. ​310930Then which is fastest?

Give a person a fish and they eat for a day. Teach...

@timlab55

Aside from all of the advice you've gotten before (including explanation of differential versus incremental), which is fine, my answer in what I think is the spirit of your original...

We still don't know what your default email program setting is, if any. You're showing the wrong screen. From the screen you showed, click "Default Apps" over along the left side and screenshot...

I agree wholeheartedly. I do my imaging of three household machines daily in the wee hours over WiFi, always including using verification as time is not critical then, and have had no hiccups going...

Absolutely. By definition, an image is an exact copy of every sector containing data on the source. You could even set Macrium to capture empty sectors in the image if you wanted to (a "forensic"...

right click start
select search
"Control"
right click app icon, select pin to taskbar

Totally agreeing here. It's a hack. Thanks sdowney717 !

Why not back up with an image instead of a clone? There shouldn't be an issue for an image to be stored on the external, regardless of sector size.

If you check this thread: Can I get an opinion on this PC World link

You will find a link provided by SWI2 in post # 17 that leads to Windows 10 Pro for $40. I took advantage of this back on 18...

I had same experience last week upgrading from Home with retail Pro key. Vendor said, when key was emailed, to reboot if it doesn't take. That worked a treat.
Swingmaster01 Sorry for my sidebar...

I would consider Acronis' reliability versus that of Macrium, especially since we are talking critical infrastructure. Macrium is much more reliable (as is Image for Windows) than Acronis. However,...

Technomomo -

Like Bree, I looked over CIP-009-5. I come at it from the perspective of working in an FDA regulated industry and having some prior experience with ISO standards. The gist of that...

That's your SSD's firmware version. FWIW, that is the latest version for your 850 Pro, according to: SSD Tools & Software | Download | Samsung V-NAND SSD | Samsung Semiconductor Global Website

Aside from SSD fragmentation not being a concern, as voiced by NavyLCDR and affirmed by Paul Black, I don't think it's a concern even for an HDD. Whether the shadow writer writes in a highly...

Hi, AFTommy -

You can install Windows 10 without formatting anything beforehand. The install, if you select … OK PaulBlack :-)

You can absolutely do anything with the computer that you want while it's being imaged by Macrium Reflect, except for restart it, and it has no effect on imaging process. The first thing that...

camelia -

It looks to me like you have to create Userlist as a new key by right clicking SpecialAccounts and selecting New/Key from the popup menu. Then select the Userlist key and create your...

Although Bree's answer was a bit more complete, you're more than welcome. If you care about the Windows Recovery Environment being kept intact, you may want to check on it as Bree suggests.