Recent content by Slartybart

Popeye's suggestion is excellent! If you are successful creating the portable Win8.1, then you should grab your data and store it on an external drive until this gets resolved. The easiest thing to do is a straight copy of folders and files - just your personal data (documents, music, pictures...

Please elaborate - Google search, Google Chrome browser? Google search presents FileHippo, so you must mean Chrome Many sites are supported by advertising and it can get confusing which button to press. The easiest way to verify that you're downloading what you want (instead of what...

Ok, try this: In Win10TP or on another computer Follow Option One - Media Creation Tool and burn to DVD in http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/18309-windows-8-windows-8-1-iso-download-create.html Boot the machine using the DVD you just created. There are two possible resolutions -...

did you try moving the devices to another USB port? Do the devices work on another computer? I also asked whether you have a System image or plan on using System Protection Restore Point. I understand that the mouse and KB aren't working - that makes it difficult to get anything done.

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Try this first, then try the hard shutdown, then if necessary, I'll find instructions for using the Recovery drive. I'm reading the tutorials re: Recovery / Recovery drive, but I seem to be in a loop. Still looking and reading. Download and unzip DriveCleanup This utility removes USB...

That was a good deal Paul, a very good deal ;) Good luck and please report back what they find. Thanks, Bill .

There are more choices: Imaging with free Macrium - Windows 7 Help Forums and Acronis WD edition both are free. I couldn't find a tutorial on Acronis, but lots of members use it so if you search the forums for Acronis, you'll find lots of information. Also be sure to look at the Related...

Good that you have backup! But wait ...... didn't you say the machine was still under warranty? Call Asus (they're very good) and describe the issue - your objective is for them to provide a RMA so you can send it back and have them repair the machine. If you ask, they might be willing to...

Paultx, Win8.1 is better at determining the best drivers for your machine - Windows Update offers drivers in the optional section. There's no longer the need to use 3rd party driver finders - each release of Windows since Vista has gotten better at this and MS finally had enough and made...

See these tutorials on System images, File History, and Recovery Drive. http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8956-system-image-create-windows-8-a.html http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3610-refresh-windows-8-create-use-custom-recovery-image.html...

Ask your friend to sort through this carefully: USCIS pages: Homepage | USCIS Replace a Green Card | USCIS Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card | USCIS I-90 Application form (PDF) : http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-90.pdf Employment...

Good, the drive is probably ok tehn. Note re: Mark Phelps posts: Moving a data drive between two machines or having it accessed by different Operations Systems might cause any number of issues. A newer OS might use slightly different approach to file system management. You'll never get...

Hmmm, I run TFC on Win8 and Win10TP without issue. Are you basing your statement on the OSes listed, or did I miss an explicit ... won't run on Windows higher than .... Thanks torre.

Oh, I forgot to ask - what's the disc in your DVD drive. From the label, it looks like it might be install media. +edit I'll be off until tomorrow, so there's no hurry. I'm beginning to think a Clean install will be easiest. How much data do you have (in GB)? IF, and it's only an if right...