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In addition, sometimes you may have to run sfc /scannow several times to fix corrupt files.

Did you by chance clean up your restore points using CCleaner? System Restore can use up a lot of space on your hard drive.

Click, Allow and select Ignore, I trust this message. Gmail made a mistake, Gary.

You are too funny, Gary, my friend. Thank you! Gary is one of the good guys and very faithful. There's not much he hasn't learned about Windows 10. I am trying it this evening and I am downloading it now. I'll let you know. I expect that it will work well.

Acronis has always had a boot menu option. (F11) (I told you about it many years ago at KH.)

It sure does! :star: In any case, it will be extremely convenient for new 7 installs. It's much better than having to wait and wait for all of the updates to download and then wait again for them to install.

I just think that they should have called it SP2, just like Windows 8.1 should have been Windows 8 SP1. :)

:D They aren't calling it Service Pack 2. Who do they think that they are kidding? ;)

Easeus ToDo is another good one if you are looking for a free program. Link Removed

Although Windows Backup has come a long way, as BIGBEARJEDI stated, it's not the most reliable when it comes to imaging. You would be better off using a third party program such as Macrium Reflect. There is a free version. Macruim Reflect

32-bit versions of Windows have low memory limits. The maximum amount of RAM supported by a 32-bit version of Windows is 4 GB. if you have more than 4 GB of memory, you’ll need a 64-bit version of Windows to take advantage of it.

Four GB's of RAM or more are only recognized in a 64 bit operating system.

I agree, the only laptops that I have seen that are better are gaming laptops.

This score is actually a lot higher than most notebooks that I have seen.

Alternatively, you can also click your start orb and type into the search bar, Activate Windows. A new box will open telling you whether your Windows has been activated and if not, will give you a tab to click on to activate.