Category: Upgrade
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To Upgrade Or Not to Upgrade
If you had told a fifteen-year-old me that in adulthood I would be using exclusively laptops, having eschewed the expandability of desktops for the convenience and portability of the smaller (but at the time prohibitively expensive) form factor, I would probably have laughed at you. Of course, had you told me then that I would…
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Does Microsoft Listen?
You were all excited to upgrade your existing Windows 10 installation to the Fall 2018 update. On October 2nd you downloaded the bits to Version 1809. You installed it, using the same in-place upgrade process you have been using for years. You realize that you have lost data… crucial data… a lot of it. You…
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BSOD Issue: Nothing to do with Windows Updates
This week many users were working on their computers and received a Blue Screen Of Death. It started happening right after a Windows Update cycle, so it stood to reason… right? Wrong. In this particular case, a vendor driver (I believe it was with HP) started causing issues. Not good… but not catastrophic. Why am…
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Using External Storage to Simplify Windows Installation
I have been searching for hours on how to use a SD card as a hard drive to install win10. The laptop I am trying to upgrade gives a message you need to add at least 9GB to continue. Can I use the SD card to finish the install or will it not work? I…
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