Do you mean "reinstall TO fresh media"? A new SSD is cheap compared to buying a whole new PC. Maybe his system can accept two hard drives, so he can keep his existing drive as the data disc.
Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 7, 2020 7:23:29 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > If I didn't have specialty applications to support I'd run Ubuntu Linux. Its > stable, easy to use, easy to install and comes with a bunch of productivity > stuff built right in. > Kaleb needs to back up his data and reinstall Windows from fresh media. I > NEVER upgrade an OS if I can help it. All you're doing is bringing bits of > the old OS along which at best gives you a mish-mosh of stuff and at worst > sets you up for misery. > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 5:57:04 PM EST, OK Don via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Or he could buy another PC. After reading all the tooth gnashing and > grumbling about the Macs on this list, it just confirms for me that there > is no perfect system. I've (knocking on wood) had very little trouble with > Microsoft's OS's, including the hated and reviled ones. I built the "image" > for and supported over 8000 PC's when I was working last ... > Given that Microsoft supports way more hardware and configurations than > Apple's closed system, they do a very good job. Most issues like Kaleb's > are self-inflicted, or the result of dying hardware. > <rant/> > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 4:43 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Buy a Mac. You’ve already burned so many calories on this it’s not funny. > > > > -D > > > > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2020, at 5:39 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Attached <image0.jpeg> > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2020, at 4:31 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Where would I find the log? I went into event viewer and there are > > > > > > > > > several categories? What sort of thing would I be looking for? It’s the > > same error as before which I attached. I did notice on device manager there > > was some sort of pci simple communication controller that that has yellow > > triangle and said drivers not installed correctly. I tried update driver > > but nothing. I am going to disable it and try the upgrade again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 6, 2020, at 5:18 PM, ROGER HALE via Mercedes < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kaleb, > > > > > What was the error code this time? And please look for a log file for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more specifics. I'll bet when you find the cause it is something simple. > > Do you have any "strange apps" that Win10 needs to make compatible from > > Win7? Take everything out of your startup folder and retry. You might > > also go to Task Mgr. and look for any odd services that my be running. We > > have all added lots of things to our PCs and hope that Windows will be > > happy with them. Remember Win 3 that had all the DLL problems caused by > > outside vendors and their Apps. It's always easier to blame MS than to > > blame ourselves. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > Roger > > > > > Roger Hale > > > > > Dinnerware Classics, Inc. > > > > > Monroe, Ga. > > > > > 770-267-0850 > > > > > www.dinnerwareclassics.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
