15-04-2023, 09:04 PM
I have just completed the restoration of a Granddaughter's laptop. It has been well treated, but was on Windows 7. I replaced the HDD with a SSD, increased the RAM from 4GB to 8GB, and fitted a new battery. The only fault is one worn USB port, it has another two so not a problem. The screen is brilliant, far better than both my modern Lenovo & MSI laptops. I installed Windows 10 Pro v 22H2. Tried Windows 11 but had a driver problem.
An interesting situation occurred caused by fast boot being enabled. I tried to do a backup with Macrium, but no way could I boot from a USB. I couldn't even get into the BIOS, or Boot Menu. This would make it impossible to restore the system if it went pear shaped! I would have to remove the drive, and restore it with another computer. Can anyone suggest a work around for this situation. Of course fast boot was not around when the BIOS was written.
It Boots in 35 seconds without fast boot anyway.
An interesting situation occurred caused by fast boot being enabled. I tried to do a backup with Macrium, but no way could I boot from a USB. I couldn't even get into the BIOS, or Boot Menu. This would make it impossible to restore the system if it went pear shaped! I would have to remove the drive, and restore it with another computer. Can anyone suggest a work around for this situation. Of course fast boot was not around when the BIOS was written.
It Boots in 35 seconds without fast boot anyway.