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Q&A: How do I reformat a hard drive that I replaced with an SSD?

Posted on August 30, 2021

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Question from Aaron L.: A while back I replaced the hard drive in my HP laptop with an SSD, then installed Windows 7 from the DVD.

After I got all the Windows Updates installed I upgraded the system to Windows 10.

I bought one of the external USB drive enclosures for the old hard drive, then I plugged it into a USB port and copied all of my files onto another external drive.

The SSD is working great and so is the old hard drive (which is now being used as an external drive). The problem is the old drive still contains the original partitions for the operating system and the system recovery files.

How can I reformat the old drive as one single large partition? [Read more…]

Q&A: Does every Windows PC need its own System Repair Disc?

Posted on August 30, 2021

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Question from Stephanie: I’m the office manager for a medium-sized wholesale floral distributor.

Including myself, we have nine people working in our office, and each of us have identical Dell Business desktop computers.

These computers came with Windows 7 Pro but I upgraded all of them to Windows 10 bit back when the upgrade was free.

I’ve been creating weekly System Image backups for each computer but I just learned that I need to create a System Repair Disc too so if anything happens I’ll be able to boot the PC to the Recovery Options screen.

My question is do I need to create a separate System Repair Disc for each of the nine computers or will the same one work for all of them? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I place a photo slideshow on my Windows 10 Desktop?

Posted on August 30, 2021

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Question from Shirley: How can I set the Desktop background on my Windows 10 PC to display pretty photos like the ones I see in screensavers and on the Lock screen?

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Q&A: How do I log in to Windows 10 with a PIN?

Posted on August 29, 2021

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Question from Jackie: I read that Windows 10 will let you log in with a numeric PIN instead of a password sort of like when you use an ATM card.

Can you tell me how to set up a pin on my computer?

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Q&A: Is a website and a web page the same thing?

Posted on August 29, 2021

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Question from Martina: I have an Internet question for you, Rick.

I keep hearing the terms “website” and “web page” and I find them a little confusing. Is there a difference between the two or do they both mean the same thing?

Rick’s answer: Martina, the terms “website” and “web page” are closely related but they in fact refer to two very different things. Some people use them interchangeably, but they really shouldn’t.

Here’s the scoop… [Read more…]